Eddie Kaye Thomas

Summary

Eddie Kaye Thomas (born October 31, 1980)[1] is an American actor. He rose to prominence as Paul Finch in the American Pie film series.[2] His other notable appearances include Andy Rosenberg in the Harold & Kumar series,[3] Jeff Woodcock in 'Til Death,[4] genius behaviorist Dr. Tobias "Toby" M. Curtis in CBS show Scorpion,[5] and as series regular Mike Platt in American sitcom Off Centre on The WB.[6]

Eddie Kaye Thomas
Thomas at the 2016 Wondercon
Born (1980-10-31) October 31, 1980 (age 43)
OccupationActor
Years active1992–present

Early life edit

Thomas was born in New York City.[1] He is Jewish.[7][8] In a 2020 interview for American Pie co-star Jason Biggs' show Outmatched, Biggs says that Eddie Kaye Thomas is a stage name.[9]

Career edit

Thomas began his acting career as a stage actor at age seven, appearing in Four Baboons Adoring the Sun in 1992, and The Diary of Anne Frank, opposite Natalie Portman in 1997. He graduated from New York's Professional Children's High School already a veteran of the Broadway stage.

Thomas made his onscreen debut in an episode of the ABC Soap Opera One Life to Live,[10] and later starred in an episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark?[11] about a possessed camera that destroys everything it shoots, entitled The Tale of the Curious Camera. He also appeared on Law & Order twice in 1996, playing different characters each time. On the Thanksgiving 1998 edition of Late Night with Conan O’Brien Thomas played Ricky, Conan and Andy's son home from college for the holidays.

His screen work includes the independent movie called Illtown, The Rage: Carrie 2, and James Toback's controversial motion picture Black and White in which Thomas co-starred with Robert Downey, Jr. and Jared Leto. Thomas also played the title role in Canadian shock-comic Tom Green's Freddy Got Fingered,[12] and the stereotypical Jewish character Rosenberg in Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004) and Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008) opposite David Krumholtz.[13]

From 2001 to 2002, Thomas starred in the television series Off Centre with John Cho.[14] He returned to the small screen in the sitcom 'Til Death for the first two seasons (2006 and 2007). His character was removed from the show for budget reasons but still appeared in season 3. Due to the writers' strike a few season 2 episodes were shown starting Wednesday, October 8, 2008. He has also appeared in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode "No More Bets".

Thomas appeared in commercials for Blockbuster Video, Snickers and Nike. He also appeared in 311's music video for "Flowing".

He has continued to do stage work, appearing off Broadway in 2006, and has voiced Barry Robinson on American Dad! since 2005.

From 2010 to 2011, he appeared as David Kaplan in HBO comedy-drama television series How to Make It in America.[15]

In 2014, he appeared as Mark in DirecTV's First Original Comedy Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight.[16] In the same year, Thomas was a member of the principal cast of the TV series Scorpion on CBS as Harvard trained psychiatrist and genius behaviourist, Dr. Tobias M Curtis.[17][18] The series was cancelled after completing four seasons (93 episodes) in May 2018.[19] In 2018, he joined the cast of thriller film Shattered Memories, also known by the name Last Night.[20]

In 2020, he reunited with his American Pie co-stars Alyson Hannigan and Jason Biggs in the Fox sitcom Outmatched.[21]

Filmography edit

Film edit

Year Title Role Notes
1996 Illtown Young Flaco
1997 Mr. Jealousy Nat
1998 Harvest Dishwasher
1999 The Rage: Carrie 2 Arnold
American Pie Paul Finch
Black and White Marty King
2000 Drop Back Ten Gil
More Dogs Than Bones Roy
2001 Freddy Got Fingered Frederick "Freddy" Brody
American Pie 2 Paul Finch
2002 Taboo Adam
Stolen Summer Patrick O'Malley
Sweet Friggin' Daisies Damian Short Film
2003 American Wedding Paul Finch
Winter Break Peter Rothner
2004 Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle Andy Rosenberg
Weekends Shane Everett TV movie
2005 Dirty Love John
Neo Ned Joey
2006 Wasted Stan
Fifty Pills Ralphie
Kettle of Fish Sean
Blind Dating Larry
2007 On the Road with Judas Judas
Spellband Howard TV movie
2008 Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay Andy Rosenberg
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist Jesus
Nature of the Beast Rich ABC Family Movie
Good Behavior Jesse TV movie
2010 Venus & Vegas Alex
2011 A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas Andy Rosenberg
Rough Sext Eddie Short Film
2012 American Reunion Paul Finch
Petunia Michael Petunia
Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden Christian TV movie
2017 Alex & the List Dave
2018 Shattered Memories Tim TV movie

