Henry Thomas | |
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Born | Henry Jackson Thomas September 9, 1971 San Antonio, Texas, U.S. |
Education | Blinn College |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1981–present |
Spouses | |
Children | 3 |
Henry Jackson Thomas [1] (born September 9, 1971) [2] is an American actor. He began his career as a child actor and had the lead role of Elliott Taylor in the film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), for which he won a Young Artist Award and received a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, and Saturn Award nominations. Thomas also had roles in other films, including Cloak & Dagger (1984), Fire in the Sky (1993), Legends of the Fall (1994), Suicide Kings (1997), All the Pretty Horses (2000), Gangs of New York (2002), 11:14 (2003), and Dear John (2010). Thomas was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film for his role in the television film Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1997).
More recently, Thomas collaborated with filmmaker Mike Flanagan, appearing in the films Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016), Gerald's Game (2017) and Doctor Sleep (2019) as well as the television series The Haunting of Hill House (2018) (which earned him a Saturn Award) and its follow-up series The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020). In 2021, he had a main role in Flanagan's horror series Midnight Mass , and, in 2023, he starred as one of the Usher siblings in The Fall of the House of Usher (2023), also by Flanagan.
Thomas was born in San Antonio, Texas. [1] He attended East Central High School and Blinn College. [1] [3]
Thomas struggled with the popularity he gained in the months following the 1982 release of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial . [4] In November 2019, Thomas reprised his role as Elliott for an Xfinity & Sky UK commercial, in which E.T. returns to visit a now-adult Elliott and his family for the holidays. [5]
Since 2016, Thomas has worked frequently with filmmaker Mike Flanagan, appearing in his films Ouija: Origin of Evil , Gerald's Game and Doctor Sleep , as well as in the Netflix horror series The Haunting of Hill House , which Flanagan created and directed. Thomas also has a role in Flanagan's follow up to The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor , and Flanagan's mini-series Midnight Mass .
Thomas worked in Stargirl portraying Doctor Mid-Nite and voicing his A.I. counterpart "Chuck" until the latter role was recast with Alex Collins in season two.
Thomas wrote songs and played guitar for a San Antonio band, The Blue Heelers (named for the breed of dog), in the 1990s. Although the band was not signed to a record label, it self-produced an album, Twister. Thomas continued to write and record songs. In 1998, his song "Truckstop Coffee" (recorded with the Blue Heelers) appeared on V2's soundtrack for Niagara, Niagara . [6] In 2003, Thomas and Nikki Sudden collaborated on the music for Mika Kaurismäki's film Honey Baby, which featured four original songs written and performed by Thomas as the fictional musician Tom Brackett. [7] An album was in the works, but Sudden died unexpectedly in 2006. [8]
Thomas married actress Marie Zielcke on May 10, 2004. They had a daughter, Hazel. The couple were divorced in 2007. Thomas also has two children with his current wife Annalee, [9] [4] and in 2014 moved to Wilsonville, Oregon.
