Shaun Thomas

Thomas was born on 30 May 1997 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.

Thomas's first professional experience in front of the camera was in Clio Barnard's sophomore feature film, The Selfish Giant (2013)—which won the Europa Cinemas Award at Cannes Film Festival, among other accolades. Thomas received rave reviews, jointly earning himself and co-lead Conner Chapman the Best British Newcomer(s) Award at the BFI London Film Festival. He was also nominated for Breakthrough Performance (shared with Chapman) at the British Independent Film Awards and Young British/Irish Performer of the Year at the London Film Critics' Circle Awards (losing to Chapman).

In addition, he won the British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Performance—for playing Badger in Molly Manning Walker's How to Have Sex (2023)—in a tie with Paul Mescal for All of Us Strangers (2023). Other film credits include Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016) and Ali & Ava (2021).

On television, his most notable roles were "Craggy" on the coming-of-age comedy biopic series Ladhood (2019–2022); and Gerry Roberts on the British soap Emmerdale (2017–2018). He also starred in several miniseries, including Four Lives (2022) and The Long Shadow (2023). Recently, he landed a supporting role as Ser Raymund 'The Reluctant' Fossoway on the Game of Thrones (2011–2019) prequel series, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (2026).