Tom Machell
Actor / Writer / Performer
Acting
Tom Machell is an Actor & Writer/Performer
As an actor, Tom is a series regular on Comedy Central’s viral sketch show Every Blank Ever; other television credits include Doctors (BBC), Jerk (BBC), News Crack (Ch 4), BABS (BBC) & Heroes of The Skies (American History Channel). He has appeared in numerous Short and Feature Films including The Keeper, Great Expectations , Mary Anning & The Dinosaur Hunter, Die Agentin, BFI funded Sticky and The Bucket, which he also wrote.
Tom made his Off-Broadway debut with Carol Tambor Award Winning play Life According to Saki. Other theatre credits include Offie-nominated Outlying Islands (Kings Head Theatre), Hand To God (English Theatre Frankfurt), Benighted (Old Red Lion) and three runs of Guinness World Record Holding show News Revue.
Ticker, Tom’s debut play, was printed by Play Dead Press and completed a run at the Underbelly, Edinburgh Fringe in 2019 to critical acclaim.
Praise for Ticker :
★★★★★ A Younger Theatre
Machell’s creation does not miss a beat from one moment to the next; he has all the gifts of a fireside storyteller, tempered with the poise and control of a great tragedian.
★★★★★ - Uk Theatre Web
Tom Machell plays his joy,rage and grief brilliantly, effortlessly switching from character to character.
★★★★ - The Wee Review
Ticker is performed with an artistic precision that dances between rage, hilarity and reflection, in what is a brilliantly powerful piece.
★★★★ - Three Weeks
Ticker is excellently presented with simple but effective staging, and offers a truly arresting exploration of grief, mental health and toxic masculinity, balanced by dark humour and punctuated by unexpected twists that keep you guessing.
Tom is 1/5 of award winning comedy troupe zazU who have four successful Edinburgh Fringe runs, transferring all shows to sell-out runs at The Soho Theatre. They are currently developing their work for radio and television.
Television
| Production | Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
Sparks | Connor | Jen Gallagher | Channel 4/Northern Film and Media |
Sparks | Mark Trend | Guy Davidson & Dan Clarke | Channel 4/Mother's Best Child |
Junior Doctor’s Padz | Jake Smith | Emma Roxburgh | Channel 4/Northern Film & Media |
Jerk | Tom | Tom Mckay | BBC3 / Roughcut TV |
News Crack | Gavin & Voice of Jon Snow | Guy Davidson & Dan Clarke | Channel 4 |
Doctors | Harry Bradley | Piotr Szkopiak | BBC |
Every Blank Ever | Sketch Actor (Series Regular) | Guy Davidson & Dan Clarke | Comedy Central |
Still Standing (Pilot) | Sam | Laura McHanon | Eric Deacon |
Babs | The Husband | Dominic Leclerc | BBC |
Lodger | Stanley | Simon Gibney | BBC/Tiger Aspect |
Dom n Don | Dom | James Webber | zazU Comedy / Springhead Film Company |
Forgotten Voices | Captain Reginald Haine | Phoebe Schlofield | BBC Television |
Air Aces | Laddie Lucas | Nigel Levy | History Canada / USA Military Channel |
Night Lives | Nick Night | Kahli Gaskin | Foxtel Comedy Australia |
Heroes of the Skies | Laddie Lucas | Nigel Levy | Channel 5 |
Grouchy Young Men | Ben | Ninushka Oller - Stracey | Comedy Central |
Losing ground | Henry | John Desiderio | SF Productions |
Byker grove | David | Various Directors | BBC Television |
Film
| Production | Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
The Keeper | Private Fletcher | Marcus H. Rosenmüller | Lieblingsfilm/ Zephyr Film Compan |
The Bucket (short) | Frank | Francesca Pollak | AP-Pictures |
