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Thomas Patrick Cavanagh (born October 26, 1963) is a Canadian actor best known for a variety of roles on American television, including starring roles in Ed (his Star-Making Role), Love Monkey and Trust Me. He has also appeared on Providence, Scrubs, and has the dual roles of Eobard Thawne/Reverse-Flash and many versions of Dr. Harrison Wells on The Flash (2014).
Since 2010, he has been co-host of the podcast Mike & Tom Eat Snacks, with his Ed castmate Michael Ian Black, on the Nerdist Podcast Network.
He appeared in
- Shenandoah (Stage version)
- A Chorus Line
- Cabaret
- Grease (Stage version)
- The Outer Limits (1995)
- The Sentinel
- Viper
- Cold Squad
- Providence
- Ed
- Scrubs
- Jack & Bobby
- Gray Matters
- Breakfast with Scot
- Eli Stone
- Trust Me
- Yogi Bear
- Royal Pains
- Doc McStuffins
- The Goldbergs
- Blue Bloods
- The Following
- Undateable
- Arrowverse
- Robot Chicken
- Hey Yahoo!
Tropes
- Acting for Two: In The Flash (2014), Cavanagh plays the many, many Mirror Universe counterparts of Harrison Wells, the most notable being Eobard Thawne/the Reverse Flash when he takes on Wells' appearance, the Tall, Dark, and Snarky Harry Wells, the author and Fake Ultimate Hero H.R. Wells, and the French master detective Harrison Sherloque Wells. Overall, he has appeared as more than a dozen different versions of Wells on the show.
- Career Resurrection: His stint and breakout performance in The Flash (2014) gave him a re-boost in popularity.
- Deadpan Snarker: His frequent character types, though not to the point of Typecasting.
- Fake Nationality: He's Canadian, but most of his roles are Fake Americans.
- Icy Blue Eyes: His blue stare (while usually warm and friendly when out of character) can be very cold and intimidating, something he used to great effect as "Harrison Wells".
- Large Ham: If he wants to, he can be really, really theatrical.
- Mutual Kill: In the set of S.T.A.R. Labs he did a video
in which he (disguised as Harry Wells) and Grant Gustin shoot each other from an imaginary blowpipe and "kill" each other. It was an alleged promo for Tom & Grant. - Nice Guy: Unfailingly polite and charming in interviews, he gives the impression of being a really genuine sort of guy.
- Production Posse: He frequently collaborates with Greg Berlanti.
- Separated-at-Birth Casting:
- Star-Making Role: He was in a moderate amount of movies during The '90s, but he gained a significant amount of popularity after starring as the titular Ed, a role that nominated and won him awards.
- Tall, Dark, and Snarky: He stands 6 feet tall, and he frequently gets cast in Deadpan Snarker roles.
- Those Two Actors: With Sarah Chalke, and of course other actors from Greg Berlanti's aforementioned Production Posse.
- Throw It In: He has a talent for improvising, and has had a lot of creative input on his characters in The Flash (2014).
- Tom Hanks Syndrome: He's mainly known for comedy, but his choice of characters in The New '10s have been very dark or/and ominous.
