Biography
Following small parts in films like "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1992) and "The Crow: City of Angels" (1996), Jane had a breakout performance as a cocaine addict who helps two porn stars try to rob a freebasing drug dealer in Paul Thomas Anderson's "Boogie Nights" (1997). Though onscreen for only a few minutes, the actor was memorable enough for audiences to stand up and take notice. From there, he became a prominent face in several …
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Career Milestones
| At age 17, offered a role in a Romeo and Juliet-themed film shot in India; dropped out of high school and moved to India | ||
| Moved to Los Angeles, CA; reportedly was homeless for a time, eating his meals at a Salvation Army while audtioning for acting roles | ||
| Raised in Gaithersburg, MD | ||
| Returned to the U.S. to study acting | ||
| Was a founding member of The Space Theater in L.A. | ||
1992 | Had small role in the feature "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"; credited as Tom James | |
1993 | Cast in the feature "At Ground Zero" (released in 1996); credited as Tom Elliott | |
1996 | Returned to features with a supporting role in "The Crow: City of Angels"; first screen credit billed as Tom Jane | |
1997 | Offered a memorable turn as a drug dealer in "Boogie Nights," directed by Paul Thomas Anderson | |
1997 | Portrayed a scruffy prisoner in "Face/Off" | |
1998 | Hired for role in "The Thin Red Line," directed by Terrence Malick | |
1998 | Played a former drug dealer whose past catches up with him in the drama "Thursday" | |
1999 | Cast as the longtime friend who begins a romance with a woman "cured" of her autism in "Molly" | |
1999 | First mainstream lead role as a shark wrangler in the thriller "Deep Blue Sea" | |
1999 | Played a gay man who falls for a bisexual porn star (Vincent D'Onofrio) in "The Velocity of Gary" | |
2000 | Co-starred with Sheree North in a Southern California stage production of "The Glass Menagerie"; played Tom Wingfield | |
2000 | Had supporting role as a hotheaded police detective in "Under Suspicion" | |
2001 | Acted with Antonio Banderas and Angelina Jolie in "Original Sin" | |
2001 | Portrayed Mickey Mantle in his quest to best Babe Ruth's batting record in the HBO drama "61*" | |
2002 | Cast as Cameron Diaz's love interest in the romantic comedy "The Sweetest Thing" | |
2003 | Co-starred with Morgan Freeman in "Dreamcatcher" | |
2004 | Played special agent Frank Castle in "The Punisher," based on the Marvel Comic | |
2004 | Portrayed André Stander in "Stander," the true story of a South African police captain who became a bank robber | |
2007 | Co-starred in David Arquette's directorial debut "The Tripper," a satirical horror film co-produced by Arquette and his wife Courteney Cox Arquette | |
2007 | Co-starred in Stephen King's "The Mist," written and directed by Frank Darabont | |
2009 | Cast as Ray Drecker, a struggling high school basketball coach who resorts to prostitution, on the HBO comedy series "Hung"; earned a Golden Globe nomination in 2009 for Best Actor in a Comedy Series | |
2011 | Co-starred in Mark Pellington's "I Melt with You"; also executive produced | |
2011 | Nominated for the 2011 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy ("Hung") | |
2012 | Co-starred with Miley Cyrus and Demi Moore in the remake of the French film "LOL" | |
Awards
1998 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture in Boogie Nights |
2009 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Comedy Or Musical in Hung |
2010 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Comedy Or Musical in Hung |
2011 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Comedy Or Musical in Hung |