Will Thorp was born on 21st June 1977 in Frome, Somerset. He was a member of the National Youth Theatre for five years before training at The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

His theatre credits include:

The Blue Room (Haymarket)

Strangers On A Train (UK No1 Tour)

Robbers (Tristan Bates Theatre)

Much Ado About Nothing (Theatre Royal, Bath)

Naked Flame (UK No1 Tour)

High Society (Swansea Grand)

The Lost Dragon (Chester Gateway)

Cork and Spark (New Vic Studio)

Home Delivery (New Vic Basement)

His television credits include:

Chris Gray in Coronation Street (ITV)

Law and Order UK (Kudos)

Most Sincerely Hughie Green (BBC4)

 
Toby Zed in Doctor Who (BBC1), The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit

 Woody in BBC's Casualty (series regular for two years)

Friends and Crocodiles (Thames/ Talkback) directed by Steven Poliakoff

Mark in Boys Will Be Boys (short film)

Nathanial in Rugby Road (short film)

Tommy in Jodie (short film)

Willis in Courtroom (Mersey Television).

Other credits include taking part in series three of

Strictly Come Dancing (BBC1).

He is also a regular Audiobook reader. Some audiobook titles include; Forever Autumn, Sick Building, Peacemaker, The Knife That Killed Me, Baboon, Hyperpsychoreality Syndrome, Buy-ology, The Krillitane Storm, Click, Who Runs Britain? and The Spook's Curse.