Television edit

Year Title Role Notes
1994 One Life to Live Dave 1 episode
Are You Afraid of the Dark? Matt Dorney Episode: "The Tale of the Curious Camera"
Two Guys and a Girl Guest Star
1998 Felicity P.J. Episode: "Cheating"
1996, 1999 Law & Order Ethan Vance/ Chad Markham 2 episodes
2000 Brutally Normal Russell Recurring role, 7 episodes
2000–2001 The X Files Gary Edward Cory "Requiem" and This Is Not Happening
2001–2002 Off Centre Mike Platt Main role, 28 episodes
2001 The Weakest Link Himself 1 episode
2003 Twilight Zone Jonah Beech Episode: "Rewind"
Miss Match Scott Episode: "Kate in Ex-tasy"
The Jamie Kennedy Experiment Himself guest star
The New Tom Green Show Himself 1 episode
2004 Wonderfalls Fat Pat Episode: "Muffin Buffalo"
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Seth Landers Episode: "No More Bets"
2005–present American Dad! Barry Robinson (voice) Recurring role
2006–2008 'Til Death Jeff Woodcock Main role, 39 episodes
2007 Thank God You're Here guest star 1 episode
2010–2011 How to Make it in America David Kaplan Main role, 16 episodes
2010 The Forgotten Brice Walden Episode: "Train Jane"
2012 Family Guy Barry Robinson (voice) Episode: "Killer Queen"
2014 Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight Mark 5 episodes
Inside Amy Schumer Guy at bar Episode: "A Chick Who Can Hang"
2014–2018 Scorpion Tobias "Toby" Curtis Main role, 93 episodes
2019 This Is Us Gavin Episode "Don't Take My Sunshine Away"
2020 Outmatched Sigmund Episode: "Couple's Friends"
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Luke Mitchell Episode: "Solving for the Unknowns"
2021 The Prodigal Son Deputy Episode: "S2 Ep13 The last Weekend "
2023 The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Adam 8 episodes

Music videos edit

Year Title Artist Album
1999 "Flowing" 311 Soundsystem
2014 "Dear River"[circular reference][22] Kina Grannis Elements

Awards and nominations edit

Year Award Category Work Result
2000 Young Hollywood Awards Best Ensemble Cast American Pie Nominated

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Eddie Kaye Thomas". www.tcm.com. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
  2. ^ Kelsey Lentz (July 9, 2019). "The Stars of 'American Pie': Where Are They Now?". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
  3. ^ Tara Aquino (July 30, 2019). "10 Fast Facts About Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle". Mentalfloss.com. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
  4. ^ Trevor Kimball (March 23, 2010). "'Til Death: FOX Sitcom Cancelled, No Season Five". Tvseriesfinale.com. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
  5. ^ Nellie Andreeva (March 14, 2014). "Eddie Kaye Thomas Joins CBS' 'Scorpion'". Deadline. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
  6. ^ "SCORPION: Actors Eddie Kaye Thomas and Ari Stidham talks Season 1 – Exclusive Interview". Assignment X. April 13, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
  7. ^ Wynschenk, Gabbie (August 2009). "Becoming the Beast". JVibe. Archived from the original on December 31, 2017. Retrieved May 27, 2012.
  8. ^ Bloom, Nate (November 7, 2011). "Jewish Stars". Cleveland Jewish News.
  9. ^ BUILD Series Interview with Jason Biggs. February 8, 2020. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021.
  10. ^ "One Life To Live". ABC. March 1994. Retrieved March 25, 2020.[dead YouTube link]
  11. ^ "Future Celebrities Who had Roles On "Are You Afraid of the Dark"". TVovermind.com. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
  12. ^ Rosie Fletcher (August 17, 2016). "American Pie: Who had the most successful career after the movie franchise? We rank the cast". Digital Spy. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
  13. ^ A.O Scott (April 25, 2008). "Two Buddies, Several Tokes Over the Line". The New York Times. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
  14. ^ Amanda Bruce (November 20, 2019). "10 Best Shows On The WB According To IMDb". Screen Rant. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
  15. ^ Abbie Bernstein (February 23, 2017). "SCORPION: Eddie Kaye Thomas talks Toby in Season 3 – exclusive interview". Assignment X. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
  16. ^ Lesley Goldberg (June 2, 2014). "'Enlisted' Duo Among Cast of DirecTV's First Original Comedy (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
  17. ^ "Eddie Kaye Thomas of CBS' Scorpion on Being a Smart Guy". Parade.com. April 25, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
  18. ^ Bill Keveney (November 23, 2014). "'Scorpion' actors like to play it smart". USA TODAY. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
  19. ^ "'Scorpion' Canceled By CBS After 4 Seasons". Deadline. May 12, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
  20. ^ "Elizabeth Bogush To Star In 'Last Night'; Chris Caldovino Joins Indie 'Made In Chinatown'". Deadline. July 2, 2018. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
  21. ^ Dan Snlerson (February 6, 2020). "American Pie reunion coming to Fox comedy Outmatched". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
  22. ^ "Dear River – Kina Grannis (Official Music Video)". Kina Grannis YouTube. April 28, 2014. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021.

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