Tom Cavanagh
Tom Cavanagh | |
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Cavanagh at the premiere of War, Inc. at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival, April 28, 2008 | |
Born |
Thomas Patrick Cavanagh October 26, 1963 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
Alma mater | Queen's University |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1989–present |
Spouse(s) |
Maureen Grise (m. 2004) |
Children | 4 |
Thomas Patrick Cavanagh (born October 26, 1963) is a Canadian actor. He is known for a variety of roles on American television, including starring roles in Ed (2000–2004), Love Monkey (2006) and Trust Me (2009), and recurring roles on Providence and Scrubs. Since 2014, Cavanagh has starred on The CW television series The Flash, portraying various versions of Harrison Wells.
Early life
Cavanagh was born on October 26, 1963 in Ottawa, Ontario to a Roman Catholic family of Irish descent.[1] Cavanagh moved with his family to Winneba, a small city in Ghana when he was a child.[2]
In his teens, the family moved to Lennoxville, Quebec where he started high school. He attended the Séminaire de Sherbrooke, where he studied in French and played basketball for the Barons. He later studied at Champlain College in Lennoxville at the CEGEP level. While attending Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, he became interested in theatre and music and played ice hockey and varsity basketball. He graduated with degrees in English, biology and education.[3]
Career
Commercial credits
Cavanagh acted in his native Canada for many years, appearing on television dramas such as Jake and the Kid in the late 1990s, and television commercials, appearing for Labatt Blue Light beer commercials[4] in the 1990s and for CIBC.
Broadway roles
In 1989, he was cast in the Broadway revival of Shenandoah. Other stage credits include productions of A Chorus Line, Cabaret, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Urinetown and Grease. He appeared in the 2008 production of Some Americans Abroad at Second Stage Theatre in New York City.[5]
American television
After gaining notice for his recurring role as Dog Boy in the NBC television program Providence, Cavanagh was cast as the title character in the NBC program Ed. Cavanagh received a Golden Globe nomination and a TV Guide Award for his work on Ed, which ran for four seasons beginning in October 2000 and concluding in February 2004.[2]
Cavanagh first guest starred on the sitcom Scrubs in 2002 ("My Big Brother") where he was cast as Dan Dorian, the brother of lead character J.D., because of his resemblance to Zach Braff. He returned for one episode in 2003 ("My Brother, Where Art Thou?"), for a two-episode arc in 2004 ("My Cake" and "My Common Enemy"), for one episode in April 2006 ("My New Suit") and then on November 8, 2007 ("My Inconvenient Truth"). He took the role for one last time in Braff's final episode as a series regular, the eighth season finale ("My Finale").
In 2005, Cavanagh filmed a pilot, Love Monkey, with Jason Priestley, Judy Greer and Larenz Tate. The show was selected by CBS as a midseason replacement and debuted on January 17, 2006. Love Monkey was given an eight-episode order, but only three aired on CBS before the show was placed on indefinite hiatus due to low ratings. VH1 bought all eight episodes and played them in their entirety in the spring of 2006.
He starred in the Lifetime Movie Network television miniseries The Capture Of The Green River Killer in which he portrayed King County sheriff David Reichert. In March 2006, Cavanagh filmed My Ex-Life, a comedy pilot for CBS about a divorced couple who remain friends. The pilot featured Lost actress Cynthia Watros as his ex-wife. CBS did not select the show for its fall 2006 schedule. Cavanagh portrayed the lead role Nick Snowden (the heir to the Santa Claus identity) in the made-for-TV movie Snow in 2005, which is shown annually on the Family Channel.
In 2008, Cavanagh appeared in the short-lived ABC series Eli Stone, playing the father of the title character. From January through April 2009, Cavanagh starred in the television drama Trust Me, co-starring Eric McCormack, which aired weekly on TNT[6] until the network cancelled it due to low ratings.[7]
Cavanagh hosted Stories from the Vaults on Smithsonian Networks from 2008 to 2009. He made a guest appearance in the mid-season premiere of the USA Network show Royal Pains as former professional golfer Jack O'Malley. In 2012, he appeared in Lifetime's A Killer Among Us.
