Tom Rodgers

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AWARDS 2024 Sydney Theatre Award: Best Ensemble Cast (The Inheritance) FILM REVIEWS - Body Blow (2025) “Tom Rodgers is equally talented as Cody. His portrayal is one hundred percent mesmeric and seduces the viewer… there is an ever so slight tinge of Alabama Worley to the character, and just as Patricia Arquette did with that performance, Rodgers wins the heart of the audience.” - The Hollywood News “Tom Rodgers is the standout among the cast, having to juggle confidence with vulnerability and managing both beautifully. As Cody, he channels Mae West, Rita Hayworth’s Gilda, and even Luke from Gregg Araki’s The Living End as he becomes a queer femme fatale for the new age.” - MovieJawn “Tom Rodgers delivers the film’s most grounded performance. Despite Cody’s larger-than-life personality and flamboyant charisma, Rodgers never reduces the character to caricature. He finds moments of genuine vulnerability beneath the film’s intentionally abrasive surface. Rodgers grounds the film just enough to keep its chaos emotionally tangible. In several scenes involving emotional manipulation and psychological abuse, Rodgers introduces a level of realism that the screenplay itself often avoids. His performance becomes the film’s emotional anchor, allowing Body Below to occasionally feel human beneath all its sleaze-coated theatrics.” - Four Time Film School Dropout THEATRE REVIEWS "Rodgers continues to solidify his place in the theatre scene as a marvellous and exceptional performer, commanding the stage with his delicate and compelling portrayal of Jim" BROADWAY WORLD (The Glass Menagerie 2025) "Tom Rodgers is overwhelming in the dual roles of Adam and Leo, covering an almost unfathomable range of experiences without missing a beat." - SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, Harriet Cunningham (The Inheritance 2024) "Both roles are played flawlessly by a totally ripped Tom Rodgers" - TIMEOUT, Kate Prendergast (The Inheritance 2024) "Rodgers is magnetic as the rising star Adam and later, on the opposite trajectory, as Leo." - LIMELIGHT, Jason Blake (The Inheritance 2024) “The breath of fresh air in this production is Tom Rodgers, making his Sydney theatre debut as an up-for-anything hotel worker. The play breathes easier when he arrives on stage.” - JOHN SHAND, SYDNEY MORNING HERALD (The Pass 2021) “Rodgers is a newcomer but he occupies centre stage exceptionally well, deftly carrying the play’s comic, tragic and musical loads. He’s one to watch.” - JASON BLAKE, AUDREY JOURNAL (Significant Other 2021) “Expertly played by Tom Rodgers... it’s possibly one of the most relatable characters I’ve ever seen on a Sydney stage.” - SYDNEY SENTINEL (Significant Other 2021)