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Tom Pelphrey

Tom Pelphrey

Birthday: 1982-07-28 | Place of Birth: 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
Outer Range

as    Perry Abbott

2020
Mank

as    Joseph Mankiewicz

2019
Crazy Alien

as    John Stockton

2017
Marvel's Iron Fist

as    Ward Meachum

2015
#LuckyNumber

as    Bret Reynolds

2015
Sam

as    Stephen

2013
Banshee

as    Kurt Bunker

2012
Excuse Me for Living

as    Dan

2012
Junction

as    David

2008
Birds of America

as    Hitchhiker