Matthew Tennyson is an English actor of stage and screen. He won the Evening Standard Award for Outstanding Newcomer in 2012.Matthew Tennyson was born in Stoke Newington, London, the son of Jonathan Tennyson a physics professor and a nurse. He is a great-great-great-grandson of poet laureate Alfred, Lord Tennyson. He trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), graduating in 2011. He is openly gay.Tennyson made his professional stage debut under the direction of Trevor Nunn in the role of Percy in Flare Path at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. In the same year he gave a "sensitive" performance as Jamie in Beautiful Thing at The Royal Exchange and created a "strong impression" as Eric in Making Noise Quietly at the Donmar Warehouse. In 2013 he played Edwards in Blue Stockings and most notably a "fascinatingly ethereal" Puck in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream at Shakespeare's Globe. Wikipedia