Tom Pelphrey

Tom Pelphrey is an American actor Tom was born and raised in New Jersey He grew up in the town of Howell and attended the Fine and Performing Arts Center at Howell High school He received a BFA in Acting from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University where he also had the opportunity to study Shakespeare at the Globe Theatre in London England Toms first professional job was on the long running CBS daytime show Guiding Light In two and a half years on the show he was nominated for four consecutive Daytime Emmy Awards he won twice 2006 2008 Since then he has worked in theater television and independent film His first lead role in a film was playing the crystal meth addict David in Junction alongside Michael OKeefe David Zayas and Anthony Rapp That led to lead roles in other features including the romantic comedy Excuse Me for Living where he worked with Jerry Stiller Christopher Lloyd Dick Cavett and Robert Vaughn He eventually became a series regular on the hit Cinemax show Banshee playing ex neonazi Kurt Bunker Tom is a founding member and the current Artistic Director of the Apothecary Theatre Company a NYC based notforprofit that develops and produces world premieres of new plays by up and coming playwrights He made his Broadway debut in 2012 as Judy Garlands last husband Mickey Deans in the critically acclaimed End of the Rainbow directed by Tony Award winner Terry Johnson