 Gregory Cromwell was played by actor Jack West in the Season 3 finale of Showtime cable television show "The Tudors".In "Wolf Hall", a novel by Hilary Mantel, which offers a sympathetic portrayal of the rise of Thomas Cromwell, Gregory is depicted as a childlike, slightly inept but lovable young man.In "Bring Up the Bodies", Mantel's acclaimed sequel to "Wolf Hall", the portrayal is of a young man coming of age with confidence - still naive, but with potential; he is played in the BBC television adaptation by Tom Holland.