Thomas Stuart Chambers is an English actor, known for his role as Sam Strachanin the BBC medical dramas Holby City and Casualty and as Max Tyler in BBC drama series Waterloo Road. He also won the sixth season of Strictly Come Dancing with his partner Camilla Dallerup. Tom was born in Darley Dale in Derbyshire, England. He went to Repton School and in between school and holidays was in the National Youth Music Theatre (NYMT), where Jude Law and Jonny Lee Miller also had early training. He was approached by the Austrian Olympic skiing team but continued to pursue acting. He did a three year musical theatre course at Guildford School of Acting.
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Love! Love! Love! (2022)
Guest starring as Tom Chambers
- Episode 1x17: We Love... Christmas Music! (Dec 2, 2022)
Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh (2020)
Guest starring as Tom Chambers
- Episode 4x36: Alan Johnson, Tom Chambers, Selina Cadell (Dec 11, 2022)
Jane & Friends (2017)
Guest starring as Tom Chambers
- Episode 2x05: Alexandra Burke, Hayley Tamaddon, Tom Chambers (Aug 3, 2018)
Weekend (2014)
Guest starring as Tom Chambers
- Episode 4x30: Greg James, Stephen K. Amos, Tom Chambers (Jul 23, 2017)
The Great Train Robbery (2013)
Starring as DS Stanley "Steve" Moore
- Episode 1x02: A Copper's Tale (Dec 19, 2013)
Christmas Kitchen (2013)
Guest starring as Tom Chambers
- Episode 1x09: Ben Tish, Brian Turner, Tom Kerridge, Tom Chambers (Dec 19, 2013)
Father Brown (2013)
Starring as Chief Inspector Sullivan
(45 episodes)
- Episode 11x10: The Scars of War (Jan 5, 2024)
- Episode 11x09: The Dead of Night (Jan 5, 2024)
- Episode 11x08: The Last Tango in Kembleford (Jan 5, 2024)
- Episode 11x07: The Word of the Condemned (Jan 5, 2024)
- Episode 11x06: The Quill of Osric (Jan 5, 2024)
- Episode 11x05: The Father, The Son (Jan 5, 2024)
- Episode 11x04: The Last Supper (Jan 5, 2024)
- Episode 11x03: The Hermit of Hazelnut Cottage (Jan 5, 2024)
- Episode 11x02: The Forensic Nun (Jan 5, 2024)
- Episode 11x01: The Kembleston Olimpicks (Jan 5, 2024)
- Episode 10x10: The Serpent Within (Jan 6, 2023)
- Episode 10x09: The Wheels of Wrath (Jan 6, 2023)
- Episode 10x08: The Sands of Time (Jan 6, 2023)
- Episode 10x07: The Show Must Go On (Jan 6, 2023)
- Episode 10x06: The Royal Visit (Jan 6, 2023)
- Episode 10x05: The Hidden Man (Jan 6, 2023)
- Episode 10x04: The Beast of Wedlock (Jan 6, 2023)
- Episode 10x03: The Gardeners of Eden (Jan 6, 2023)
- Episode 10x02: The Company of Men (Jan 6, 2023)
- Episode 10x01: The Winds of Change (Jan 6, 2023)
- Episode 3x15: The Owl of Minerva (Jan 23, 2015)
- Episode 3x14: The Deadly Seal (Jan 22, 2015)
- Episode 3x13: The Paradise of Thieves (Jan 21, 2015)
- Episode 3x12: The Standing Stones (Jan 20, 2015)
- Episode 3x11: The Time Machine (Jan 19, 2015)
- Episode 3x10: The Judgement of Man (Jan 16, 2015)
- Episode 3x09: The Truth in the Wine (Jan 15, 2015)
- Episode 3x08: The Lair of the Libertines (Jan 14, 2015)
- Episode 3x07: The Kembleford Boggart (Jan 13, 2015)
- Episode 3x06: The Upcott Fraternity (Jan 12, 2015)
- Episode 3x05: The Last Man (Jan 9, 2015)
- Episode 3x04: The Sign of the Broken Sword (Jan 8, 2015)
- Episode 3x03: The Invisible Man (Jan 7, 2015)