Since 2014, Cavanagh has been a series regular on The CW's live-action television series The Flash, portraying the various doppelgängers of Dr. Harrison Wells.[8] He first played Eobard Thawne / Reverse-Flash while genetically disguised as Earth-1's Wells in season one, also playing this character in The CW's Superhero Fight Club promotional video,[9] and later reprising the role in the 2017 four-part crossover event "Crisis on Earth-X".[10] Throughout subsequent seasons, Cavanagh would also play "Harry" Wells of Earth-2 since season two,[11] and "H.R." Wells of Earth-19 during season three.[12] Also in season three, he played three other doppelgängers (a steampunk-styled, British-accented doppelganger from Earth-17, a hillbilly from an unnamed Earth and a French-speaking mime from another unnamed Earth) as cameos,[13] and had his directorial debut with the season three episode "The Once and Future Flash".[14] In season four, Cavanagh also portrayed six other versions of Wells: Harrison Wolfgang Wells of Earth-12, H. Lothario Wells of Earth-47, the half-man/half-machine Wells 2.0 of Earth-22,[15] the wizard Wells the Grey from Earth-13,[16][17] Sonny Wells of Earth-24 and H.P. Wells of Earth-25.[18]
Film
Cavanagh starred in the 2002 film Bang Bang You're Dead. Prior to Ed, Cavanagh's film appearances were mainly in supporting roles.[2] After that series ended, he had his first starring role as an escaped convict in the thriller Heart of the Storm. In 2005, he starred in the romantic comedy Alchemy, opposite Sarah Chalke; in 2006, he appeared in another romantic comedy, Gray Matters.
In 2006, Cavanagh began filming Breakfast with Scot, in which he plays a gay retired hockey player who becomes an adoptive father to a young boy. The film, released in 2007, drew attention as the first gay-themed film ever to win approval from a major league sports franchise to use its real name and logo; Cavanagh's character formerly played for the Toronto Maple Leafs. In 2007 he starred in the second instalment of the direct-to-DVD Raw Feed horror film series from Warner Home Video, Sublime. He starred as Ranger Smith in the feature film Yogi Bear (2010).
Podcast
Since 2010, Cavanagh has been co-host of the podcast Mike and Tom Eat Snacks, with his Ed castmate Michael Ian Black, on the Nerdist Podcast Network.
Personal life
Cavanagh married Maureen Grise, an image editor for Sports Illustrated, on July 31, 2004, in a Catholic ceremony on Nantucket, Massachusetts.[19] The couple have two daughters and two sons.[20] Cavanagh ran the 2006 New York City Marathon.[21]
In summer 2008, he founded the Cavanagh Classic, an annual celebrity basketball tournament in Rucker Park in Harlem to raise money and awareness for Nothing But Nets. The charity's goal is to combat malaria by sending mosquito nets to families that need them. Cavanagh travelled to Rwanda on a March 2009 United Nations Foundation trip to distribute the nets and educate the recipients in their use.[22]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1991 | White Light | Ella's Secretary | |
1995 | Dangerous Intentions | Ron | |
1995 | Magic in the Water | Simon | |
1996 | Mask of Death | Joey | |
1996 | Midnight Heat | Bowlan | |
1996 | Profile for Murder | Tim Jonas | |
1997 | Honeymoon | Jamie | |
1999 | Something More | Harry | |
2003 | Freddy vs. Jason | Will's Father | |
2005 | Alchemy | Mal Downey | |
2006 | How to Eat Fried Worms | Mitch Forrester | |
2006 | Two Weeks | Barry Bergman | |
2006 | Gray Matters | Sam Baldwin | |
2007 | Sublime | George Grieves | |
2007 | The Cake Eaters | Lloyd | |
2007 | Breakfast with Scot | Eric McNally | |
2010 | Yogi Bear | Ranger John Smith | |
2013 | The Birder | Ron Spencer | |
