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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
Detective Cristian Jackson
for Detective Cristian Jackson in DCU The Flash: Shattered Velocity
Suggested by matthewfenner
Central City, 2025. Four years into his life as The Flash, Barry Allen has become a symbol of hope and speed—a hero capable of outrunning bullets, disasters, and even death itself. But when a series of coordinated bombings tear through the city, leaving behind carnage and panic, Barry faces a new kind of enemy—Marc Scheffer, a former military demolitions expert turned anarchist known as Shrapnel. Encased in fragmented metal and driven by a belief that society must be destroyed to be reborn, Shrapnel wages a war of terror across Central City, targeting its power grid, government, and the very people Barry swore to protect. As the explosions grow deadlier and the casualties mount, Barry’s speed is no longer just a gift—it’s a burden that can’t save everyone. Haunted by failure and consumed by guilt, Barry begins to question whether he’s truly making a difference or just delaying the inevitable collapse. His desperate pursuit of Shrapnel becomes an obsession that pushes his limits and blurs his morality, forcing him to face the line between justice and vengeance. When the final countdown begins, The Flash must race not only against time but against the darkness rising within himself. Brutal, high-octane, and emotionally charged, The Flash: Shattered Velocity delivers an R-rated dive into heroism under pressure, where even the fastest man alive can’t escape the weight of every life he couldn’t save.