- Episode 3x02: The Curse of Amenhotep (Jan 6, 2015)
- Episode 3x01: The Man in the Shadows (Jan 5, 2015)
- Episode 2x10: The Laws of Motion (Jan 17, 2014)
- Episode 2x09: The Grim Reaper (Jan 16, 2014)
- Episode 2x08: The Prize of Colonel Gerard (Jan 15, 2014)
- Episode 2x07: The Three Tools of Death (Jan 14, 2014)
- Episode 2x06: The Daughters of Jerusalem (Jan 13, 2014)
- Episode 2x05: The Mysteries of the Rosary (Jan 10, 2014)
- Episode 2x04: The Shadow of the Scaffold (Jan 9, 2014)
- Episode 2x03: The Pride of the Prydes (Jan 8, 2014)
- Episode 2x02: The Maddest of All (Jan 7, 2014)
- Episode 2x01: The Ghost in the Machine (Jan 6, 2014)
Guest starring as Chief Inspector Sullivan
(2 episodes)
- Episode 8x10: The Tower of Lost Souls (Jan 17, 2020)
- Episode 7x06: The Sacrifice of Tantalus (Jan 14, 2019)
Waterloo Road (2006)
Starring as Max Tyler
(10 episodes)
- Episode 5x10: Episode 10 (Dec 30, 2009)
- Episode 5x09: Episode 9 (Dec 23, 2009)
- Episode 5x08: Episode 8 (Dec 16, 2009)
- Episode 5x07: Episode 7 (Dec 9, 2009)
- Episode 5x06: Episode 6 (Dec 2, 2009)
- Episode 5x05: Episode 5 (Nov 25, 2009)
- Episode 5x04: Episode 4 (Nov 18, 2009)
- Episode 5x03: Episode 3 (Nov 11, 2009)
- Episode 5x02: Episode 2 (Nov 4, 2009)
- Episode 5x01: Episode 1 (Oct 28, 2009)
Strictly Come Dancing (2004)
Guest starring as Tom Chambers
(31 episodes)
- Episode S13 Special: Christmas Special 2015 (Dec 25, 2015)
- Episode S10 Special: Christmas Special 2012 (Dec 25, 2012)
- Episode S06 Special: Christmas Special 2008 (Dec 25, 2008)
- Episode 6x28: The Final Part 2 (Dec 20, 2008)
- Episode 6x27: The Final Part 1 (Dec 20, 2008)
- Episode 6x26: The Semi Final (Results) (Dec 13, 2008)
- Episode 6x25: The Semi Final (Dec 13, 2008)
- Episode 6x24: Week 12 (Results) (Dec 7, 2008)
- Episode 6x23: Week 12 (Dec 6, 2008)
- Episode 6x22: Week 11 (Results) (Nov 30, 2008)
- Episode 6x21: Week 11 (Nov 29, 2008)
- Episode 6x20: Week 10 (Results) (Nov 23, 2008)
- Episode 6x19: Week 10 (Nov 22, 2008)
- Episode 6x18: Week 9 (Results) (Nov 16, 2008)
- Episode 6x17: Week 9 (Nov 15, 2008)
- Episode 6x16: Week 8 (Results) (Nov 9, 2008)
- Episode 6x15: Week 8 (Nov 8, 2008)
- Episode 6x14: Week 7 (Results) (Nov 2, 2008)
- Episode 6x13: Week 7 (Nov 1, 2008)
- Episode 6x12: Week 6 (Results) (Oct 26, 2008)
- Episode 6x11: Week 6 (Oct 25, 2008)
- Episode 6x10: Week 5 (Results) (Oct 19, 2008)
- Episode 6x09: Week 5 (Oct 18, 2008)
- Episode 6x08: Week 4 (Results) (Oct 12, 2008)
- Episode 6x07: Week 4 (Oct 11, 2008)
- Episode 6x06: Week 3 (Results) (Oct 5, 2008)
- Episode 6x05: Week 3 (Oct 4, 2008)
- Episode 6x04: Week 2 (Results) (Sep 28, 2008)
- Episode 6x03: Week 2 (Sep 27, 2008)
- Episode 6x02: Week 1 (Results) (Sep 21, 2008)
- Episode 6x01: Week 1 (Sep 20, 2008)
The National Lottery: In It to Win It (2002)
Guest starring as Tom Chambers
- Episode 13x05: Episode 5 (Jul 23, 2011)
Loose Women (1999)
Guest starring as Tom Chambers
(4 episodes)
- Episode 15x110: 15/02/11 - Tom Chambers, John Torode & Gregg Wallace (Feb 15, 2011)
- Episode 14x213: 05/07/10 - Tom Chambers, Craig Phillips (Jul 5, 2010)
- Episode 13x05: 05/09/08 - Tom Chambers, Joan Collins (Sep 5, 2008)
- Episode 11x17: 06/02/07 - Tom Chambers, Carol Thatcher (Feb 6, 2007)
Holby City (1999)
