
Age: 43
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Tom Pelphrey is an American actor. Tom was born and raised in New Jersey. He grew up in the town of Howell and attended the Fine and Performing Arts Center at Howell High school. He received a BFA in Acting from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University where he also had the opportunity to study Shakespeare at the Globe Theatre in London, England. Tom's first professional job was on the long running CBS daytime show, Guiding Light. In two and a half years on the show he was nominated for four consecutive Daytime Emmy Awards; he won twice. (2006, 2008) Since then he has worked in theater, television, and independent film. His first lead role in a film was playing the crystal meth addict David in Junction alongside Michael O'Keefe, David Zayas and Anthony Rapp. That led to lead roles in other features including the romantic comedy, Excuse Me for Living, where he worked with Jerry Stiller, Christopher Lloyd, Dick Cavett, and Robert Vaughn. He eventually became a series regular on the hit Cinemax show "Banshee" playing ex neo-nazi Kurt Bunker. Tom is a founding member and the current Artistic Director of the Apothecary Theatre Company; a NYC based not-for-profit that develops and produces world premieres of new plays by up and coming playwrights. He made his Broadway debut in 2012 as Judy Garland's last husband, Mickey Deans, in the critically acclaimed "End of the Rainbow", directed by Tony Award winner Terry Johnson.

Tom Pelphrey

Bradley Campbell
for Bradley Campbell in Spider-Man Origins: One Month Later (2005)
Suggested by matthewfenner

In his first tumultuous year as Spider-Man, fifteen-year-old Peter Parker struggles to balance the crushing weight of grief, guilt, and responsibility. Just one month after the murder of Uncle Ben, the sting of loss still drives him to patrol the grim backstreets of Queens, desperate to make his uncle’s last words—“With great power comes great responsibility”—mean something. But being Spider-Man isn’t glamorous. Every night brings bruises, blood, and the haunting realization that no one can save everyone. Between homework, bullies, and the lies he tells Aunt May, Peter’s double life begins to fracture, pulling him toward an emotional breaking point. When a ruthless new gang emerges, flooding the city with high-risk drugs and chaos, Peter’s resolve is tested like never before. His crusade for justice turns brutal as his anger blurs the line between hero and avenger. In chasing vengeance, he risks becoming the very thing Uncle Ben warned him against. As Midtown High life collides with the dark underworld of New York, Peter must learn what it truly means to be a hero—not the one who strikes hardest, but the one who endures the pain and still chooses to do what’s right. This R-Rated origin captures the raw, violent birth of Spider-Man, before the legend—when he was still just a broken kid trying to make the world hurt a little less.
