Thom Sharp

Thom Sharp is an actor and comedian from Dearborn, Michigan, known for voice-over work and for commercials. He attended Sacred Heart High in Dearborn, then Henry Ford Community College, and he earned a marketing degree from Eastern Michigan University and a communication master's from Wayne State University. His advertising career included time at the D.W. Doner agency in Detroit and at BBDO in Los Angeles. In 1977 he had a local Detroit hit with They Don't Make Nun Names Like That No More, and he also wrote I Don't Know Whether to Kill Myself or Go Bowling. He made ads for Goodyear tires in Canada, Ziploc, GE and Buick, and CompUSA commercials with fellow comedian Jack Riley. His Goodyear work proved popular enough that he handled promotions, public relations, dealer relations, training and internal communications. Wayne State University gave him an Arts Achievement Award in 1996.