Thomas Wyatt

Thomas Wyatt is a poet and courtier at Henry's court, sharp-tongued and romantically restless, drawn to Anne Boleyn before the king's interest in her becomes impossible to ignore. He moves through Tudor politics with a wit that charms and a conscience that occasionally makes him dangerous to himself.

Jamie Thomas King plays him as the show's nearest thing to an outside eye — a man who loves a woman he cannot have and watches history close around her instead. The performance keeps him wry rather than mopey, which makes his helplessness sting more, not less.