Great Dane (short) | Clive | James Webber | The Springhead Film Company |
The Dinosaur Hunter | Henry De La Beche | Sharon Sheehan | Mermade Films |
Sticky | Paul | Richard Turley | Creative England/Vitamin Films |
Listen up Emily | Geoff Bannister | Milo Cremer Eindhoven | BFI |
Litterbugg | Dustin Bugg | Amber Weedon | Arts Productions / BFI |
Die Agentin | Tom Moretz | Francesca Pollak | Baumbauer Productions |
Together in my name | Adrian | Tom Floyd | Yellow Ladder Productions |
Great Expectations | Finch | Mike Newell | No 9 Films / BBC |
Burke and Hare | David | John Landis | Ealing Studios |
Read Carefully | Joe | Reiki Tsuno | American Horror Channel |
Swinging with the Finkels | Greengrocers Son | Jonathan Newman | Kintop Pictures |
Stage
| Production | Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
Ticker | Spencer | Derek Anderson | Fight in the Dark/Underbelly |
Outlying Islands | Robert | Jessica Lazar | Atticist / Kings Head Theatre |
Hand to God | Timothy | Derek Anderson | English Theatre Frankfurt |
zazU part I, Part II, Part III | Performer/Writer | Katharine Armitage | Soho Theatre |
Life According to Saki | Huddle | Jessica Lazar | New York Theatre Workshop |
Benighted | Philip Waverton | Stephen Whitson | Damien Tracey Productions/Old Red Lion |
zazU: Raisins To Stay Alive | Various Characters | Katharine Armitage | Gilded Balloon |
zazU: A Fete Worse Than Death | Various Characters | Katharine Armitage | Soho Theatre/ Pleasance Courtyard |
The Duke in the Cupboard | Bill Chester | Katy Weir | The Customs House |
The Love and Devotion of Ridley Smith | Ridley Smith | Miran Hadzic | The Old Red Lion |
Zazu Comedy | Performer/ Writer | Katharine Armitage | St James Theatre |
To Boldly Go | Geordie | John Brittain | New Diorama |
News Revue Christmas Run | Performer/ Writer | Katharine Armitage | Canal Cafe Theatre |
Zazu Comedy | Performer / Writer | Katharine Armitage | Underbelly Edinburgh Fringe |
Titus Andronicus | Saturninus | Benjamin Blythe | The Malachites |
The Indescribable Phenomenon | Earl | Sophia Stocco | New Wimbledon Theatre |
Fallujah | Pale | Prav MJ | Cockpit Theatre |
Zazu Comedy | Performer / Writer | Katharine Armitage | Leicester Square Theatre |
Step | Adam | Rikki Beadle - Blair | Theatre Royal Stratford East |
The Comedy of Errors | Antipholous. E | Kathy Curtiss | Drilling Company, New York |
Christmas is Miles Away | Christie | Tom O'Brien | TREMers Theatre |
Two Eclairs | Mark | Glynis Rigsby | The Players Club |
Figs in Wigs | Colin Fig | Figs in Wigs | Edinburgh Fringe Festival |
Comedy
Tom Machell is an Actor & Writer/Performer
As an actor, Tom is a series regular on Comedy Central’s viral sketch show Every Blank Ever; other television credits include Doctors (BBC), Jerk (BBC), News Crack (Ch 4), BABS (BBC) & Heroes of The Skies (American History Channel). He has appeared in numerous Short and Feature Films including The Keeper, Great Expectations , Mary Anning & The Dinosaur Hunter, Die Agentin, BFI funded Sticky and The Bucket, which he also wrote.
Tom made his Off-Broadway debut with Carol Tambor Award Winning play Life According to Saki. Other theatre credits include Offie-nominated Outlying Islands (Kings Head Theatre), Hand To God (English Theatre Frankfurt), Benighted (Old Red Lion) and three runs of Guinness World Record Holding show News Revue.
Ticker, Tom’s debut play, was printed by Play Dead Press and completed a run at the Underbelly, Edinburgh Fringe in 2019 to critical acclaim.
