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Tom McGowan

  • Birthplace: Bel Mar, New Jersey, USA
  • Birthday: July 26, 1958

A portly, light-haired actor, Tom McGowan first garnered attention in 1991 when he was chosen to replace Ron Silver in Boston as the lead of "La Bete", a stage play written in verse. He made his entrance and delivered a twenty-five minute soliloquy in rhyming couplets that made critics and audiences pay attention. While the show failed to run, McGowan earned a Tony Award nomination as Best Actor. Having trained at the prestigious Yale School of Drama, appeared with the Yale Rep and landed work with the New York Shakespeare Festival, t…more

Credits

Actor

Career Milestones

  • 2006

    Cast in Michael Cuesta's sophomore feature "Twelve and Holding"

  • 2003

    Once again worked with director in Terry Zwigoff's "Bad Santa"

  • 2001

    Cast in Terry Zwigoff's "Ghost World"

  • 2000

    Cast in "The Family Man" directed by Brett Ratner and starring Nicolas Cage

  • 1998 to 2004

    Had recurring role as station manager on the hit NBC sitcom "Frasier"

Awards

  • 1996

    OBIE Award: Performance

  • 1990

    Outer Critics Circle Award: Outstanding Debut of an Actor