Tom Ellis (born 17 November 1978 in Cardiff, Wales) is a Welsh actor best known for playing Dr. Oliver Cousins in the BBC soap opera EastEnders and Detective Sergeant Sam Speed in a Life on Mars parody on the The Catherine Tate Show. He was also Sam in the BBC comedy Pulling, and plays Gary in Miranda Hart's BBC2, then BBC1 comedy Miranda.
Other notable roles include Justyn in Channel 4's No Angels and Thomas Milligan in the series three finale of British science-fiction television programme Doctor Who. In 2013, he was cast as Victor Frankenstein ("a brilliant doctor who's trying to find a way to bring his late daughter, Anna, back to life") in the ABC pilot series Gothica, a modern-day supernatural drama.
He also starred in ITV comedy drama Monday Monday during July and August 2009 alongside Fay Ripley
His father, sister and uncle are all church ministers, with his uncle, Robert Ellis being Principal of Regent's Park College, Oxford, which Tom's father Chris also attended.
Ellis has been married to actress Tamzin Outhwaite since 2006. On 25 June 2008, she gave birth to Tom's second daughter, Florence Elsie Ellis. He has another daughter, Nora Ellis, from a previous relationship. Ellis and Outhwaite were the winners of ITV charity gameshow All Star Mr & Mrs Christmas Special on 20 December 2008. On 19 March 2012, Ellis announced via his Twitter account, that Outhwaite was pregnant with their second child together. Their daughter Marnie Mae Ellis was born on 2 August 2012.
Ellis attended High Storrs School in Sheffield during his education and was a French Horn player in the City of Sheffield Youth Orchestra. He has two brothers, one who works for Foxtons.
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