2014 | The Games Maker | Mr. Drago | |
2015 | 400 Days | Zell | |
2016 | Sidekick | Darkman | |
2016 | Offer and Compromise | Henry Warner | |
2018 | Tom and Grant | Grant | Short film[23] |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1993 | Secret Service | Charlie | 1 episode |
1993 | Beyond Reality | 1 episode | |
1993 | Sherlock Holmes Returns | Rookie Cop | Television film |
1993 | Other Women's Children | Marco | Television film |
1994 | Street Legal | Dr. Peter Shenfield | 1 episode |
1995 | Madison | Jesus | 1 episode |
1995, 1999 | The Outer Limits | Carl Toman / Vance Ridout | 2 episodes |
1995 | Hawkeye | Corporal Charles Sykes | 1 episode |
1995 | A Vow to Kill | Jacey Jeffries | Television film |
1996 | Jake and the Kid | 1 episode | |
1996 | Bloodhounds II | Levesh | Television film |
1997 | The Sentinel | Bill Collins | 1 episode |
1997 | Northern Lights | Frank | Television film |
1998 | Cold Squad | Spencer Taggart | 1 episode |
1998 | Viper | Charles Bennett | 1 episode |
1998 | Eyes of a Cowboy | Lonesome Cooper | 1 episode |
1998 | Twisteeria | Live Action Man | Television film |
1998 | The 900 Lives of Jackie Frye | Jackie Frye | Television film |
1999 | Mentors | Lewis Carroll | 1 episode |
1999–2000 | Providence | Doug Boyce | Recurring role, 8 episodes |
1999 | Oh, Grow Up | Bruce | 1 episode |
1999 | Anya's Bell | Patrick Birmingham | Television film |
1999–2000 | Sports Night | Howard | 2 episodes |
2000–2004 | Ed | Ed Stevens | Lead role, 83 episodes |
2002 | Bang Bang You're Dead | Val Duncan | Television film |
2002–2009 | Scrubs | Dan Dorian | Recurring role, 7 episodes |
2004 | Jack & Bobby | Jimmy McAllister | 2 episodes |
2004 | Heart of the Storm | Simpson | Television film |
2004 | Snow | Nick Snowden | Television film |
2006 | Love Monkey | Tom Farrell | Lead role, 8 episodes |
2006 | My Ex Life | Nick | Television film |
2008 | Snow 2: Brain Freeze | Nick Snowden | Television film |
2008 | The Capture of the Green River Killer | Dave Reichert | Television miniseries |
2008–2009 | Eli Stone | Jeremy Stone | Recurring role, 7 episodes |
2009 | Trust Me | Conner | Lead role, 13 episodes |
2009 | Christmas Dreams | Eli | Television film |
2010 | Edgar Floats | Edgar Floats | Television film |
2011 | Trading Christmas | Charles Johnson | Television film |
2011–2012 | Royal Pains | Jack O'Malley | Recurring role, 7 episodes |
2012 | A Killer Among Us | Nick Carleton | Television film |
2013 | Doc McStuffins | Big Jack | 1 episode, voice role |
2013 | The Goldbergs | Charles Kremp | 1 episode |
2013 | Blue Bloods | Mickey | 1 episode |
2014 | Lucky Duck | Snap | Television film; voice role |
2014 | The Following | Kingston Tanner | 4 episodes |
2014 | Undateable | Frank | 1 episode |
2014–present | The Flash | Eobard Thawne / Reverse-Flash, Harrison Wells | Main role |
2015 | Robot Chicken | Eobard Thawne | Voice role; episode: "Ants on a Hamburger" |
2016 | Van Helsing | Micah | 1 episode |
2017 | Darrow & Darrow | Miles | Television film |
2017 | Supergirl | Harrison Wells / Eobard Thawne | Crossover episode: "Crisis on Earth-X" |
2017 | Arrow | Harrison Wells / Eobard Thawne | Crossover episode: "Crisis on Earth-X" |
2017 | Legends of Tomorrow | Harrison Wells / Eobard Thawne | Crossover episode: "Crisis on Earth-X" |
2018 | Darrow & Darrow 2 | Miles | Television film |
As a director
- The Flash (2017) – episodes: "The Once and Future Flash", "Elongated Journey Into Night"
Video games
- Yogi Bear: The Video Game (2010); as Ranger Smith (voice role)
References
- ↑ Rothstein, Michael (July 13, 2009). "Fame And Notre Dame: Actor Tom Cavanagh". The Journal Gazette. Fort Wayne, Indiana. Retrieved 2014-08-13.
