Tom Thon
Biography
Tom Thon is an American actor who came to the profession at 36, when he took up community theater and played Ruckly in a 1980 Hempstead Repertory Theatre staging of One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest. Born in Peoria, Illinois, he joined the union after that experience and worked as an extra over the next decade for directors including Simon Nuchtern on Silent Madness (1984), John Houston on Prizzi's Honor (1985) and Uli Edel on Last Exit To Brooklyn (1984). He trained at HB Studios on Bank Street with Aaron Frankel, Herbert Berghoff and Joe Daly and spent a season with New York City Opera. He left acting in late 1991 and returned to it in 2006.
Movie Career
- Films
- 8
- Career span
- 30 years1989 to 2019
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Tom Thon movies on Netflix
Love Takes Flightas Walter Allen
Lizzieas Professor Wood
The Lover in the Attic: A True Storyas Wakeman
Good Grief Suicide Hotlineas Paul
Good Deedsas Milton
Quarantine 2: Terminalas Doc
Trustas Deli Man
The Unbelievable Truthas News Vendor
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Hal Hartley directed two of these films. Seven actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.








Films together
Bill Sage2 films together, 1989 to 1990
Bill Sage's page Trust1990IMDb rating 7.3Thon as Deli ManSage as John Bill
The Unbelievable Truth1989IMDb rating 7.2Thon as News VendorSage as Gus
Matt Malloy2 films together, 1989 to 1990
Matt Malloy's page Trust1990IMDb rating 7.3Thon as Deli ManMalloy as Ed
The Unbelievable Truth1989IMDb rating 7.2Thon as News VendorMalloy as Otis
Edie Falco2 films together, 1989 to 1990
Edie Falco's page Trust1990IMDb rating 7.3Thon as Deli ManFalco as Peg Coughlin
The Unbelievable Truth1989IMDb rating 7.2Thon as News VendorFalco as Jane
Adrienne Shelly2 films together, 1989 to 1990
Adrienne Shelly's page Trust1990IMDb rating 7.3Thon as Deli ManShelly as Maria Coughlin
The Unbelievable Truth1989IMDb rating 7.2Thon as News VendorShelly as Audry
Chris Cooke2 films together, 1989 to 1990
Chris Cooke's page Trust1990IMDb rating 7.3Thon as Deli ManCooke as Diner Guy
The Unbelievable Truth1989IMDb rating 7.2Thon as News VendorCooke as Vic Hugo
Jeff Howard2 films together, 1989 to 1990
Jeff Howard's page Trust1990IMDb rating 7.3Thon as Deli ManHoward as Robert
The Unbelievable Truth1989IMDb rating 7.2Thon as News VendorHoward as Irate Driver
Hal HartleyDirector, 2 films, 1989 to 1990
All films by Hal Hartley Trust1990IMDb rating 7.3Thon as Deli Man
The Unbelievable Truth1989IMDb rating 7.2Thon as News Vendor
Also two films together1 more actor
- Mark Chandler BaileyTrust (1990) and The Unbelievable Truth (1989)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.