Starring as Sam Strachan
(101 episodes)
- Episode 11x10: Maria's Christmas Carol (Dec 23, 2008)
- Episode 11x09: This Be the Verse (Dec 16, 2008)
- Episode 11x08: Sweet Bitter Love (Dec 9, 2008)
- Episode 11x07: About Last Night (Dec 2, 2008)
- Episode 11x06: The Weaker Sex (Nov 25, 2008)
- Episode 11x05: Cutting the Cord (Nov 18, 2008)
- Episode 11x04: We Said Some Things (Nov 11, 2008)
- Episode 11x03: Labour of Love (Nov 4, 2008)
- Episode 11x02: Or I'll Never Fall in Love (Oct 28, 2008)
- Episode 10x50: Leave It to God (Sep 23, 2008)
- Episode 10x49: Separate Lives (Sep 16, 2008)
- Episode 10x47: To Govern a Kingdom (Sep 2, 2008)
- Episode 10x43: You Do It to Yourself (Jul 29, 2008)
- Episode 10x42: On the Brink (Jul 22, 2008)
- Episode 10x41: Crossing Borders (Jul 15, 2008)
- Episode 10x40: Only Believe (Jul 8, 2008)
- Episode 10x37: Doctor's Dilemma (Jun 18, 2008)
- Episode 10x34: Send No Flowers (May 27, 2008)
- Episode 10x33: Any Port in a Storm (May 20, 2008)
- Episode 10x32: TKO (May 13, 2008)
- Episode 10x26: All This Useless Beauty (Apr 1, 2008)
- Episode 10x25: Love Will Tear Us Apart (Mar 25, 2008)
- Episode 10x24: Hour Nightmare (Mar 18, 2008)
- Episode 10x23: Long Dark Night (Mar 12, 2008)
- Episode 10x22: No Cars Go (Mar 11, 2008)
- Episode 10x21: We Serve All Who Come to Us (Mar 4, 2008)
- Episode 10x19: Complications Ensue (Feb 19, 2008)
- Episode 10x18: The Extra Mile (Feb 12, 2008)
- Episode 10x16: The Key Is Fear (Jan 29, 2008)
- Episode 10x15: Physician, Heal Thyself (Jan 22, 2008)
- Episode 10x14: Stolen (Jan 15, 2008)
- Episode 10x13: Queen of Hearts (Jan 8, 2008)
- Episode 10x12: For Your Consideration (Jan 1, 2008)
- Episode 10x11: Elliot's Wonderful Life (Dec 27, 2007)
- Episode 10x10: Into the Void (Dec 19, 2007)
- Episode 10x09: The Reckoning (Dec 11, 2007)
- Episode 10x07: Someone to Watch Over Me (Nov 27, 2007)
- Episode 10x06: Unfinished Symphony (Nov 20, 2007)
- Episode 10x05: Dust Off Your Wings (Nov 13, 2007)
- Episode 10x04: The Apprentice (Nov 6, 2007)
- Episode 10x03: No-One Likes a Cry Baby (Oct 30, 2007)
- Episode 9x49: Lovers and Madmen (Sep 18, 2007)
- Episode 9x48: Trial and Retribution (Sep 11, 2007)
- Episode 9x47: Friends Reunited (Sep 4, 2007)
- Episode 9x46: Guilt by Association (Aug 28, 2007)
- Episode 9x44: Damned If You Do (Aug 14, 2007)
- Episode 9x42: Temporary Insanity (Jul 31, 2007)
- Episode 9x40: The Long and Winding Road (Jul 17, 2007)
- Episode 9x39: Under the Radar (Jul 10, 2007)
- Episode 9x38: Past Imperfect (Jul 3, 2007)
- Episode 9x37: Countdown (Jun 28, 2007)
- Episode 9x36: Something's Gotta Give (Jun 21, 2007)
- Episode 9x35: Close Relations (Jun 14, 2007)
- Episode 9x34: Another Country (Jun 7, 2007)
- Episode 9x33: An Affair to Forget (May 31, 2007)
- Episode 9x32: The Human Jungle (May 24, 2007)
- Episode 9x31: Trust (May 17, 2007)
- Episode 9x30: After the Fall (May 10, 2007)
- Episode 9x29: Deep Dark Truthful Mirror (May 1, 2007)
- Episode 9x28: Leap of Faith (Apr 24, 2007)
- Episode 9x27: For Whom the Bells Toll (Apr 17, 2007)
- Episode 9x25: Is There Something I Should Know (Apr 3, 2007)
- Episode 9x24: Bedlam (Mar 28, 2007)
- Episode 9x22: Stargazer (Mar 20, 2007)
- Episode 9x21: The Borders of Sleep (Mar 6, 2007)
