Tom Wells

Tom Wells is an English actor. Wells has acted in several television series including Doctors (2016–2017), EastEnders (2019–2020), Bancroft and Waterloo Road (2024–2025).

Career in 2012 Wells made his professional acting debut in the film Betsy & Leonard (2012), as well as appearing in various short films across that time period. 2016 saw Wells' first mainstream television role after he was cast in the recurring role of Max Bauman in the BBC soap opera Doctors. He appeared until 2017. In 2019, He was cast as villain Leo King on fellow BBC soap opera EastEnders. His character is the son of paedophile Tony King (Chris Coghill), a man who abused Whitney Dean (Shona McGarty) as a child. His storyline climaxed in Leo's death at the hands of Whitney, following him becoming obsessed with her and living in her attic to spy on her.

After EastEnders, Wells appeared in the second series of ITV1's Bancroft in 2020. Later that year, he starred in the web series Crying Out Loud. Then in 2024, he was cast as maths teacher Marc Todd in BBC's Waterloo Road.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 2012 Betsy & Leonard Rory Film 2014 Maestra Andy Short film 2015 Broken Eden Pallas Short film 2015 Detach Samm Short film 2016 Bridge High Doctor Roberts Main role 2016 Bearable Jack (voice) Film 2016–2017 Doctors Max Bauman Recurring role 2017 Hunted Jake Short film 2017 Habit News Reporter Short film 2017 Angst Brother Short film 2019 Solus Cobb Short film 2019 Cult Daniel Love Short film 2019 6 Underground Ranger Lieutenant Richardson Film 2019–2020 EastEnders Leo King Regular role 2020 Bancroft Adam Mullen Recurring role 2020 Murder in the Carpark Alistair Morgan Main role 2020 Crying Out Loud Thom Main role 2024–2025 Waterloo Road Marc Todd Recurring role