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tom payne -lrb- actor -rrb-

thomas `` tom '' payne -lrb- born 21 december 1982 in chelmsford , essex -rrb- is an english actor .
he is best known for playing brett aspinall in television drama series `` waterloo road '' from january 2007 to march 2008 -lrb- throughout series 2 and series 3 -rrb- .
payne 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 central school of speech and drama , graduating in june 2005 .
he then appeared in `` miss pettigrew lives for a day '' .
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 '' '' , 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 ' -lrb- based on the book of the same name -rrb- alongside stellan skarsgard and ben kingsley .
his younger brother will payne is also an actor .
