Tom SainsburyFeatured Popular
2016 Waru, 'Jason'
Brown Sugar Apple Grunt Productions Limited, dir. various
2016 Pork Pie 'Bongo'
Four Knights, Dir. Matt Murphy
TELEVISION
MediaWorks TV
Super Fumes Ltd, Dir. Oscar Kightley
2013 Shortland Street, 'Simon Sweeny'
South Pacific Pictures, Various directors
2010 Super City, 'Rain'
Super Fumes Ltd, Dir. Taika Waititi
2007 Shortland Street, 'Dwayne'
South Pacific Pictures, Dir. Angela Bloomfield
THEATRE
Basement Theatre / NZ International Comedy Festival
2015 Terror Highway, 'Ensemble'
Montecristo Room / NZ Comedy Festival, Choreography / Dirs. Lara Fischel-Chisholm & Tom Sainsbury
Basement Theatre / Dynamotion, Dirs. Lara Fischel-Chisholm & Thomas Sainsbury
BATS
BATS / Basement Theatre, Dir. Sophie Roberts
2013 Speakeasy 3, 'Various'
Basement Theatre
2013 Janeece Gunton: Herstory, 'Travis'
Basement Theatre
2013 Terror Planet, 'Ensemble'
Basement Theatre, Choreography / Dirs. Lara Fischel-Chisholm & Tom Sainsbury
2013 Dolly Mixture, 'Crispin Merriweather'
Basement Theatre (return season)
2013 Dolly Mixture, 'Crispin Merriweather'
Basement Theatre / Auckland Fringe Festival
2012 Dinner with the Devil, 'Pandu / Tezuko / Reba / Mohammed'
Basement Theatre, Dir. Renee Lyons
2012 Speakeasy, 'Bradley / Trayson / Various'
Basement Theatre
2012 Yeti is Dead / I am Tom, 'Tom'
NZ International Comedy Festival
2011 Crims, 'Louis / Shop Owner / Dad'
Basement Theatre, Dir. Abigail Greenwood
2011 Six Sides, 'Thomas'
Herald Theatre / Short+Sweet Auckland, Dir. Aidee Walker
2011 Dan Is Dead / I Am A Yeti, 'Tom'
Basement Theatre, Dir. Sophie Roberts
2011 Joseph & Mahina, 'Joseph / Various'
Basement Theatre / BATS, Dir. Hera Dunleavy
2010 Dance Troupe Supreme, 'Sean James'
Maidment Theatre, Dir. Thomas Sainsbury
2010 Idiots 2: Back to School, 'Mr Stevens'
Te Karanga Gallery, Dir. Ash Jones
2010 Stranger Things 2, 'Tom'
Basement Theatre, Dir. Lara Fischel-Chisholm
SHORT FILM
2011 Plimpton, 'Matt Plimpton' (lead)
Fleet St. Productions, Dir. Andrew Hedley
2011 Jeffery, 'Steven'
Fleet St. Productions, Dir. Paul Scantlebury
AWARDS
2011 Best Cross Gender Acting of the Year nomination for 'Joseph & Mahina'Hackman Theatre Awards
2011 Outstanding NZ Play of the Year nomination for 'Joseph & Mahina'
Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards
TELEVISION COMMERCIALS
2016 McDonalds
NZ, 3 months
2013 McDonalds
NZ, 3 months
2007 Moisen Dry
Canada
TRAINING
---- Audition Techniques
with Terri de'Ath
Feature Film
2022
Nude Tuesday, 'Commuter'
NT Films Dir: Armagan Ballantyne
2019
Baby, Done, 'Stupid Man'
Baby Piki Ltd Dir: Curtis Vowell
2019
Lowdown Dirty Criminals, 'Trent'
Lowdown Productions Ltd Dir: Paul Murphy
2018
Guns Akimbo, 'Singstar Dude'
Supernova Films Dir: Jason Lei Howden
2018
Dead , 'Dane 'Marbles' Marbeck'
Felicity Limited
2017
The Breaker Upperers, 'Man 1'