- Episode 9x20: Can't Buy Me Love (Feb 20, 2007)
- Episode 9x19: I Feel Pretty (Feb 13, 2007)
- Episode 9x18: Blood Ties (Feb 6, 2007)
- Episode 9x17: Into the Dark (Jan 30, 2007)
- Episode 9x16: Feast or Famine (Jan 23, 2007)
- Episode 9x15: Face Value (Jan 16, 2007)
- Episode 9x14: The End of the World As We Know It (Jan 9, 2007)
- Episode 9x13: The Games People Play (Jan 4, 2007)
- Episode 9x12: I Know Thee Not (Jan 2, 2007)
- Episode 9x10: The Good Fight (Dec 19, 2006)
- Episode 9x08: The Bitterest Pill (Dec 5, 2006)
- Episode 9x07: It's Been a Long Day (Nov 28, 2006)
- Episode 9x06: The Unforgiven (Nov 21, 2006)
- Episode 9x05: One for My Baby (Nov 14, 2006)
- Episode 8x51: If the Heart Lies (Oct 10, 2006)
- Episode 8x49: Now or Never (Sep 26, 2006)
- Episode 8x46: Better the Devil You Know (Sep 6, 2006)
- Episode 8x45: Nothing Ventured, Nothing Lost (Sep 5, 2006)
- Episode 8x44: Bad Blood (Aug 29, 2006)
- Episode 8x42: Team Holby (Aug 15, 2006)
- Episode 8x41: Metamorphosis (Aug 8, 2006)
- Episode 8x38: I Am Not What I Am (Jul 18, 2006)
- Episode 8x36: The Truth Will Out (Jul 6, 2006)
- Episode 8x35: Promises to Keep (Jun 29, 2006)
- Episode 8x34: Invasion (Jun 7, 2006)
- Episode 8x31: Games of Chance (May 16, 2006)
- Episode 8x30: Lead Us Not into Temptation (May 9, 2006)
- Episode 8x26: Quality Time (Apr 11, 2006)
- Episode 8x24: Snake in the Grass (Mar 28, 2006)
- Episode 8x22: Let It Shine (Mar 14, 2006)
- Episode 8x21: Into Your Own Hands (Mar 7, 2006)
- Episode 8x19: Out on a Limb (Feb 21, 2006)
- Episode 8x18: Flight of the Bumblebee (Feb 14, 2006)
- Episode 8x16: Roots (Jan 31, 2006)
- Episode 8x14: Yesterday Once More (Jan 17, 2006)
- Episode 8x12: Mother Love (Jan 3, 2006)
Midsomer Murders (1998)
Guest starring as Ray Wilder
- Episode 21x01: The Point of Balance (Dec 1, 2019)
Casualty (1986)
Starring as Sam Strachan
(24 episodes)
- Episode 31x43: Somewhere Between Silences - Part 2 (Jul 22, 2017)
- Episode 31x42: Somewhere Between Silences - Part 1 (Jul 15, 2017)
- Episode 31x41: Man Up (Jul 8, 2017)
- Episode 31x40: War of the Roses (Jul 1, 2017)
- Episode 31x39: It Had to Be You (Jun 24, 2017)
- Episode 31x38: Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep (Jun 17, 2017)
- Episode 31x37: Swift Vengeance Waits (Jun 10, 2017)
- Episode 31x35: End of the Road (May 20, 2017)
- Episode 31x34: Break Point (May 6, 2017)
- Episode 31x33: Reap the Whirlwind - Part Two (Apr 29, 2017)
- Episode 31x32: Reap the Whirlwind - Part One (Apr 22, 2017)
- Episode 31x31: When the Whistle Blows (Apr 15, 2017)
- Episode 31x30: Child of Mine (Apr 8, 2017)
- Episode 31x29: Sleeping with the Enemy (Apr 1, 2017)
- Episode 31x28: Five Days (Mar 25, 2017)
- Episode 31x27: Mobile (Mar 18, 2017)
- Episode 31x26: The Good Samaritan (Mar 11, 2017)
- Episode 31x25: It Starts with the Shoes (Mar 4, 2017)
- Episode 31x24: Slipping Under (Feb 25, 2017)
- Episode 31x23: Binge Britain (Feb 18, 2017)
- Episode 31x22: You Are Your Only Limit (Feb 11, 2017)
- Episode 31x03: Strike Three (Sep 10, 2016)
- Episode 30x24: Just Do It (Feb 20, 2016)
- Episode 30x23: Hearts and Flowers (Feb 13, 2016)
NBA All-Star Game (1951)
Guest starring as Forward - Seattle SuperSonics
- Episode 1987-02-08: 1987 NBA All-Star Game (Feb 8, 1987) [Co-Star]