Ty Tennant

Ty Peter Tennant (né Martin-Moffett; born 27 March 2002) is a British actor. He is known for his roles as Tom Gresham in the MGM+ science fiction drama series War of the Worlds (2019–2022) and young Aegon II Targaryen in the Max original fantasy drama action series House of the Dragon (2022–present).

Early life

Tennant was born Ty Peter Martin-Moffett at Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital in the White City area of West London to then 17-year-old actress Georgia Moffett and grew up in Chiswick. In 2011, when his mother married Scottish actor David Tennant, whom she had met in 2008, Tennant adopted Ty, who gained Tennant's surname. His maternal grandparents are actors Peter Davison and Sandra Dickinson. He is of Guyanese descent through Davison's father, and Finnish descent through Dickinson's mother. Tennant attended Arts Educational School (ArtsEd) for sixth form.

Career

Tennant had a brief cameo in the 2013 comedy spoof The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot. He later made his feature film debut in 2019 as a younger version of Tom Glynn-Carney's Christopher Wiseman in Tolkien. That same year, he began starring in the science fiction series War of the Worlds as Tom Gresham, the younger brother of Daisy Edgar-Jones' character Emily. He also made a guest appearance in an episode of the BBC One soap opera Casualty.

In 2021, Tennant and Sebastian Croft were cast as the Dead Boy Detectives Edwin Paine and Charles Rowland respectively in season 3 of the DC Universe series Doom Patrol. he had a cameo in Around the World in 80 Days. Tennant once again played a young Tom Glynn-Carney, this time as Aegon II Targaryen in the 2022 HBO fantasy series House of the Dragon, a Game of Thrones prequel and adaptation of George R. R. Martin's companion book Fire and Blood. In 2023, Tennant played the role of Raffy in Channel 4's standalone drama Consent. In March 2023, it was announced that Tennant would appear in season 2 of Good Omens, alongside his father, David Tennant, and grandfather, Peter Davison.

Filmography

References

External links

• Ty Tennant at IMDb
• Ty Tennant at Independent Talent

1. Dead Boy Detectives
2. David Tennant
3. Georgia Tennant
4. Sebastian Croft
5. Doom Patrol (TV series)
6. List of House of the Dragon characters
7. Good Omens (TV series)
8. War of the Worlds (2019 TV series)
9. Ty (given name)
10. Staged
11. Peter Davison
12. Tennant (surname)
13. Tolkien (film)
14. House of the Dragon
15. Around the World in 80 Days (2021 TV series)
16. Sandra Dickinson
17. The Sandman (comic book)
18. 2002 in film
19. Consent (2023 British film)
20. The Princess and the Queen (House of the Dragon)