Henry Thomas
Henry Thomas | |
|---|---|
| Born | Henry Jackson Thomas, Jr. September 9, 1971 San Antonio, Texas, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | actor, musician |
| Years active | 1981-present |
| Spouse(s) | Kelly Hill (2000–2002) Marie Zielcke (2004–2007) |
Henry Jackson Thomas, Jr. (born September 9, 1971) is an American actor and musician. He has appeared in more than 40 films and is probably mostly remembered for his memorable role as Elliott in the 1982 Steven Spielberg film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and the 1984 film Cloak & Dagger.
Early life
Thomas was born an only child in San Antonio, Texas, the son of Carolyn L. (née Davis), a homemaker, and Henry Jackson Thomas, a hydraulic machinist.[1] He attended East Central High School in San Antonio and Blinn College in Brenham.[2]
Career
Acting career
After E.T., Thomas returned to Texas, occasionally acting in the 1984 film, Cloak & Dagger, and on TV while attending school. He returned to film in the late 1980s and early 1990s and began to prove himself in adult roles, most notably as the younger version of Anthony Perkins' Norman Bates character in Psycho IV: The Beginning. His most prominent adult role to date was as "Samuel Ludlow" in Legends of the Fall (1994). He is currently both an actor and musician and starred in the 2011 film The Last Ride (2011) as musician Hank Williams Sr..
Music
Thomas wrote songs, sang, and played guitar for the San Antonio, Texas, band The Blue Heelers from the mid to late '90s. Although the band was never signed to a record label, its self-produced album Twister was warmly received and enjoyed statewide radio play. Moving to Los Angeles in 1998, the band dissolved, but Thomas continued to write and record songs. In 1998, his song "Truckstop Coffee" (recorded with the Blue Heelers) appeared on V2's soundtrack to the film Niagara, Niagara in which Thomas appeared. [citation needed]
In 2003, Thomas worked with Nikki Sudden on the music for Mika Kaurismäki's film Honey Baby, which featured four original songs written and performed by Thomas as the fictitious musician Tom Brackett. An album was in the works, but their collaboration ended when Sudden died in 2006. [citation needed]
Awards and honors
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Film | |||
| 1981 | Raggedy Man | Harry, Jr. | |
| 1982 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Elliot | |
| 1984 | Misunderstood | Andrew | |
| 1984 | Cloak & Dagger | Davey Osborne | |
| 1986 | Frog Dreaming (aka The Quest) | Cody | |
| 1988 | Murder One | Billy Isaacs | |
| 1989 | Valmont | Raphael Danceny | |
| 1990 | Psycho IV: The Beginning | Young Norman Bates | |
| 1993 | Fire in the Sky | Greg Hayes | |
| 1994 | Curse of the Starving Class | Wesley Tate | |
| 1994 | Legends of the Fall | Samuel Ludlow | |
| 1996 | Bombshell | Buck Hogan | |
| 1997 | Hijacking Hollywood | Kevin | |
| 1997 | Niagara, Niagara | Seth | |
| 1997 | Suicide Kings | Avery Chasten | |
| 1999 | Fever | Nick Parker | |
| 2000 | A Good Baby | Raymond Toker | |
| 2000 | All the Pretty Horses | Lacey Rawlins | |
| 2001 | The Quickie | Alex | |
| 2002 | Dead in the Water | Jeff | |
| 2002 | I'm with Lucy | Barry | |
| 2002 | Gangs of New York | Johnny Sirocco | |
| 2003 | I Capture the Castle | Simon Cotton | |
| 2003 | Briar Patch (aka Plain Dirty) | Edgar MacBeth | |
| 2003 | 11:14 | Jack | |
| 2003 | Honey Baby | Tom | |
| 2004 | Dead Birds | William | |
| 2005 | The Hard Easy | Paul Weston | |
| 2006 | Desperation | Peter Jackson | TV movie |
| 2007 | The Last Sin Eater | Man of God | |
| 2007 | Suffering Man's Charity | Eric Rykell | |
| 2009 | Red Velvet | Aaron | |
| 2009 | Don't Look Up | ||
| 2009 | Sweet Flame | Bill | |
| 2010 | Dear John | Tim | |
| 2012 | Big Sur | Philip Whalen | |
| Television | |||
| 1981 | The Steeler and the Pittsburgh Kid | The Kid | |
| 1990 | Psycho IV: The Beginning | Young Norman Bates | |
| 1992 | A Taste for Killing | Cary Sloan | |
| 1994 | Beyond Obsession | John Thompson | |
| 1995 | Indictment: The McMartin Trial | Ray Buckey | |
| 1996 | Riders of the Purple Sage | Bern Venters | |
| 1998 | Moby Dick | Ishmael | |
| 1999 | Happy Face Murders | Dylan McCarthy | |
| 2005 | Masters of Horror | Jamie | One episode |
| 2007–2008 | Without a Trace | Franklin Romar | Two episodes |
| 2009 | CSI | Jeremy Kent | Episode 214 |
| 2011 | The Mentalist | Thomas Lisbon | Season 4, Episode 6 |