Tom Payne ( actor ) - wikipedia Tom Payne ( actor ) For other people with the same name, see Tom Payne ( disambiguation ). Tom Payne Tom Payne at Walker Stalker Con in 2016 ( 1982 - 12 - 21 ) 21 December 1982 ( age 35 ) Chelmsford, Essex, England Education Royal Central School of Speech & Drama Occupation Actor Years active 2006 -- present Relatives Will Payne ( brother ) Jennifer Akerman ( partner ) Jeremy Payne ( father ) Thomas Payne ( born 21 December 1982 ) is an English actor. He is best known for appearing on AMC 's The Walking Dead as Paul `` Jesus '' Rovia. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 5 References 6 External links Early life 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. Career 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. Personal life Payne has been dating singer Jennifer Åkerman since late 2013. His younger brother Will Payne is also an actor. Filmography List of appearances and roles in feature films Year Title Role Notes 2008 Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day Phil Goldman 2009 Into the Rose - Garden Sam Short film 2011 The Task Stanton 2011 Generation Perdue Toby Perdue Short film 2012 The Inheritance Matthew 2012 My Funny Valentine Zander 2012 Still Young Edward Short film 2013 The Physician Rob Cole 2015 Winter Tom 2015 MindGamers Jaxon 2017 It 's No Game East Short film List of appearances in television series and specials Year Title Role Notes 2005 Casualty Toby Tyler Episode : `` Love and Duty '' 2007 Skins Spencer Episode : `` Effy '' 2007 Miss Marie Lloyd Bernard Television film 2007 -- 2008 Waterloo Road Brett Aspinall 32 episodes 2008 He Kills Coppers Jonny Taylor Television film 2009 Wuthering Heights Linton 2 episodes 2009 Miss Marple Edgar Lawson Episode : `` They Do It with Mirrors '' 2009 Best : His Mother 's Son George Best Television film 2009 Beautiful People Mr. Carr Episode : `` How I Got My Plumes '' The People vs. George Lucas Himself Documentary 2011 -- 2012 Luck Leon Micheaux 9 episodes 2014 New Worlds Monmouth 4 episodes 2016 -- present The Walking Dead Paul `` Jesus '' Rovia 17 episodes 2016 -- 2017 Talking Dead Himself 6 episodes 2017 The Nightly Show Himself Episode : `` With David Walliams - Night Four '' 2018 Fear the Walking Dead Paul `` Jesus '' Rovia Episode : `` What 's Your Story ? '' References Jump up ^ Reynolds, Simon ( 27 November 2008 ). `` Payne to star as George Best in BBC drama ''. Digital Spy. Retrieved 2009 - 04 - 29. Jump up ^ Dobson, Patricia ( 2007 - 07 - 12 ). `` UK Stars Of Tomorrow 2007 : The Actors ( 3 ) ''. Screendaily.com. Retrieved 2011 - 12 - 08. Jump up ^ `` Four trying their ' Luck ' in HBO pilot ''. The Hollywood Reporter. 2010 - 10 - 13. Retrieved 2011 - 12 - 08. Jump up ^ `` Jesus Speaks ! The Walking Dead 's Tom Payne Talks His Big Arrival and Surprising Connection to Andrew Lincoln ''. E ! News. Retrieved 7 October 2016. Jump up ^ `` Jesus speaks ! New ' Walking Dead ' cast addition Tom Payne gives first interview ''. Entertainment Weekly 's EW.com. Retrieved 7 October 2016. Jump up ^ Goldberg, Lesley ( July 7, 2016 ). `` ' Walking Dead ' Promotes 4 to Series Regular for Season 7 ( Exclusive ) ''. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 7, 2016. External links Tom Payne on IMDb VIAF : 63504962 LCCN : no2012006295 ISNI : 0000 0003 6565 3670 GND : 1051778913 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tom_Payne_(actor)&oldid=836659961 '' Categories : 1982 births Alumni of the Central School of Speech and Drama English male film actors English male television actors Living people People educated at King Edward 's School, Bath 21st - century English male actors Male actors from Essex People from Chelmsford Actors from Somerset People from Bath, Somerset English male stage actors Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from August 2016 Use British English from August 2016 Articles with hCards Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Pages using authority control with parameters VIAF different on Wikidata Talk Contents About Wikipedia تۆرکجه Deutsch Español فارسی Français Italiano עברית Polski Português Suomi 4 more Edit links This page was last edited on 16 April 2018, at 02 : 34. 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Question: who is the actor that plays jesus on walking dead
Answer: Thomas Payne