Gabriel Thomson

Gabriel Francis Marshall Thomson (born 27 October 1986) is an English actor, best known for his role as Michael Harper in the British situation comedy series My Family.

Career Thomson began his acting career at the age of four, performing in plays with a company called the Goliards while his family holidayed in Devon. At the age of five, he gave his first TV performance in an advert for Frosties which he later said he would "rather forget." In 1995, he appeared in a television version of The Bible: Joseph. He followed this up with a small role in another television mini-series called Painted Lady.

In 1999, Thomson secured his first major acting role, playing Young Pip in a BBC adaption of Great Expectations. It was through his role on Painted Lady that he was cast in Great Expectations, as the casting director of Painted Lady thought he would be perfect as Pip. however, just days later Warner Brothers announced that the part was to be portrayed by Daniel Radcliffe.

Thomson portrayed Lysander in A Midsummer Night's Dream and Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing with the British Shakespeare Company on their 2009 tour of the UK, the Republic of Ireland, Norway and the Czech Republic. He also starred in the British film 13Hrs.

In 2010, Thomson joined the cast of GB Theatre Company, playing Orlando in As You Like It and Dr Caius in The Merry Wives of Windsor. The tour included the Republic of Ireland, Norway, the Czech Republic and the UK.

Thomson also starred in the film The Lost Choices, released by Metrodome in the UK on 14 September 2015.

On 20 August 2015, Thomson had announced on his Facebook page that he was leaving acting to return to university, and on 15 September the Daily Mirror reported that he was to attend King's College in London for three years to study for a degree in philosophy, with the aim of becoming a human rights lawyer.

In 2020, he returned to acting, starring in the film A Little More Flesh.

Personal life Thomson attended Elliott School in Putney.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1995 Joseph Ephraim Miniseries (1 episode) 1997 Painted Lady Young Sebastian Miniseries 1999 Great Expectations Young Pip TV movie 1999 The New Adventures of Pinocchio Pinocchio Feature film 2000–2011 My Family Michael Harper Series 1–11 (main role, 114 episodes) 2001 Enemy at the Gates Sacha Filipov Feature film, creditedas Gabriel Marshall-Thomson 2010 13Hrs Charlie Moore Feature film ( Night Wolf) 2014 The Lost Choices Adam Grainger Feature film 2020 A Little More Flesh Leon Decker Feature film 2023 The Score The Taker Short film 2024 Hungry Like the Wolf Adam Short film