Tom Hendryk is a British actor, acting coach, presenter, journalist, dancer, writer, and the recurring actor featured in the Apple TV+ series, Ted Lasso who played the character Tom O'Brien, the goalkeeper for AFC Richmond.
History[]
Tom was born and raised in Leicester, UK with Polish heritage. He has a BA Hons from The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and has performed internationally in Theatre, Film and TV for over 11 years.
Careers[]
Film[]
Tom was in a vampire movie starring himself and his fellow Ted Lasso (TV series) co-star Joe Street (Paul Reynolds) called Bram Stoker's Van Helsing - an independent horror film written and directed by Steve Lawson, and starring Mark Topping, Charlie Bond, and himself. It is based on the 1897 Bram Stoker novel 'Dracula," told from the point of view of the character Abraham Van Helsing.
Directing[]
Tom enjoys working as a freelance director. In 2017, Tom had his full directing debut at The Playhouse Theatre in Northampton where he directed Cowboy Mouth by Sam Shepard and Patti Smith.
Tom was the Co-director of the sold out ‘The Polar Express’ Experience in Birmingham. Since then, Tom has directed not only plays but also R&D projects and was also selected to work as a director at the 1448 theatre festival.
Dancing[]
Tom has been Polish Folk Dancing for over 25 years and has performed with dance groups from around the UK and the USA. He is a qualified Polish Folk Dance Instructor and the current Vice-Chair of the Polish Folklore Federation in the UK – helping organise large scale events including the 10th and the 11th UK Polish Folklore Spectacular Festival.
Eurovision and Entertainment Journalist[]
Tom is a Eurovision Song Contest expert and journalist. He is also a correspondent for Eurovision news website wiwibloggs, the world’s most-followed Eurovision news and entertainment site.
In May 2023, Hannah Waddingham co-hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool, alongside Alesha Dixon and Ukrainian singer Julia Sanina, with Graham Norton joining them for the final. She gained widespread praise, with The Guardian dubbing her an "overnight national treasure". Tom was part of the news media and entertainment reporters, and surprised her by asking her a question whether she has other plan to "dominate the world". His appearance delighted her as she didn't expect to see Tom there asking a question during the press meeting.
References[]
- Official Tom Hendryk website at https://tomhendryk.com/
- Tom Hendryk at iMDB