Career
Thomas' earlier TV work includes Wonderful You, Shane, The Blind Date Murders, Bad Girls, Doctors, The Bill and Desperados.
He has also appeared in the films Billy Elliot and About a Boy.
At the age of 14, he played Prince John (older) in Stephen Poliakoff's The Lost Prince.
Thomas' theatre work includes Fame at the Shaftesbury Theatre in which he played Schlomo, Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Whistle Down the Wind at the Aldwych Theatre London alongside Hollyoaks actress Hannah Tointon and former S Club Juniors member Jay Asforis in 1999-2000, in which he played Clarence. His other theatre credits include Oliver! at the London Palladium, Dick Whittington at Sadler's Wells Theatre, Wayne in Popcorn at the Landor Theatre and Romeo in Romeo & Juliet at the Avondale Theatre.
In Britannia High, Thomas plays Jez Tyler, a wealthy performer who strikes up a friendship with street dancer BB, played by Marcquelle Ward. Jez's centric episode is number 3, which explores his wealthy background and his troubled relationship with his father.
In June 2009 he performed at the Leicester Square Theatre playing the lead role of Dorian Gray in a production directed by Linnie Reedman with music by Joe Evans.
In November 2009 He played Seth the leading role in Karen Wilson's short film Possessions alongside Rosalind Halstead, best known for her portrayal as Isabella in Wuthering Heights.
Later in 2010 he appeared alongside John Nettles, James Fox, Sylvestra Le Touzel, Frances Barber and Richard Fleeshman in the prestigious ITV drama series Midsomer Murders as the young manipulative concert pianist Orlando Guest in the episode titled "Masterclass" directed by Renny Rye.
Thomas most recently appeared as part of the original Broadway cast of Julie Taymor's Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, which, after many delays, opened in New York on June 14, 2011. As the production's resident Brit, he was the alternate for the lead role of Peter Parker/Spider-Man, performing in place of Reeve Carney twice a week and additionally in Carney's absence. Thomas departed the production at the end of his contract on November 11, 2012 and was replaced Matt Caplan, who played Flash Thompson in the original cast.
He is currently starring in the Broadway revival of Pippin as the title character. He previously played the role at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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