Praise for Ticker :
★★★★★ A Younger Theatre
Machell’s creation does not miss a beat from one moment to the next; he has all the gifts of a fireside storyteller, tempered with the poise and control of a great tragedian.
★★★★★ - Uk Theatre Web
Tom Machell plays his joy,rage and grief brilliantly, effortlessly switching from character to character.
★★★★ - The Wee Review
Ticker is performed with an artistic precision that dances between rage, hilarity and reflection, in what is a brilliantly powerful piece.
★★★★ - Three Weeks
Ticker is excellently presented with simple but effective staging, and offers a truly arresting exploration of grief, mental health and toxic masculinity, balanced by dark humour and punctuated by unexpected twists that keep you guessing.
Tom is 1/5 of award winning comedy troupe zazU who have four successful Edinburgh Fringe runs, transferring all shows to sell-out runs at The Soho Theatre. They are currently developing their work for radio and television.
Film, TV & Theatre
Film
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
The Bucket (Short) | AP Pictures | Writer |
In Development
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
Elliot’s Guide To Everything (Television) 2020 | BFI | Co-writing with Nick Read |
A Spoonful (Short Film) 2020 | Nick Coupe/Katie Sinclair | Writer | Winner of Best Screenplay (Short Film) at the Los Angeles Motion Picture Festival 2020 |
Unexpected Delivery | Emma Lawson/Northern Film + Media | Co-writing with Lauren Pattison |
Television
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
Behind Junior Doctor's Doors | Channel 4/Northern Media and Film | Writer | Performer |
Losing Ground | SF Productions | Writer |
zazU (Online Shorts) | zazU Comedy | Co-Writer |
Theatre
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
Ticker | Fight In The Dog/Underbelly | Writer/Performer |
zazU | zazU Comedy | Writer | Performer |
zazUtinany | Underbelly/ zazU Comedy | Writer | Performer |
zazU: Raisins To Stay Alive | Soho Theatre/ zazU Comedy | Writer | Performer |
zazU: A Fete Worse Than Death | Soho Theatre/ zazU Comedy | Writer | Performer |
zazU: The Beginning | Soho Theatre / zazU Comedy | Writer | Performer |
Don’t Call Us We’ll Call You | Edinburgh Fringe | Writer |
Tom’s debut play Ticker was published by PlayDead Press and ran at The Underbelly, Edinburgh Fringe before transferring to Alphabetti Theatre & Northern Stage to rave reviews. Tom has just written and starred in first comedy short for Channel 4 in partnership with Northern Film + Media & North East Comedy Hot House entitled ‘Junior Doctors Padz’. He is currently developing television comedy show ‘Elliot’s Guide To Everything’ with the BFI, alongside a sitcom co-written with stand up Lauren Pattison. He recently won both The Los Angeles Motion Picture Film Festival and Changing Face International Film Festival ‘Best short script’ category for his film ‘A Spoonful’ which films in 2021 starring Kim Tserkezie. Alongside his individual work Tom has been working with his award-winning comedy troupe zazU, who have had four sell our runs at the Edinburgh Fringe and Soho Theatre respectively.
Praise for Ticker
★★★★★ A Younger Theatre - Machell’s creation does not miss a beat from one moment to the next; he has all the gifts of a fireside storyteller, tempered with the poise and control of a great tragedian.
★★★★ Three Weeks - Ticker is excellently presented with simple but effective staging, and offers a truly arresting exploration of grief, mental health and toxic masculinity, balanced by dark humour and punctuated by unexpected twists that keep you guessing.
★★★★★ Uk Theatre Web - Tom Machell plays his joy,rage and grief brilliantly, effortlessly switching from character to character.
★★★★ The Wee Review - Ticker is performed with an artistic precision that dances between rage, hilarity and reflection, in what is a brilliantly powerful piece.