He didn't get into Juilliard after his first audition because of his
Buffalo regionalisms and an overly sibilant "s". After a year of
commuting to Chicago for private speech classes he got in the second
time and went on to become one of the most sought after speech, dialect
and acting coaches in the business.
He is an avid surfer, marksman, cyclist, Beatlemaniac, Led Zeppelinite
and rock & roll drummer.
Has a brother David, who made minor appearance as a spectator to a
baseball game in the movie COBB (1994). He is a professional tennis
player and saxophonist.
He has two long-haired German Shepherd brothers named "Rebel and "Stealth".
Tom lives in Cold Spring, New York and Santa Monica, California.