Miss Piki Films Ltd Dir: Jackie van Beek & Madeleine Sami
2016
Waru, 'Jason'
Brown Sugar Apple Grunt Productions Limited Dir: Various directors
2016
Pork Pie, 'Bongo'
Four Knights Dir: Matt Murphy
Television Appearances
2022
The Love Hour, 'Host'
South Pacific Pictures
2022
Snackmasters, 'Host'
TVNZ
2022
7 Days, 'Team Captain'
Discovery NZ
19-22
Have You Been Paying Attention?, 'Panelist (regular)'
TVNZ
21-22
Give Us A Clue: season I & II, 'Team Captain'
TVNZ
2021
The Masked Singer, 'Himself'
Warner Bros NZ
2021
7 Days, 'Panelist'
Discovery NZ
2020
Dai's House Party, 'Comedian'
Kevin & Co
Television
19-22
Educators: season I - III, 'Rudy Beard (core cast)'
South Pacific Pictures Dir: Jesse Griffin
2022
Sweet Tooth: season II, 'Dudley'
Netflix
2022
Under the Vines: season II, 'Jeremy'
Libertine Pictures
2021
My Life is Murder: season I, 'Brett'
Cordell Jigsaw Productions
2020
The Race First @ 11, 'News Station Owner'
South Pacific Pictures Dir: Jesse Griffin
2019
Golden Boy: season I, 'Groundskeeper (recurring)'
MediaWorks Dir: Various
2019
Shortland Street, 'Sebastian St John '
South Pacific Pictures Dir: Various
2018
The Bad Seed , 'Political Panelist'
South Pacific Pictures Dir: Various
2018
Wellington Paranormal: season I - IV, 'Constable Parker (recurring)'
TVNZ Dir: Jemaine Clement & Jackie van Beek
2017
Jono & Ben (sketch show), 'Various'
MediaWorks Dir: Various
2017
Shortland Street, 'Jason Kirkpatrick'
South Pacific Pictures Dir: Various
2017
True Story with Hamish & Andy, 'Sam'
Nine Network (AU)
2016
Filthy Rich: season II, 'Dylan Mayberry'
Filthy Productions Ltd Dir: Various
2015
Jono & Ben, 'Sorry Parody Sketch Dancer'
MediaWorks TV
2013
Super City: season II, 'Brendon'
Super Fumes Ltd Dir: Oscar Kightley
Web Series
20-21
SIS: season I & II, 'Tom'
Dir: Hanelle Harris
2020
Sextortion, 'Darren Bellows'
Stella Maris Productions Dir: Kent Briggs & Kyan Krumdieck
2020
Sui Generis: season III, 'Terry'
Rebels & Robots Productions Dir: Roberto Nascimento
2019
Shortland Street: webisodes, 'Sebastian St John'
South Pacific Pictures Dir: Various
2019
These Two, 'Mel-See'
Gawky Productions
Television Commercials
2019
TVNZ On Demand
NZ, 3 months
2020
Laser Eye Center
North Island, 6 Months
Online Commercials
2023
Door Dash
NZ, 3 months
2022
Samsung Z Flip 3, 'Himself'
NZ, 3 months
2022
Hello Fresh
6 months, Digital Only
2021
Tourism New Zealand
3 months, Online Only
2020
Animals Like Us
NZ, Social Only, 3 Months
2020
Pizza Hutt
NZ, Social Only, 6 months
Voice Work
2019
Jandal Burn (Animated series), 'Gav'
Mukpuddy
Skills
- Aerobics
- Comedian (Stand-Up)
- Cross Country Running
- Dancer
- Contemporary Dancer
- Hip Hop Dancer
- Director
- Full Licence
- Hockey
- Swimming
- Theatre Sports
- Writer
- Yoga
Notes:
Vocal Skills
- Accents:
- American (standard)
- RP
Vocal Notes: