Tom was born in a small town in Northern California. He began acting in a local theater group where he continued to perfect his craft all throughout his school years. Immediately after graduating high school, Tom went on to join the US Army in 1989, where he served during the Gulf War. Tom retired from the Army in 2009. Prior to retiring, Tom was given a chance to work on his first feature film by the Late Robin Williams. He appeared in What Dreams May Come, and was invited to work again by Mr.Williams in Bicentennial Man. Tom's most recent film role was a Business Man, who survives the devastating earth quake in San Francisco in the film San Andreas, starring Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson. To be released in June of 2015. Tom's television roles have been with the high acclaimed Discovery ID channel television show "Sex Sent me to the Slammer". Tom lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.