FORMER CORRIE STAR ON MURDOCH MYSTERIES’ DELIGHTFUL DOZEN
I kind of live a dual life. I’m over there during the summer, so I go and watch sports and friends have cottages which I get away to at weekends.
“It’s a great lifestyle. I’m very fortunate.”
Thomas has two kids, Rudy, 15, and Tess, 16, with Siobhan whom he still sees frequently.
Rudy was born at Ninewells Hospital and Thomas is a regular visitor to Dundee.
He fits in theatre jobs when he’s back on this side of the Atlantic but his TV work is now almost exclusively in Canada.
And he says he can understand why viewers have taken to Murdoch Mysteries for so long.
“It has a bit of everything. Canadians love it because it portrays their history and they don’t often see that very much because they get a lot of American content.
“There was the romance running between Murdoch and his wife for a long time before they got married. And there’s a lot of humour woven in between the mysteries.”
And Thomas says he slips back into Brackenreid’s shoes easily thanks to the outfits.
“We have the old police costumes and my hair is slicked back very differently and parted in the middle,” he adds.
“As soon as I have all the kit on I instantly feel like I’m in charge.
“There can be episodes where Brackenreid’s a bit bombastic but I try not and shout at everybody all the time.
“He’s been in the British Army and is a bit of a tough guy but I’m really not at all like that.
“Mind you, Siobhan might say I can be a bit intense at times!”
▪ Murdoch Mysteries airs on the Alibi channel, Mondays, 9pm