Tom Payne

Personal context

Summary

Tom Payne is an English actor known for Waterloo Road, The Walking Dead, and Prodigal Son, with roles ranging from a school student and a gay survivor in a zombie apocalypse to a criminal profiler. In discussing his role as Jesus, he called having an openly gay character on television a major step forward and said discrimination against gay actors should be discussed; he also reported involvement with GLAAD and the Elton John AIDS Foundation’s November fundraiser. No public record of broader party campaigning or repeated political advocacy is evident.