<Tr> <Th> Occupation </Th> <Td> Actor, model, musician </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 2001--present </Td> </Tr> <P> Thomas Brodie - Sangster (born 16 May 1990), also credited as Thomas Sangster, is an English actor and musician, known for playing Jojen Reed in Game of Thrones, John Tracy in the ITV series Thunderbirds Are Go, Sam in Love Actually, Simon in Nanny McPhee, Newt in the Maze Runner film series, and Ferb in Phineas and Ferb . Sangster also grew in popularity for starring in critically acclaimed cult films such as Death of a Superhero, Bright Star and as Paul McCartney in Nowhere Boy . He also had a cameo appearance in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and a role in the Netflix miniseries Godless as Whitey Winn . </P> <P> Thomas Sangster was born in Southwark, London on 16 May 1990 to Mark Sangster and Tasha Bertram . Sangster's father's family is from Banchory, Scotland . His great - grandfather, Anthony Bertram, was a novelist, and a maternal ancestor was politician and colonial administrator Sir Evan Nepean, through whom he has Cornish and Welsh ancestry . He has one sibling, Ava . Sangster plays bass and guitar, and he learned to play left - handed guitar to portray the left - handed Paul McCartney in the feature film Nowhere Boy . He also learned how to play the drums in the feature film Love Actually . </P>

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