Henry Thomas

Henry Thomas
Henry Thomas
Born	Henry Jackson Thomas Jr.; September 9, 1971; San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, musician
Years active	1981–present
Spouse(s)	Kelly Hill; (m. 2000; div. 2002); Marie Zielcke; (m. 2004; div. 2007); Annalee Fery (m. 2009);
Children	3

Henry Jackson Thomas Jr. (born September 9, 1971) is an American actor and musician. He is best known for his breakout role as Elliott in Steven Spielberg's film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and his more recent role in The Haunting of Hill House.

Early life

Thomas was born in San Antonio, Texas. His mother, Carolyn L. (née Davis), is a homemaker and his father, Henry Jackson Thomas Sr., is a hydraulic machinist. He attended East Central High School and Blinn College.[1]

Career

Acting

Thomas struggled with the popularity he gained in the months following the release of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.[2] In November 2019, Thomas reprised his role as Elliott for an Xfinity & Sky UK commercial, in which E.T. returns to visit a now-adult Elliott and his family for the holidays.[3]

Music

Thomas wrote songs and played guitar for a San Antonio band, The Blue Heelers (named for the breed of dog), in the 1990s. Although the band was not signed to a record label, it self-produced an album, Twister. Thomas continued to write and record songs. In 1998, his song "Truckstop Coffee" (recorded with the Blue Heelers) appeared on V2's soundtrack for Niagara, Niagara.[4] In 2003, Thomas and Nikki Sudden collaborated on the music for Mika Kaurismäki's film Honey Baby, which featured four original songs written and performed by Thomas as the fictional musician Tom Brackett.[5] An album was in the works, but Sudden died unexpectedly in 2006.[6]

Personal life

Thomas married actress Marie Zielcke on May 10, 2004. They had a daughter, Hazel. The couple were divorced in 2007. Thomas also has two children with his current wife Annalee,[7][2] and in 2014 moved to Wilsonville, Oregon.[8]

On October 21, 2019, Thomas was arrested and charged with DUII ("driving under the influence of intoxicants") in Tualatin, Oregon, and pleaded no contest on November 18, 2019. He was ordered to participate in a year long diversion program and install a breathalyzer in his car.[9]

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1981	Raggedy Man	Harry	Film debut
1982	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	Elliott
1984	Misunderstood	Andrew
1984	Cloak & Dagger	Davey Osborne
1985	Frog Dreaming	Cody
1989	Valmont	Raphael Danceny
1993	Fire in the Sky	Greg Hayes
1994	Curse of the Starving Class	Wesley Tate
1994	Legends of the Fall	Samuel Ludlow
1997	Niagara, Niagara	Seth
1997	Suicide Kings	Avery Chasten
1997	Bombshell	Buck Hogan
1999	Fever	Nick Parker
2000	The House That Screamed	Jack Gillton	Direct-to-video
2000	A Good Baby	Raymond Toker
2000	All the Pretty Horses	Lacey Rawlins
2001	The Quickie	Alex
2002	Dead in the Water	Jeff
2002	I'm with Lucy	Barry
2002	Gangs of New York	Johnny Sirocco
2003	I Capture the Castle	Simon Cotton
2003	11:14	Jack
2004	Dead Birds	William
2006	The Hard Easy	Paul Weston
2007	The Last Sin Eater	Man of God
2007	Suffering Man's Charity	Eric Rykell
2008	Red Velvet	Aaron
2010	Dear John	Tim
2011	The Last Ride	Hank Williams Sr.
2013	Big Sur	Philip Whalen
2016	Ouija: Origin of Evil	Father Tom Hogan
2017	Gerald's Game	Tom
2019	The Great Alaskan Race	Thompson
2019	Doctor Sleep	The Bartender / Jack Torrance
2019	A Holiday Reunion	Elliott	Short film