That was the start of it, so to speak, and we're Irish Catholic and Notre Dame, well, they're the Irish...
- 1 2 3 Blackman, Lori (November 15, 2000). "Tom Cavanagh of 'Ed'". CNN. Retrieved 2014-08-13.
My parents are educators, and they were over there putting in teaching systems in Africa
- ↑ Ouzounian, Richard (July 11, 2014). "Canadian actor known for Ed grateful for a string of "great jobs," including The Following, The Flash and animated series on Disney Junior". The Toronto Star. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
- ↑ Labatt Blue Commercial. VideoCassettes. July 25, 2008. Retrieved 2016-07-08 – via YouTube.
- ↑ "Shows: Season 29 2007–2008". Retrieved 2014-08-13.
- ↑ Frankel, Daniel (February 4, 2009). "TNT's 'Trust Me' tumbles: USA's original series fare well against networks". Winnipeg Free Press.
- ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (April 12, 2009). "TNT cancels ad-agency drama "Trust Me"". Reuters. Retrieved 2014-08-13.
- ↑ Abrams, Natalie (February 10, 2014). "Ed's Tom Cavanagh Joins The CW's The Flash Pilot". TV Guide. Retrieved 2014-08-13.
- ↑ "'The Flash' & 'Arrow' Stars Battle in 'Superhero Fight Club' Promo". April 13, 2015. Retrieved 2017-05-15.
- ↑ Leane, Rob (November 28, 2017). "Crisis On Earth-X Reveals Dark Flash's Origin". Screen Rant. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
- ↑ "'The Flash' EP on "Heartbreaking" Finale Death, Season 2 Speedsters and Villains". The Hollywood Reporter. May 19, 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-23.
- ↑ "The Flash: 314 "Attack on Central City" Review – Cult Fix". Cultfix.co.uk. 2017-03-02. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
- ↑ "The Flash Recap: Greetings From Earth-19". Vulture. October 26, 2016. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
- ↑ "The Flash: The Once And Future Flash Review & Discussion". Screen Rant. April 25, 2017. Retrieved 2017-08-14.
- ↑ "'The Flash' recap: 'When Harry Met Harry...'". EW. November 14, 2017. p. 2. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
- ↑ "The Chronicles of Cisco". November 15, 2017. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
- ↑ "'Supergirl': First Look at Saturn Girl in "Wake Up" Photos". Comicbook.com. November 14, 2017. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
- ↑ Mitovich, Matt Webb (May 8, 2018). "The Flash Recap: Will the Wisdom of the Crowd Be DeVoe's Undoing?". TVLine. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
- ↑ "Cage Nuptials Kick Off a Week of Weddings". People. August 5, 2004. Retrieved 2014-08-13.
- ↑ "My Sundance Experience in Full". Retrieved December 31, 2017.
- ↑ Peterson, Erin (October 29, 2008). "I'm a Runner: Tom Cavanagh". Runner's World. Archived from the original on February 13, 2012. Retrieved 2014-08-13.
- ↑ Cavanagh, Tom (March 25, 2009). "Trust me, Nets Save Lives". Nothing But Nets.
- ↑ "A Conversation with Grant Gustin: The Flash - Hosted by Kevin Smith!". YouTube. June 24, 2018. Retrieved June 26, 2018.