Tom Beechcroft (born Tom George Bateman) is a British actor from London, UK. He began acting after achieving a drama scholarship to Wellington College, Crowthorne and subsequently began to quickly garner a passion for both acting and filmmaking. Upon finishing school, Tom began his career on stage at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival playing the titular character in Shakespeares Hamlet, however with an eagerness to learn more about the world of film and television, began his university degree in Film Production for Film and Television at the New York Film Academy in Los Angeles. During his time in Los Angeles, Tom wrote and directed a multitude of different projects including a project for NASA and the James Webb Telescope program. Upon returning to the UK, Tom continued his studies into acting, and completed a course at the London Actors Workshop. He quickly made waves in the commercial space, leading campaigns for Lidl, Shell and Smyths toy store before moving to television with Amazon and Discovery's Love, Honor and Betray, a music video for the band Lovejoy and two feature films (Freddy's Fridays, Island of the Dolls 2) since his return from Los Angeles. Tom is also in pre-production for his own project War Cares Little in which he'll direct and star in.