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1981 | Raggedy Man | Harry | |
1982 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Elliott | |
1984 | Misunderstood | Andrew | |
1984 | Cloak & Dagger | Davey Osborne | |
1985 | Frog Dreaming | Cody | |
1988 | Murder One | Billy Isaacs | |
1989 | Valmont | Raphael Danceny | |
1993 | Fire in the Sky | Greg Hayes | |
1994 | Curse of the Starving Class | Wesley Tate | |
1994 | Legends of the Fall | Samuel Ludlow | |
1997 | Niagara, Niagara | Seth | |
1997 | Suicide Kings | Avery Chasten | |
1997 | Bombshell | Buck Hogan | |
1999 | Fever | Nick Parker | |
2000 | The House That Screamed | Jack Gillton | Direct-to-video |
2000 | A Good Baby | Raymond Toker | |
2000 | All the Pretty Horses | Lacey Rawlins | |
2001 | The Quickie | Alex | |
2002 | Dead in the Water | Jeff | |
2002 | I'm with Lucy | Barry | |
2002 | Gangs of New York | Johnny Sirocco | |
2003 | I Capture the Castle | Simon Cotton | |
2003 | 11:14 | Jack | |
2003 | Honey Baby | Tom Brackett | |
2003 | Briar Patch | Edgar MacBeth | |
2004 | Dead Birds | William | |
2006 | The Hard Easy | Paul Weston | |
2007 | The Last Sin Eater | Man of God | |
2007 | Suffering Man's Charity | Eric Rykell | |
2008 | Red Velvet | Aaron | |
2010 | Dear John | Tim | |
2011 | The Last Ride | Hank Williams Sr. | |
2013 | Big Sur | Philip Whalen | |
2016 | Ouija: Origin of Evil | Father Tom Hogan | |
2017 | Gerald's Game | Tom Burlingame | |
2019 | The Great Alaskan Race | Thompson | |
2019 | Doctor Sleep | The Bartender / Jack Torrance | |
2019 | A Holiday Reunion | Elliott | Short film |
2021 | To All the Boys: Always and Forever | Mr. Kavinski | |
2022 | Sam & Kate | Ron | |
2022 | Crawlspace | Robert Mitchell | |
2023 | Pet Sematary: Bloodlines | Dan Crandall |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1990 | Psycho IV: The Beginning | Young Norman Bates | Television film |
1992 | A Taste for Killing | Cary Sloan | Television film |
1995 | Indictment: The McMartin Trial | Ray Buckey | Television film |
1996 | Riders of the Purple Sage | Bern Venters | Television film |
1998 | Moby Dick | Ishmael | Miniseries |
1999 | Happy Face Murders | Dylan McCarthy | Television film |
2005 | Masters of Horror | Jamie | Episode: "Chocolate" |
2006 | Stephen King's Desperation | Peter Jackson | Television film |
2006 | Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King | Robert Fornoy | Episode: "The End of the Whole Mess" |
2007–08 | Without a Trace | Franklin Romar | 2 episodes |
2009 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Jeremy Kent | Episode: "If I Had a Hammer" |
2011 | The Mentalist | Thomas Lisbon | Episode: "Where in the World is Carmine O'Brien?" |
2013–14 | Betrayal | T.J. Karsten | 13 episodes |
2015 | Sons of Liberty | John Adams | Miniseries |
2016 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Sean Roberts | Episode: "Making a Rapist" |
2017 | Better Things | Robin | 4 episodes |
2018 | The Haunting of Hill House | Young Hugh Crain | Series regular |
2018 | Girl in the Bunker | Vinson Filyaw | Television film |
2020 | FBI: Most Wanted | Dr. Justin Brock | Episode: "Dopesick" |
2020 | Stargirl | Charles McNider / Doctor Mid-Nite, Voice of Chuck | Recurring role |
2020 | The Haunting of Bly Manor | Henry Wingrave | Series regular |
2021 | Midnight Mass | Ed Flynn | Series regular |
2021 | Just Beyond | Crazy Chris | Episode: "Parents are from Mars, Kids are from Venus" |
2022 | The Midnight Club | Freedom Jack | Episode: "Road to Nowhere" |
2023 | The Fall of the House of Usher | Frederick Usher | Series regular |
Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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1981 | 3rd Youth in Film Awards | Best Young Motion Picture Actor | Raggedy Man | Nominated |
1982 | 4th Youth in Film Awards | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Won | |
1983 | 40th Golden Globe Awards | New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture – Male | Nominated | |
36th British Academy Film Awards | Most Outstanding Newcomer to Leading Film Roles | Nominated | ||
10th Saturn Awards | Best Actor | Nominated | ||
1984 | 6th Youth in Film Awards | Best Young Actor in a Motion Picture: Musical, Comedy, Adventure or Drama | Cloak & Dagger | Nominated |
1996 | 53rd Golden Globe Awards | Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film | Indictment: The McMartin Trial | Nominated |
2006 | 6th DVD Exclusive Awards | Best Actor in a DVD Premiere Movie | 11:14 | Nominated |
2019 | 45th Saturn Awards | Best Actor in Streaming Presentation | The Haunting of Hill House | Won |
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