In television, Thomas has had main roles on The WB sitcoms as Russell on Brutally Normal (2000) Off Centre (2001–2002), Jeff Woodcock on the first two seasons of the Fox sitcom 'Til Death (2006–2008), David Kaplan on the HBO comedy-drama series How to Make It in America (2010–2011), and Tobias "Toby" Curtis on the CBS drama series Scorpion (2014–2018).[4][5] He had a recurring role as Adam on the Amazon Prime series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2023). Since 2005, he has provided the voice of Barry Robinson on the Fox and TBS animated sitcom American Dad!.
In a 2020 interview promoting American Pie co-star Jason Biggs' show Outmatched, Biggs said that Eddie Kaye Thomas is a stage name.[8] His real name is Edward Kovelsky.[9]
Thomas stated on a podcast that he is married with three children; and that he and his wife became parents in 2018 right after Scorpion was cancelled.[10]
Career
Thomas began his acting career as a stage actor at age seven, appearing in Four Baboons Adoring the Sun in 1992, and The Diary of Anne Frank, opposite Natalie Portman in 1997. He graduated from New York's Professional Children's High School already a veteran of the Broadway stage.
Thomas made his onscreen debut in an episode of the ABC Soap Opera One Life to Live,[11] and later starred in an episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark?[12] about a possessed camera that destroys everything it shoots, entitled The Tale of the Curious Camera. He also appeared on Law & Order twice in 1996, playing different characters each time. On the Thanksgiving 1998 edition of Late Night with Conan O’Brien Thomas played Ricky, Conan and Andy's son home from college for the holidays.
From 2001 to 2002, Thomas starred in the television series Off Centre with John Cho.[15] He returned to the small screen in the sitcom 'Til Death for the first two seasons (2006 and 2007). His character was removed from the show for budget reasons but still appeared in season 3. Due to the writers' strike a few season 2 episodes were shown starting Wednesday, October 8, 2008. He has also appeared in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode "No More Bets".
In 2014, he appeared as Mark in DirecTV's First Original Comedy Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight.[17] In the same year, Thomas was a member of the principal cast of the TV series Scorpion on CBS as Harvard trained psychiatrist and genius behaviourist, Dr. Tobias M Curtis.[18][19] The series was cancelled after completing four seasons (93 episodes) in May 2018.[20] In 2018, he joined the cast of thriller filmShattered Memories, also known by the name Last Night.[21]
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