Tom Austen

Thomas Michael Carter (born 15 September 1987), known professionally as Tom Austen, is an English actor, known for his television appearances portraying Jasper Frost on The Royals, Guy Hopkins on Grantchester and Daimon Helstrom in the Marvel Cinematic Universe series Helstrom.

Early life Born in the county of Hampshire and raised in Taunton, Somerset, Austen attended Queen's College, Taunton and then the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. His younger brother, Freddy Carter, is also an actor.

Career Austen's first acting job was portraying rent boy Anto in an episode of the UK series Shameless in 2010. He played multi-episode roles on The Borgias and Beaver Falls in 2012, After his costarring role as Grantchester Guy Hopkins in 2014, Austen began portraying duplicitous bodyguard Jasper Frost on the E! drama series The Royals in 2015. In October 2019, Austen was cast as Daimon Helstrom in the Hulu series Helstrom.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2013 Legendary: Tomb of the Dragon Scott 2017 Bitter Harvest Taras 2019 No. 89 John Short film

Television Year Title Role Notes 2010 Shameless Anto Episode: "Gang Wars" 2012 Raffaello Pallavicini 4 episodes 2013 Agatha Christie's Poirot Ted Williams Episode: "The Labours of Hercules" 2014–2017 Grantchester Guy Hopkins 11 episodes 2015–2018 Jasper Frost Main role

Video games Year Title Role Notes 2016 Batman: Arkham VR Robin / Tim Drake Video game