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Tom Pelphrey

Tom Pelphrey

Born: 1982-07-28 • Howell, New Jersey, USA

Tom Pelphrey is an American actor. Tom was born and raised in New Jersey. He grew up in the town of Howell and attended the Fine and Performing Arts Center at Howell High school. He received a BFA in Acting from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University where he also had the opportunity to study Shakespeare at the Globe Theatre in London, England.

Tom's first professional job was on the long running CBS daytime show, Guiding Light. In two and a half years on the show he was nominated for four consecutive Daytime Emmy Awards; he won twice. (2006, 2008) Since then he has worked in theater, television, and independent film. His first lead role in a film was playing the crystal meth addict David in Junction alongside Michael O'Keefe, David Zayas and Anthony Rapp. That led to lead roles in other features including the romantic comedy, Excuse Me for Living, where he worked with Jerry Stiller, Christopher Lloyd, Dick Cavett, and Robert Vaughn. He eventually became a series regular on the hit Cinemax show "Banshee" playing ex neo-nazi Kurt Bunker.

Tom is a founding member and the current Artistic Director of the Apothecary Theatre Company; a NYC based not-for-profit that develops and produces world premieres of new plays by up and coming playwrights. He made his Broadway debut in 2012 as Judy Garland's last husband, Mickey Deans, in the critically acclaimed "End of the Rainbow", directed by Tony Award winner Terry Johnson.

Filmography
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She Said
2022 • Vadim Rutman
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American Murderer
2022 • Jason Derek Brown
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Jill
2022 • Ted
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A Farewell to Ozark
2022 • Self
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The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank
2021 • Self
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Mank
2020 • Joseph Mankiewicz
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Crazy Alien
2019 • John Stockton
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Anchors
2015 • Denny
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#Lucky Number
2015 • Bret Reynolds
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Sam
2015 • Stephen
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2013 • Ricky Harden
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Turtle Island
2013 • Tim
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Excuse Me for Living
2012 • Dan
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Junction
2012 • David
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Birds of America
2008 • Hitchhiker
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