Thomas Culpepper — The Tudors Character Profile

About Thomas Culpepper

A groom in the King's service who enters into a secret romantic relationship with Queen Catherine Howard. Their affair is exposed by Francis Dereham, leading to both Culpepper and the Queen being executed for treason.

Character Facts

Played by

Torrance Coombs

Appears in

The Tudors (2007)

Role

Cameo

Relationships (3)

• Thomas Culpepper — Court Attendant — Henry VIII of England (Jonathan Rhys Meyers)

  Court attendant relationship that develops amid the king's ongoing search for a male heir.

• Thomas Culpepper — Acquaintances — Charles Brandon (Henry Cavill)

  They share the same royal environment but maintain separate social spheres.

• Thomas Culpepper — Shared Court Status — Charles Brandon (Henry Cavill)

  Their shared status places them in the same institutional hierarchy.

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• Charles Brandon (Henry Cavill)
• Bishop Stephen Gardiner (Simon Ward)
• Mary Tudor (Sarah Bolger)
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• Sir Thomas Seymour (Andrew McNair)
• Jane Boleyn (Joanne King)
• Prince Edward Tudor (Jake Hathaway)
• Prince Edward Tudor (Eoin Murtagh)
• Edward Seymour (Max Brown)
• Henry Howard (David O'Hara)
• Ambassador Charles de Marillac (Lothaire Bluteau)