Tom Payne

Thomas Payne (born 21 December 1982) is an English actor. He is
known for appearing on AMC's The Walking Dead as Paul "Jesus"
Rovia (2016-2018).Payne was born in Chelmsford, Essex, and grew
up in Bath, Somerset, where he attended King Edward's School and
was a prolific contributor to the school's drama department. He
attended the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama,
graduating in June 2005. He then appeared in Miss Pettigrew Lives
for a Day.In January 2007, he first appeared in Waterloo Road for
the BBC, playing sixth former Brett Aspinall. Despite being 24 at
the time, Payne portrayed a 17-year-old character. He remained in
the series until the end of the following season in March 2008.
It was revealed afterwards that he would not be returning for the
new season, beginning in January 2009.In 2009, Payne played
George Best in Best: His Mother's Son, a BBC 2 film about the
legendary footballer. In the same year he appeared in Marple:
They Do It With Mirrors and Wuthering Heights for ITV.Payne was
named as one of Screen International's Stars of Tomorrow 2007.On
8 March 2010, it was announced that Tom had joined the cast of
Luck a new pilot for HBO directed by Michael Mann, written by
David Milch, starring Dustin Hoffman and Nick Nolte. He plays the
role of a Cajun jockey.In 2012, he was cast in the title role of
The Physician (based on the book of the same name) alongside
Stellan Skarsgard and Ben Kingsley.Payne was cast with a
recurring role in Season 6 of The Walking Dead, as Paul "Jesus"
Rovia, and promoted to series regular for season 7.Payne has been
dating singer Jennifer Åkerman since late 2013. He later revealed
on an episode of Talking Dead that they are engaged.


His younger brother Will Payne is also an actor.