Tom Schanley

Tom Schanley is an American actor raised in Manchester, Massachusetts, north of Boston. He studied in New Hampshire, San Diego and England before entering USC's acting program, where he won his first professional part, Whit Champion on the NBC series The Yellow Rose. After college he trained with teachers including Stella Adler and Roy London. On television he appeared in The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory (1987), with Alec Baldwin, took the lead in The Return of the Six Million Dollar Man (1987), and had roles on Fame, Dynasty, Melrose Place and Lonesome Dove. His films include Fever Pitch, directed by Richard Brooks, Red Rock West, Courage Under Fire, directed by Ed Zwick, and Conspiracy Theory. He played Mark Antony in Julius Caesar for the LA Shakespeare Festival, spent eight years with the improv troupe Without a Net, and with Jon Lindstrom wrote and executive produced The Hard Easy.