Tom Sturridge has recently been mesmerizing viewers in the Netflix series The Sandman, an adaptation of the comic books written by Neil Gaiman. He portrays the lead role of Dream, also known as Morpheus, and Tom did a phenomenal job of playing this role – with his ice-cold attitude and intense physical appearance including pale white skin and black hair. Before appearing in the popular series The Sandman, Tom already had a bunch of work under his name as an actor and began his career as a child. His relatives as well as some of his closest buddies, like Robert Pattinson, are also in the entertainment industry, so it looks like it may have been his destiny all ahead. 

Net Worth 2023:

Early Life:

Thomas Sidney Jerome Sturridge was born on the 21st of December 1985 in London, England. His father Charles Sturridge is a director who has a long list of projects that he’s worked on best known for directing “The Road To Coronation Street”, and more. While his mother Phoebe Nicholls is a well-known actress who had a long and successful career, probably she is most recognized for her small but pivotal role in the 1980 Oscar nominee for best picture titled “The Elephant Man”.  Tom is one of three children with his sister Matilda Sturridge also being an actress. In fact, Tom actually comes from a long line of family members who are musicians or in showbiz. His maternal grandfather was Anthony Nichols, a Shakespearean stage actor who went on to have a 30-year career in film and TV.  According to Sturridge, he said having a popular family didn’t help him land roles which do seem to be true because the project that launched his career for the most part play Punk Rock which was his stage debut back in 2009.  Tom attended the Harrodian High School, an independent academy in Barnes located in South London. The school was founded in 1993 which made it relatively new at the time. Between 1999 and 2001 Tom attended Winchester College. He also revealed that he decided to end his journey with school for pursuing more education and left during A levels. 

Career:

Tom started his career working as a child actor and first appeared in the 1996 TV adaptation of Gulliver’s Travels, directed by his dad and co-starring his mom. But he didn’t consider that to be his first role. Tom returned to acting in 2004 with Vanity Fair and Being Julia. A year later he appeared in the third Earl of Pembroke in BBC4’s A Waste of Shame in which he played the role of William Herbert. In 2006, Tom was cast in the psychological thriller Like Minds, also known by the name Murderous Intent which tells the tale of two boys Alex and Nigel. The role of Nigel was played by Tom and placed together as roommates despite Alex’s objection.  Sturridge was cast as the lead in the sci-fi trilogy titled Jumper. But two months into production New Regency and 20th Century Fox, who were behind the movie were worried about spending over $100 million on a movie with or less an unknown actor. Replacing Tom with Hayden Christensen. In 2009 Tom played one of the lead roles, Carl, in the comedy film The Boat That Rocked which is also known as Pirate Radio in the US. In that same year, Tom made his stage debut in Simon Stephens’ play Punk Rock at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, which proved to be somewhat of a breakthrough moment for Tom in his career. His outstanding performance in the play led him to earn the Most Outstanding Newcomer in 2009 nomination in the Evening Standard Awards. Moreover, he also won the Critics’ Circle Theatre Award in 2009 for Most Outstanding Newcomer.  In 2011 Tom starred with Rachel Bilson in Waiting for Forever an indie-romance film. He also portrayed the poet Allen Ginsberg in the 2012 movie adaptation of Jack Kerouac’s On the Road. In the following year, Tom starred in Orphans as Phillip, a Broadway play. For his role, he received a Tony Award nomination in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role category. 

In 2017, Tom starred Broadway production of 1984 in which he played Winston Smith. Sturridge followed this up with his role alongside Kake Gyllenhaal in the 2019 Broadway play called Sea Wall/A Life. His performance was well-praised and he earned another Tony Award nomination.  In early 2021, it was announced that Tom would play the role of Dream of The Endless / Lord Morpheus in the popular Netflix series The Sandman. The series is based on the comics written by author Neil Gaiman which ran from 1989 to 1996 and was published by DC Comics.  In the 2022 interview Gaiman estimated that he had personally seen about 1500 actors audition for this lead role, he claimed Tom had been among the like list to be chosen for the role from the time of the first 10 auditions. Tom spent years obsessing over The Sandman’s comics. But he got the job not only because of that fandom but of course his remarkable skill and talent. Already Tom has been heavily praised for his performance as Dream or Morpheus. 

Personal Life:

Tom Sturridge started dating actress Sienna Miller who is known for being cast in the popular series American Sniper. Their relationship ran from 2011 to 2015 and during that time they also welcomed their first child, a daughter named Marlowe Ottoline Layng Sturridge who was born on the 7th of July 2012. 

Tom Sturridge Net Worth:

As of 2023, Tom Sturridge Net Worth is estimated to be around $4 million. He first rose to fame after playing the role of David Rice in the 2008 sci-fi thriller, Jumper. The actor definitely accumulated a good sum of money from appearing in films and television shows.  Tom recently came to the spotlight when he got the role of Dream of The Endless / Lord Morpheus in the hit series The Sandman. He is one of the up-and-coming actors in the industry and it seems in the following years his net worth will be skyrocketed.  Jamie Campbell’s Net Worth Christopher Briney’s Net Worth