Tommy is originally from Sweden and trained at the Urdang Academy in London.

He won a National Dance Award in the “Outstanding Male Performance” in 2013. Tommy was also nominated for The Times Southbank Sky Arts Breakthrough Award and a Laurence Olivier Award for “Outstanding Achievement in Dance”. Later in 2025 he was awarded two National Dance Awards for ‘Best Male Dancer’ and ‘Outstanding Male Modern Performance’.

Tommy came 2nd in BBC’s So You Think You Can Dance in 2010 and appeared in the feature films Harry Potter 4, Mamma Mia!, Mamma Mia 2 - Here We Go Again, Aladdin, Cats, Tomorrow Morning, Snow White and Everybody is Talking About Jamie.

Tommy’s theatre credits include Message In A Bottle as Mati (Sadler’s Wells) Mad Hatter’s Tea Party as Ernest (ZooNation), The Five And The Prophecy of Prana as Wang Tang (Boy Blue Entertainment), Minotaur as Dionysus (Royal Opera House London) and Blaze (Sadler’s Wells).

Tommy has been choreographing for Strictly Come Dancing since 2018. Recently he was Nick Winston’s Associate Director & Choreographer for the European premiere of Your Lie In April and Assistant Choreographer for the World premiere of Burlesque The Musical.

We are delighted that Tommy continues to support Rise Studios as a patron and has done for many years now.