Tom Machell
Actor / Writer / Performer
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Biography
Tom Machell is an actor and award-winning writer-performer, nominated for the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2026 (Best Comedy Performance) and Best Writer at the NE Culture Awards 2025 for his BBC Radio 4 sitcom Tom and Lauren Are Going OOT, co-starring Lauren Pattison and Julian Clarey.
As an actor, his recent screen credits include Daddy Issues (BBC), Vera and Emmerdale (ITV), Hullraisers (Channel 4), and regular sketch roles on The Emily Atack Show (ITV) and Every Blank Ever (Comedy Central). Theatre highlights include an Off-Broadway debut in the Carol Tambor Award-winning Life According to Saki, Offie-nominated Outlying Islands (King’s Head Theatre), Hand to God (English Theatre Frankfurt), and multiple runs of News Revue.
As a writer, Tom is a BAFTA Connect member and winner of Best Short Script at the UK Film Festival, Los Angeles Motion Picture Film Festival, and Changing Face International Film Festival for A Spoonful. He wrote and starred in the Channel 4 comedy short Junior Doctors Padz and is a core member of award-winning comedy troupe zazU, with four sell-out runs at the Edinburgh Fringe and Soho Theatre. His debut play Ticker was published by PlayDead Press and received critical acclaim at the Edinburgh Fringe.
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.
Credits
Radio
| Production | Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom and Lauren are going OOT S2 | Tom | Katharine Armitage | BBC Radio 4/ Candle & Bell |
| Tom and Lauren are going OOT | Tom | Katharine Armitage | BBC Radio 4/ Candle & Bell |
| Our Friends In The North | Mike | Melanie Harris | BBC Radio 4 |
| Badger and the Blitz | Barracks Officer | Richard Turley | BFI/ Roxo |
| Tightrope Walkers by David Almond | Narrator | Isis Audio |
Short Film
| Production | Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| Die Agentin | Tom Moretz | Francesca Pollak | Baumbauer Productions |
| Litterbugg | Dustin Bugg | Amber Weedon | Arts Productions / BFI |
| Listen up Emily | Geoff Bannister | Milo Cremer Eindhoven | BFI |
| Sticky | Paul | Richard Turley | Creative England/Vitamin Films |
| Great Dane (short) | Clive | James Webber | The Springhead Film Company |
| The Bucket (short) | Frank | Francesca Pollak | AP-Pictures |
| Your Hand Found Mine (Short) | Tom | Elham Ehsas | BAFTA/ BFI Network |
| EVENTUAL | Toby | Nicholas Connor | BAFTA Connect / You kicked my dog productions |
| FUNNY PARTS: THE FORTUNE TELLER | Tim | Benjamin Sutton | Daddy's SuperYacht / BBC Comedy |
| Together in my name | Adrian | Tom Floyd | Yellow Ladder Productions |
Television
| Production | Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daddy Issues (S2) | Young Jackie | Damon Beasley | Fudge Park/BBC |
| The Emily Atack Show | Sketch Actor (series regular) | Tommy Forbes/Jeanette Goulbourn | Monkey Kingdom Productions |
| Vera | Alexander Hawthorne | Claire Winyard | ITV |
| Emmerdale | Harry | Brett Fallis | ITV |
| Hullraisers | Ben | Ian FitzGibbon | Channel 4/Fable Pictures |
| THE B@IT | Mark Trend | Dan Clarke/Guy Davidson | Mother's Best Child |
| Sparks | Connor | Jen Gallagher | Channel 4/Northern Film and Media |
| 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 |
| Air Aces | Laddie Lucas | Nigel Levy | History Canada / USA Military Channel |
| Night Lives | Nick Night | Kahli Gaskin | Foxtel Comedy Australia |
| Grouchy Young Men | Ben | Ninushka Oller - Stracey | Comedy Central |
| Byker grove | David | Various Directors | BBC Television |
Film
| Production | Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feather Christmas | Steven | Lucy Turner | EMRJ Entertainment/Amazon |
| The Keeper | Private Fletcher | Marcus H. Rosenmüller | Lieblingsfilm/ Zephyr Film Compan |
| The Dinosaur Hunter | Henry De La Beche | Sharon Sheehan | Mermade Films |
| 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 | Green Grocer's Son | Jonathan Newman | Kintop Pictures |
Stage
| Production | Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ticker | Spencer | Derek Anderson | Theatre/ Turbine Theatre, Fight in The Dog, Underbelly, Alphabetti |
| 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 |
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Biography
Tom Machell is an Actor & award winning Writer/Performer
As an Actor, Tom has recently appeared in Vera (ITV), Emmerdale (ITV), Hullraisers(CH4) as well as being a series sketch regular on The Emily Atack Show (ITV) and Every Blank Ever (Comedy Central).
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) and three runs of Guinness World Record Holding show News Revue.
As writer Tom was selected to be part of BAFTA CONNECT, he won the UK Film Festival, Los Angeles Motion Picture Film Festival & Changing Faces International Film Festival (Best Short Script) for A Spoonful. Tom wrote and starred in first comedy short for Channel 4 in partnership with Northern Film + Media & North East Comedy Hot House entitled ‘Junior Doctors Padz’. 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.
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.
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Credits
Film
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Cake | Bafta Microshorts/ Dogmother Films |
Writer |
| The Bucket (Short) | AP Pictures |
Writer |
In Development
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Dead Dad(s) | Dogmother Films | |
| Soul Heirs (Short) | Roxo |
Co-written with Harrie Hayes |
| Toast F**K (Play) |
Writer/Performer – *longlisted Painkiller Prize |
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| Nightingales | Candle and Bell |
Co – Writer with Maddie Rice |
| Matter of Frat | Condé Nast Entertainment |
Co – Writer with Maddie Rice |
| Elliot’s Guide To Everything (Television) | BFI |
Co-writing with Nick Read |
Radio
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Tom and Lauren are Going OOT | BBC Radio 4 / Candle and Bell |
Writer / Performer *Nominated for Best Writer at NE Culture Awards |
| Tom and Lauren are Going OOT (S2) | BBC Radio 4 / Candle and Bell |
Writer / Performer |
Television
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Friendless Writers Room | Tiger Aspect/BBC Comedy |
Writer |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Second The Best (R&D) | The Six Twenty/ Live Theatre |
Writer |
| 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 |
