BIOGRAPHY
Birth Place: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Birth Date: October 26, 1963
Statistics: 5' 11 1/2"
Family: Second of five children
Childhood Years: From age 6 to 12(?), spent in Winneba, Ghana, while his parents both taught the local teachers and the townspeople. Summers were spent vacationing all over
Europe.
High School Years: After returning to Canada, the family settled in Lennoxville, Quebec. Tom went to
high school in Montreal.
University Years: Enrolled at Queen's University in Ontario, where he played Varsity hockey and
basketball. Graduated in 1987 with honors degrees in English, Biology and
Education while pursuing his interest in music and theater.
Theater Interests: Peaked after being cast as Danny Zuko in a Canadian production of Grease.
Soon after, played Eugene in Brighton Beach Memoirs. First big break came in
the Broadway revival of the hit musical Shenandoah, where he starred with John
Cullum (Holling Vincoeur of Northern Exposure fame.) Other credits include A
Chorus Line and Cabaret.
Moving On: After a year in New York, he went to Toronto and then Vancouver, quickly
becoming one of Canada's most busy & popular actors, with regular roles in the
Canadian TV series Jake & The Kid and No Place Like Home, as well as
commercial appearances for Labatt's Beer, Oh Henry, Midlyn Wallwyn & Speedy
Muffler. He also supplemented his income working as a school teacher.
More Recently: Moved to Los Angeles in 1999, landing a few TV & movie roles, most importantly,
that of Ed Stevens in the CBS pilot called Stuckeyville, later picked up by NBC
and changed to Ed. Also well-known as Doug/Dog Boy in the series Providence.
Married, he lives in both Los Angeles and New York, enjoying all manner of
sports, especially basketball, and playing the guitar. Ironically, Tom has a brother
who is a lawyer in Canada.
Talk Show Talk: Tom has appeared on a number of talk shows, including The Tonight Show With
Jay Leno, The Tony Danza Show, The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson,
Canada AM, Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Ellen Degeneres Show, The Rosie
O'Donnell Show, The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, The Caroline Rhea Show,
and Last Call With Carson Daly, and has made more than one appearance on
The Late Show With David Letterman, Late Night With Conan O'Brien, Live With
Regis & Kelly, Today, The Craig Kilborn Show, and The View.
Awards: Tom won the TV Guide Award for 'Best Actor In A New Series', preferring to share
this and other honors with the Ed cast & crew. (February 2001)
He has also won the Canadian of the Month Award for April, 2001. Click here for
more info. Tom won the 3rd Annual Family Television Award for 'Best Actor',
announced on August 5, 2001. He has also been nominated a number of times
for various awards, most recently for a 2002 Golden Globe.
TOM ON STAGE IN THE MUSICAL "SHENANDOAH".
AS ED STEVENS ON ED.
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