David Tom
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| Born | March 23, 1978 Hinsdale, Illinois, U.S. |
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David Tom (born March 23, 1978 in Hinsdale, Illinois) is an Emmy-winning American actor.
In 1993, Tom was nominated for two Young Artist Awards for his roles in Stepfather III and Stay Tuned. In 1994, he was again nominated for "Outstanding Youth Ensemble in a Motion Picture" for Swing Kids, alongside co-stars Robert Sean Leonard, Christian Bale and Frank Whaley.
He previously portrayed Billy Abbott on the CBS soap opera, The Young and the Restless, from 1999 to 2002. His sister, Heather, appeared on Y&R as well, as Victoria Newman, but the two almost never appeared together in the same scene. Tom received two Daytime Emmy nominations for "Outstanding Younger Actor" in 2000 and 2001, winning in the former year. He also won a Soap Opera Digest Award for "Outstanding Male Newcomer" in 2000 and was consecutively nominated in 2001 for "Outstanding Younger Lead Actor".
In 2004, Tom portrayed Paul Cramer (the half-brother of Kelly Cramer, portrayed by his sister, Heather) on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live, a role he played from March of that year to October 2004. His character was crucial to a year-long baby-switch storyline on One Life to Live and its sister series, All My Children.
Tom also has a twin sister, Nicholle, who is also an actress. He played Whitey, Tobey Maguire's adversary in the Reese Witherspoon/Tobey Maguire movie Pleasantville in 1998. He also had a small role in the made for TV movie The 60s in 1999, and a recurring role on The CW television network in its series Veronica Mars in 2006.
Tom's musical background includes formerly being the lead singer of the indie rock band Eudora.
[edit] Roles
- Veronica Mars as Chip Diller (2006) (recurring)
- All My Children as Paul Cramer (2004)
- One Life To Live as Paul Cramer (2004, 2005)
- Party of Five as Heath (1999) (recurring)
- The Young And The Restless as Billy Abbott (1999-2002)
- Swing Kids as Willi (1993)
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman as Lewis Bing (1993) (recurring)
- A Brand New Life as Bart McCray (1989)
- Plain Clothes (1988)
