Tom Cavanagh
Highest Rated: 64% The Cake Eaters (2007)
Lowest Rated: 8% Gray Matters (2006)
Birthday: Oct 26, 1963
Birthplace: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Tom Cavanagh was a Canadian actor who was able to cross over into American fame, thanks to his soulful good looks and surprisingly wicked sense of humor, carving out a respectable career in both film and television. Born on October 26, 1963 in Ottawa, Canada, Cavanagh lived in Winneba, a small city in Ghana, for most of his childhood, before moving to Lennovxille, Quebec, as a teenager. He attended college at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, where he studied English, biology, and education. It was at college that Cavanagh first became interested in theatre. His first onstage role came in 1989, with a Broadway revival of "Shenandoah." Cavanagh would go on to tread the boards in such productions as "A Chorus Line," "Cabaret," "Brighton Beach Memoirs," "Urinetown," and "Grease." In the 1990s, he returned to Canada and began booking TV roles, most notably a recurring role on the drama "Jake and the Kid" (CIBC, 1999). After a memorable cameo as Dog Boy on the series "Providence" (NBC, 1999-2002), Cavanagh landed his breakthrough role: Ed Stevens, a hotshot New York lawyer who returns to his quirky midwestern hometown after a series of personal and professional setbacks, on the hour-long dramedy "Ed" (NBC, 2000-2004). The show was a hit with both critics and audiences, winning multiple Emmys in 2001, while Cavanagh was nominated for a Golden Globe and a TV Guide Award for his performance. His next role came thanks to a resemblance to another actor, Zach Braff. On "Scrubs" (NBC/ABC, 2001-2010), Cavanagh often guest starred as Dan Dorian, older brother of Braff's lead character, J.D., beginning in 2002, and continuing for six more episodes throughout the show's run, exiting the program when Braff did, in 2008. Cavanagh broke some ground with his 2006 film "Breakfast With Scot," in which he played a retired gay hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs; making it the first gay-themed film to ever win permission to use a major sports franchise's real name and logo. Following a co-starring role on the short lived TNT crime drama "Trust Me" (TNT, 2009) and a starring role as Ranger Smith in the much-maligned live-action take on "Yogi Bear" (2010), Cavanagh took on the role you can see him in today, playing various iterations of Dr. Harrison Wells on the superhero adventure series "The Flash" (The CW, 2014-).
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Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fence and the Fox | Unknown (Character) | - | 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bitcon | Unknown (Character) | - | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Be the Light | Pastor Spencer (Character) | - | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Witness to Murder: A Darrow Mystery | Miles Strasberg (Character) | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Love & Debt | Henry Warner (Character) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Darrow & Darrow: Body of Evidence | Miles (Character) | - | 2018 |
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Darrow & Darrow: In the Key of Murder | Miles (Character) | - | 2018 |
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Darrow & Darrow | Miles (Character) | - | 2017 |
22% |
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400 Days | Zell (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lucky Duck | Snap (Voice) | - | 2014 |
40% |
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The Games Maker | Mr. Drago (Character) | - | 2014 |
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The Birder | Ron Spencer (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Killer Among Us | Nick (Character) | - | 2012 |
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Debbie Macomber's Trading Christmas | Charles (Character) | - | 2011 |
13% |
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Yogi Bear | Ranger Smith (Character) | $100.2M | 2010 |
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Snow 2 Brain Freeze | Nick Snowden (Character) | - | 2008 |
64% |
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The Cake Eaters | Lloyd (Character) | - | 2007 |
54% |
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Breakfast With Scot | Eric (Character) | $46.1K | 2007 |
33% |
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Sublime | George (Character) | - | 2007 |
8% |
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Gray Matters | Sam (Character) | $59.6K | 2006 |
19% |
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Two Weeks | Barry Bergman (Character) | $45.8K | 2006 |
61% |
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How to Eat Fried Worms | Dad (Character) | $13.0M | 2006 |
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Alchemy | Mal Downey (Character) | - | 2005 |
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Heart of the Storm | Simpson (Character) | - | 2004 |
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Snow | Nick Snowden (Character) | - | 2004 |
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Bang Bang You're Dead | Val Duncan (Character) | - | 2002 |
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Anya's Bell | Patrick Birmingham (Character) | - | 1999 |
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Something More | Harry (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Honeymoon | Jamie (Character) | - | 1998 |
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Northern Lights | Frank (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bloodhounds II | Levesh (Character) | - | 1996 |
21% |
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Magic in the Water | Simon (Character) | $2.3M | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Vow to Kill | Andy Neiman (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Midnight Heat | Bowlan (Character) | - | 1995 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hey Yahoo! | Host | 2023 |
83% | 80% | Superman & Lois | Director | 2021 2023 |
No Score Yet | 81% | Blue Bloods | Mickey (Guest Star) | 2013 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2016 2021-2022 |
89% | 59% | The Flash |
Reverse Flash (Character), Eobard Thawne (Guest Star), Director |
2014-2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Home & Family | Guest | 2020 |
89% | 69% | DC's Legends of Tomorrow |
Dr. Harry Wells/ |
2017 |
88% | 47% | Supergirl | Wells (Guest Star) | 2017 |
No Score Yet | 84% | Comic Book Men | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Last Call With Carson Daly | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 85% | Robot Chicken | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 2015 |
60% | 89% | Undateable | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 |
58% | 66% | The Following |
Unknown (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2014 |
No Score Yet | 75% | The Goldbergs | Charles Kremp (Guest Star) | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Chew | Guest | 2012 |
94% | 78% | Royal Pains | Jack O'Malley (Guest Star) | 2011-2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stories From the Vaults | Host | 2007 2009 |
60% | 100% | Eli Stone | Jeremy Stone (Guest Star) | 2008-2009 |
83% | 86% | Scrubs | Dan (Guest Star) | 2002-2004 2006-2007 2009 |
52% | No Score Yet | Trust Me | Conner (Character) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bonnie Hunt Show | Guest | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rachael Ray | Guest | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Capture of the Green River Killer | Unknown (Character) | 2008 |
85% | No Score Yet | Love Monkey | Unknown (Character) | 2006 |
88% | No Score Yet | Jack & Bobby | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ed |
Ed Stevens (Character), Director |
2000-2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Daily Show | Guest | 2001 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Providence | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999-2000 |
90% | 92% | Sports Night | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
33% | No Score Yet | Oh Grow Up | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Outer Limits | Vance Ridout (Character) | 1995 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Viper | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sentinel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |