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Tom Cavanagh

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Tom Cavanagh

Born Oct 26, 1963 · 62 years89 titles 46 movies · 43 TV
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Biography

Thomas Cavanagh is a European-Canadian businessman, entrepreneur and film and television actor, producer, director and game show host. He was born on October 26th, 1963 in Ottawa, Ontario, the second-oldest of five children. His close-knit family moved to Ghana when Tom was six. His father educated teachers there. The family moved back to Canada before Tom started high school (which he attended in southern Quebec). Tom went to Queens University in Kingston, Ontario where he played on the basketball team and graduated with degrees in English, Biology, and Education. His interest in theater grew when he was cast as the lead Danny Zuko in a Canadian "Grease". In his spare time he likes to play guitar and participate in a variety of sports.

Also known as

Thomas Cavanagh · Τομ Κάβανα · 톰 카바나 · تام کاوانا

Born

Oct 26, 1963

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

87

Acting credits

4

Directing

3

Writing

1

Other crew

Most critically rated

Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)

Most commercially successful

Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

By release / first air year · movie & TV merged

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1988 1 title(s)

1991 2 title(s)

1992 1 title(s)

1993 2 title(s)

1994 1 title(s)

1995 5 title(s)

1996 5 title(s)

1997 2 title(s)

1998 3 title(s)

1999 4 title(s)

2000 2 title(s)

2001 1 title(s)

2003 1 title(s)

2004 4 title(s)

2005 2 title(s)

2006 3 title(s)

2007 6 title(s)

2008 3 title(s)

2009 3 title(s)

2010 3 title(s)

2011 1 title(s)

2012 3 title(s)

2013 3 title(s)

2014 4 title(s)

2015 3 title(s)

2016 2 title(s)

2017 2 title(s)

2018 4 title(s)

2019 3 title(s)

2020 2 title(s)

2021 1 title(s)

2022 2 title(s)

2023 1 title(s)

2024 2 title(s)

2026 2 title(s)