Robin Thomas
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Robin Thomas | |
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| Occupation(s) | Actor, sculptor |
| Years active | 1982–present |
| Spouse |
Gina I. Wishnick
(m. 1983; div. 2007) |
| Children | 2 |
Robin Thomas is an American film, television and theater actor, and sculptor.
Career[edit]
Thomas' best-known television roles are as Mark Singleton on Another World[1] (1983–85), and as Geoffrey Wells on Who's the Boss?.[2] He also portrayed Paul Kellogg on The Mommies,[3]: 709 Nate's father on Life Unexpected,[3] and had recurring roles on the television series Murphy Brown, Hunter, Matlock, Thirtysomething, Baby Boom, The Division, Switched at Birth, and 90210.
He has also appeared on Misfits of Science, Midnight Caller, Party of Five, Pacific Blue, Queer as Folk, NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, Criminal Minds, Desperate Housewives, Franklin & Bash, Castle, Manhattan, Fuller House, Transparent, Blue Bloods, and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, among others.
He also appeared in such films as About Last Night..., Summer School, The Contender, The Banger Sisters, Pacific Rim, and Seberg.
Personal life[edit]
Thomas spent his early years in New York as a carpenter, specializing in renovations of restaurants and apartments.[1]
Film[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | About Last Night | Steve Carlson | |
| 1987 | Summer School | Vice Principal Phil Gills | |
| 1990 | Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael | Scotty Sandholtzer | |
| 1993 | Me and the Kid | Dr. Berman | |
| 1995 | Jade | Mr. Green | |
| 1995 | Chameleon | Jason Ainsley | |
| 1996 | Amityville Dollhouse | Bill Martin | |
| 1997 | Star Maps | Martin | |
| 1998 | Bulworth | Reporter in Hallway | |
| 1998 | Break Up | Doctor | |
| 1998 | Halloweentown | Kalabar | |
| 2000 | More Dogs Than Bones | Tim Thomas | |
| 2000 | The Contender | William Hanson | |
| 2002 | Clockstoppers | Dr. George Gibbs | |
| 2002 | The Banger Sisters | Raymond Kingsley | |
| 2003 | Missing Brendan | Bob Calden | |
| 2005 | Ambulance Girl | ||
| 2007 | Cougar Club | Mr. Holmes | |
| 2009 | The Pool Boys | Mr. Stenson | |
| 2010 | Bones | Detective | |
| 2010 | The Space Between | Airline Executive | |
| 2012 | A Green Story | Michael Henry | |
| 2013 | Pacific Rim | American UN Representative | |
| 2015 | Babysitter | Neal Longway | |
| 2016 | Frontman | Doctor Glass | Short |
| 2016 | Dreamland | Allen | |
| 2018 | Con Man | Mr. Fitzgerald | |
| 2018 | The Assassin's Code | Angelo Leonetti | |
| 2018 | Delirium | Mr. Walker | |
| 2019 | Seberg | Interviewer |
Television[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | As the World Turns | Dr. Matt Butler | |
| 1983 | Svengali | Mendy Weindenbaum | TV movie |
| 1983–1985 | Another World | Mark Singleton | series regular |
| 1985 | Misfits of Science | Vincent | Episode: "Grand Theft Bunny" |
| 1986 | Cagney & Lacey | Eric Webber | Episode: "Exit Stage Center" |
| 1986 | The Magical World of Disney | Dr. Gardner | Episode: "A Fighting Choice" |
| 1986 | Fame | Mr. Torrence | Episode: "The Incident" |
| 1986–1987 | Who's the Boss? | Geoffrey Wells | 6 episodes |
| 1987 | My Sister Sam | Matt | Episode: "Sister, Can You Spare a Fifty?" |
| 1987 | Matlock | Prosecutor Burton Hawkins | 6 episodes |
| 1987 | Mr. President | Justin | 3 episodes |
| 1987 | Haunted by Her Past | Charles Kamen | TV movie |
| 1987 | A Year in the Life | Brian | Episode: "Dixie Chicken" |
| 1987 | Free Spirit | TV movie | |
| 1988 | Thirtysomething | Dr. Bob Kramer | 2 episodes |
| 1988 | Who Gets the Friends? | Paul Keaton | TV movie |
| 1988 | Baby Boom | Rob Marks | 2 episodes |
| 1989 | From the Dead of Night | Glen Eastman | TV movie |
| 1989 | Anything but Love | Jack Hansen | Episode: "Burning the Toad" |
| 1990 | Island Son | Episode: "Mary, Mary Quite Contrary" | |
| 1990 | Personals | Evan Martin | TV movie |
| 1990 | Memories of Murder | Michael | TV movie |
| 1990 | Father Dowling Mysteries | Jonathan Cabot | Episode: "The Legacy Mystery" |
| 1990 | Midnight Caller | Stan Jessick | Episode: "Home to Roost" |
