Thomas Dekker (actor)

Thomas Dekker
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Other names	Thomas Alexander Dekker
Website	Official site

Thomas Alexander Dekker (born 28 December 1987, in Las Vegas, Nevada) is an American film and television actor and a musician. He currently portrays John Connor in the Terminator spin-off series The Sarah Connor Chronicles. He is also a singer and has written and produced two studio albums, the first of which is due for release later this year. He is probably best known for his role as Zach on Heroes or as Nick Szalinski on Disney's Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show.

Career

Early career

Starting his acting career at age six, Thomas was first seen in the soap The Young and the Restless. His first movie job was starring in Star Trek: Generations playing Thomas Picard. Later in 1997 Thomas became a regular on the Disney Channel Original Show Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show based on the movie of the same name. He played Nick Szalinski on the show for three years. After the show ended in 2000 he went on to appear in many popular television shows including Run of the House, Fillmore!, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, House, Boston Public, Reba and 7th Heaven. He appeared in movies such as Campus Confidential and An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster. He has won three Young Artist Awards for his work in the The Land Before Time movies and one for his guest appearance on Boston Public. He has also been nominated for a DVD Premiere Award and a Video Premiere Award.

2006 onwards

In 2006 Thomas landed a recurring role on NBC's hit show Heroes playing the character of Zach. He played the character for 11 episodes before leaving the show when he won the lead role of John Connor in FOX's new show The Sarah Connor Chronicles starring opposite Lena Headey and Summer Glau. The show is slated to air on 14th January 2008 and contnues the story of Sarah and John Connor's lives after the events of the second Terminator film, Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Upcoming projects include the movies Brothers of Blood and From Within. His first studio album is expected to be released later this year. The album, Psyanotic, will be Dekker's first studio album. He has also recently completed work on his second studio album currently titled Protean.

Music

Thomas was brought up with a musical background, and started writing music at age ten while living in Canada. At the age of fifteen he landed a record deal, however after feeling that he wasn't as involved in the music as he would have liked, he left to concentrate on making his own music. At the age of sixteen, Thomas started writing and producing his own music that infused the drama and musical intircacies of classical with the sound scape and aesthetics of electronica. Thomas describes his unique musical style as "electrofolk". Thomas' first album Psyanotic is complete and is currently in negotiations with record companies. It is expected to be released later this year. The album was completely written, composed, produced, mixed and mastered by Thomas himself. He has also, despite continuing with his busy acting career completed a second album currently titled Protean.

Personal life

Thomas' mother is a concert pianist. His father is an artist, an opera singer and an actor. As a child he and his parents moved all over the world, spending time in the United States, Europe and Canada. He has a step sister named Diana and a step brother named Erik. Thomas is a vegan and owns two pet pugs named Captain and Noggin and a rabbit named Bella.

Awards

• Young Artist Award — Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series - Leading Young Actor (Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show) (1997)
• Young Artist Award — Best Performance in a Voice-Over: TV/Film/Video - Young Actor (An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster) (1999)
• Young Artist Award — Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actor (Boston Public) (2000)
• Young Artist Award — Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role (The Land Before Time IX: Journey to the Big Water) (2002)

Filmography

• Star Trek: Generations (1994)
• Village of the Damned (1995 film) (1995)
• The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island (1997) (singing voice)
• An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island (1997) (voice)
• The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock (1998) (voice)
• An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster (1999) (voice)
• The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire (2000) (voice)
• The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze (2001) (voice)
• The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water (2002) (voice)
• Simple Joys (2006)
• From Within (2008)
• Brothers of the Blood (2008)

Television

• The Young and the Restless (1993)
• The Nanny (1994)
• ER (1994)
• Seinfeld (1994 & 1995)
• Star Trek: Voyager (1995)
• Caroline in the City (1996)
• The Weird Al Show (1997)
• Extreme Ghostbusters (1997)
• Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show (1997-2000)
• Touched By An Angel (2000)
• Grosse Pointe (2000)
• Inside the Osmonds (2001)
• Family Guy (2001) (voice)
• Jackie Chan Adventures (2001) (voice)
• The Mummy: The Animated Series (2002) (voice)
• Family Affair (2002)
• Run of the House (2003)
• Filmore! (2003) (voice)
• Boston Public (2003)
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2004)
• 7th Heaven (2005)
• Campus Confidential (2005)
• Reba (2005)
• House M.D. (2006)
• Shark (2006)
• Heroes (2006-2007)
• Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008)

Discography

Albums

• Psyanotic (2007)
• Protean (2008)???

Soundtracks

• From The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island :
  • 1997: "Friends for Dinner", "Always There", "Big Water"

• From An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island:
  • 1998: "Anywhere in Your Dreams"

• From The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock:
  • 1998: "Bad Luck", "The Legend of the Lone Dinosaur", "On Your Own"

• From An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster:
  • 1999: "Get the Facts", "Who Will"

• From The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire:
  • 2000: "Beyond the Mysterious Beyond", "Good Inside"

• From The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze:
  • 2001: "Family", "The Lesson"

• From The Land Before Time IX: Journey to the Big Water:
  • 2002: "Imaginary Friends", "No One Has to Be Alone", "Chanson D'Ennui", "Big Water"

• From 7th Heaven:
  • From the episode Red Socks
    • 2005: "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive"

External links

• Thomas Dekker at IMDb
• Official website
• Heroes Straightens Up its Gay Character
• MySpace