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	Psycho IV: The Beginning	Young Norman Bates	Television film
1992	A Taste for Killing	Cary Sloan	Television film
1995	Indictment: The McMartin Trial	Ray Buckey	Television film
1996	Riders of the Purple Sage	Bern Venters	Television film
1998	Moby Dick	Ishmael	Miniseries
1999	Happy Face Murders	Dylan McCarthy	Television film
2005	Masters of Horror	Jamie	Episode: "Chocolate"
2006	Stephen King's Desperation	Peter Jackson	Television film
2006	Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King	Robert Fornoy	Episode: "The End of the Whole Mess"
2007–08	Without a Trace	Franklin Romar	2 episodes
2009	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Jeremy Kent	Episode: "If I Had a Hammer"
2011	The Mentalist	Thomas Lisbon	Episode: "Where in the World is Carmine O'Brien?"
2013–14	Betrayal	T.J. Karsten	13 episodes
2015	Sons of Liberty	John Adams	Miniseries
2016	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Sean Roberts	Episode: "Making a Rapist"
2017	Better Things	Robin	4 episodes
2018–present	The Haunting of Hill House	Young Hugh Crain (season 1) TBA (season 2)	Series regular, first and second season
2018	Girl in the Bunker	Vinson Filyaw	Television film
2020	FBI: Most Wanted	Dr. Justin Brock	Episode: "Dopesick"
2020	Stargirl	Charles McNider / Doctor Mid-Nite	Recurring role

Accolades

Awards and nominations for acting
Year	Association	Category	Nominated work	Result
1982	Young Artist Award	Best Actor	Raggedy Man	Nominated
1983	Young Artist Award	Best Actor	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	Won
	British Academy Film Awards	Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles		Nominated
	Golden Globe Awards	Best Actor		Nominated
	Saturn Award	Best Actor		Nominated
1985	Young Artist Award	Best Actor	Cloak & Dagger	Nominated
1996	Golden Globe Awards	Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film	Indictment: The McMartin Trial	Nominated
2019	Saturn Awards	Best Actor in Streaming Presentation	The Haunting of Hill House	Won

Other honors

VH1's "100 Greatest Kid Stars"
2005, ranked #4, E!'s "50 Cutest Child Stars All Grown-up"
2013, inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame.

References

"Henry Thomas Biography (1971-)". Filmreference.com. 1971-09-08. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
""E.T. sent my world crazy": Boy actor Henry Thomas from E.T. on how hit film changed his life". Mirror.co.uk. 2012-06-02. Retrieved 2019-04-19.
Steinberg, Brian (November 28, 2019). "Comcast Brings 'E.T.' Back to Earth. He's Doing an Ad, Not a Sequel". Variety.
Stephen Thomas Erlewine (April 7, 1998). "Niagara, Niagara - Original Soundtrack | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
Leslie Felperin (July 9, 2004). "Review: 'Honey Baby'". Variety. Retrieved 2016-12-25.
Cartwright, Garth (April 2, 2006). "Obituary: Nikki Sudden". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
"Forgotten Child Stars". express.co.uk. 2012-06-09. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
Kavanaugh, Shane Dixon (22 October 2019). "'E.T.' star Henry Thomas Jr. jailed for DUII near Portland, police say". oregonlive. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
Oregonian/OregonLive, Shane Dixon Kavanaugh | The (2019-11-18). "'E.T.' star Henry Thomas Jr. pleads no contest to DUII near Portland". oregonlive. Retrieved 2020-01-13.

Bibliography

Holmstrom, John. The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995, Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, p. 387-388.

External links

Henry Thomas on Myspace
Henry Thomas on IMDb

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[1] "Henry Thomas Biography (1971-)". Filmreference.com. 1971-09-08. Retrieved 2016-09-10.

[mirror-2] ""E.T. sent my world crazy": Boy actor Henry Thomas from E.T. on how hit film changed his life". Mirror.co.uk. 2012-06-02. Retrieved 2019-04-19.

[3] Steinberg, Brian (November 28, 2019). "Comcast Brings 'E.T.' Back to Earth. He's Doing an Ad, Not a Sequel". Variety.

[4] Stephen Thomas Erlewine (April 7, 1998). "Niagara, Niagara - Original Soundtrack | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-09-10.

[5] Leslie Felperin (July 9, 2004). "Review: 'Honey Baby'". Variety. Retrieved 2016-12-25.

[6] Cartwright, Garth (April 2, 2006). "Obituary: Nikki Sudden". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-01-17.

[7] "Forgotten Child Stars". express.co.uk. 2012-06-09. Retrieved 2019-01-17.

[8] Kavanaugh, Shane Dixon (22 October 2019). "'E.T.' star Henry Thomas Jr. jailed for DUII near Portland, police say". oregonlive. Retrieved 23 October 2019.

[9] Oregonian/OregonLive, Shane Dixon Kavanaugh | The (2019-11-18). "'E.T.' star Henry Thomas Jr. pleads no contest to DUII near Portland". oregonlive. Retrieved 2020-01-13.