
Tom Pelphrey
Known For
Acting
Born
1982-07-28 in Howell, New Jersey, USA
Biography
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.
Most Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as T-Bone

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Matt Kroger

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self

Blue Bloods
as Mike Galatis

Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest

The Good Wife
as Josh Mundy

CSI: Miami
as Mick Ragosa

The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self

Blindspot
as Cameron Gibbs

Ghost Whisperer
as Brian

Banshee
as Kurt Bunker

The Following
as Brock

Ozark
as Ben Davis

Numb3rs
as Mike Daley

Body of Proof
as Dean Avery

Task
as Robbie Prendergrast

Outer Range
as Perry Abbott

Love & Death
as Don Crowder

Marvel's Iron Fist
as Ward Meachum

Mank
as Joseph Mankiewicz