Tom Stevens (actor)

Thomas James "Tom" Stevens (born June 24, 1987) is a Canadian actor, producer, and musician. He is best known for his role as Jason Higgins on Fox TV's Wayward Pines. Stevens regularly performs in theatre in Vancouver and received critical acclaim for his role as "Jerry" in The Zoo Story during Vancouver's 2014 Fringe Festival season. In 2016, he won a Leo Award for Best Actor in a Guest Starring Role for Wayward Pines.

Tom Stevens
Born
Thomas James Stevens

(1987-06-24) June 24, 1987
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Alma materDouglas College (2009)
OccupationActor, producer, musician
Spouse(s)
Erika Valliere (m. 2011)

Early life

Stevens was born on June 24, 1987, in Vancouver, British Columbia. The child of a writer, Diane Stevens (née Ried) and a visual artist, David Stevens, Tom was always encouraged to nurture his creativity and began playing music and writing songs at a young age. He first began acting in high school plays and received positive responses, but succumbed to nerves before his audition to theatre school and gave up acting for several years. After a period of working jobs in the service sector, including as a janitor, Stevens felt unfulfilled and turned back to acting. He was admitted to the Theatre program at Douglas College in 2007 and graduated in 2009.

Career

Shortly after graduating Tom secured his first paid acting job on Blue Mountain State in 2010. Stevens went on to work on numerous television and film productions across Canada, and in 2013 was cast as Eric Griffith on Hallmark Channel's Cedar Cove opposite Andie MacDowell and Dylan Neal. He reprised this role for two seasons. In 2015, Stevens was cast as Jason Higgins on Fox TV's Wayward Pines, a role for which he received his first Leo Award nomination and win. After appearing in the final two episodes of the first season, Stevens reprised the role as a main character in 2016 for the second season of Wayward Pines.

Stevens is also a singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He started and performed with Vancouver band AtomAtom from 2011 until 2013.

Personal life

Tom Stevens has been with his wife Erika Valliere since 2011. They met playing together in rock band AtomAtom.

Filmography
YearTitleRoleNotes
2010Blue Mountain StateDylan JacobsEpisode: "There's Only One Second Best"
2010SmallvilleClaytonEpisode: "Homecoming"
2010On Strike for ChristmasRyanTV movie
2010PsychChrisEpisode: "We'd Like to Thank the Academy"
2010–2011HellcatsNoah Campbell2 episodes
2011Fairly LegalRick RileyEpisode: "Benched"
2011FringeMichael KrickEpisode: "Os"
2011EndgameBellhopEpisode: "Gorillas in Our Midst"
2011FlashpointRyan BellEpisode: "The War Within"
2012Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog DaysLenwood HeathFilm
2012SupernaturalWillEpisode: "We Need to Talk About Kevin"
2012Battlestar Galactica: Blood & ChromeMarine BarisTV movie
2012ArrowTeddy RestonEpisode: "Legacies"
201312 Rounds 2: ReloadedTommy WeaverFilm
2013Falling SkiesSteve PickettEpisode: "The Pickett Line"
2013Grave HalloweenSkylarTV movie
2013–2015Cedar CoveEric Griffith17 episodes
2014MotiveRyan BalfourEpisode: "They Made Me a Criminal"
2015–2016Wayward PinesJason HigginsRecurring season 1; main cast season 2
Won – Leo Award for Best Guest Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series (2016)[1]
Nominated – Leo Award for Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series (2017)[2]
2016The Game of LoveBartonTV movie
2019Valley of the BoomPhillip3 episodes
2019Deadly ClassChester "F***face" Wilson5 episodes
2019-presentThe 100Trey3 episodes

References
  1. "2016 nominees" (PDF). leoawards.com. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  2. "Leo Awards, Nominees by Name 2017". www.leoawards.com. Archived from the original on 27 May 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
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