| 1990 | Close Encounters | David Albird | TV movie |
| 1991 | Hunter | Det. Al Novak / Mr. Canova | 2 episodes |
| 1991 | Empty Nest | Will | Episode: "Her Cheatin' Heart" |
| 1991 | The Rape of Doctor Willis | Wally Shaw | TV movie |
| 1991 | Murder, She Wrote | Gerald Innsmouth | Episode: "The Committee" |
| 1992 | Citizen Cohn | Reporter | TV movie |
| 1992 | Freshman Dorm | Professor Beckenstein | 3 episodes |
| 1993 | For the Love of My Child: The Anissa Ayala Story | Dr. Rudolph Brutoco | TV movie |
| 1993 | Without Warning: Terror in the Towers | TV movie | |
| 1993–1994 | The Mommies | Paul Kellogg | 24 episodes |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel | Dr. Harrison Trowbridge Archibald IV | Episode: "Manny" |
| 1995 | An Element of Truth | Peter | TV movie |
| 1995–1996 | Party of Five | Mr. Marshall Thompson | 3 episodes |
| 1988–1996 | Murphy Brown | Jake Lowenstein | 5 episodes |
| 1996 | High Incident | Episode: "Women & Children First" | |
| 1996 | Color Me Perfect | Dr. Mitch Conlon | TV movie |
| 1997 | JAG | Phil Delaney | Episode: "Ghosts" |
| 1997 | High Stakes | Mike | TV movie |
| 1998 | Pacific Blue | Professor Alan Watson | Episode: "Glass Houses" |
| 1998 | To Have & to Hold | Jack Cornell | Episode: "Stuck in the Blizzard with You" |
| 1998 | Halloweentown | Kalabar | TV movie |
| 1998 | V.I.P. | Gower Jantzen | Episode: "Vallery of the Dolls" |
| 1999 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Brian Whitman | Episode: "Mind Games" |
| 1999 | Chicago Hope | Priest | Episode: "Team Play" |
| 1999 | Horse Sense | Glenn Woods | TV movie |
| 2000 | Diagnosis: Murder | Dr. Donald Ward | Episode: "Teacher's Pet" |
| 2001 | It's Like, You Know... | Producer | Episode: "The Quick and the Dead" |
| 2001 | Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge | Kalabar | (TV; via footage from "Halloweentown") |
| 2002 | The West Wing | Sen. Jack Enlow, D-IL | Episode: "Dead Irish Writers" |
| 2002 | The Court | Andrew Loesch | 5 episodes |
| 2002 | The Pennsylvania Miners' Story | Governor Mark Schweiker | TV movie |
| 1997–2002 | The Practice | Dr. Stephen Barrett / Harry Duvall / Robert Adler | 3 episodes |
| 2003 | CSI: Miami | Bret Betancourt | Episode: "Dead Zone" |
| 2003 | The Street Lawyer | Rudolph Mayes | TV movie |
| 2004 | Queer as Folk | Sam Auerbach | 5 episodes |
| 2002–2004 | The Division | Louis Perillo | 11 episodes |
| 2004 | Law & Order | Connecticut Governor Michael Riordan | Episode: "Gov Love" |
| 2004 | North Shore | Mr. Jensen | Episode: "Illusions" |
| 2004 | House | Dan's Father | Episode: "Paternity" |
| 2004 | Gramercy Park | Billy Hammond Sr. | TV movie |
| 2005 | Kevin Hill | Harlan Davis | Episode: "A River in Egypt" |
| 2005 | CSI: NY | Abel Bloom | Episode: "Til Death Do We Part" |
| 2005 | Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't | William Joyner | TV movie |
| 2005 | Blind Justice | Haden Eastman | Episode: "Under the Gun" |
| 2005 | Ambulance Girl | Michael Stern | TV movie |
| 2005 | Just Legal | Dr. Steven Benson | Episode: "The Limit" |
| 2005 | Criminal Minds | Evan Davenport | Episode: "Broken Mirror" |
| 2006 | Without a Trace | Michael Fletcher | Episode: "The Little Things" |
| 2006 | Cold Case | Roger Felice | Episode: "Baby Blues" |
| 2007 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Bill Dorton | Episode: "Meet Market" |
| 2007 | The Closer | Michael Morgan | Episode: "Saving Face" |
| 2007 | Damages | Martin Cutler | 3 episodes |
| 2007 | Women's Murder Club | Philip Davenport | Episode: "Train in Vain" |
| 2007 | NCIS | Dr. Neil Fleming | Episode: "Leap of Faith" |
| 2007 | Shark | Evan Kendall | Episode: "Every Breath You Take" |
| 2008 | Moonlight | Robert Fordham | Episode: "What's Left Behind" |
| 2008 | Bones | Richard King | Episode: "The Bone That Blew" |
| 2008 | Eleventh Hour | Dr. Tom Carraway | Episode: "Flesh" |
| 2009 | 24 | Deputy Attorney General | Episode: "Day 7: 6:00 a.m.-7:00 a.m." |
| 2009 | Raising the Bar | Gordon Burke | Episode: "I'll Be Down to Get You in a Taxi, Honey" |
| 2009 | The Storm | Episode: "The Storm, Part 2" | |
| 2009 | Desperate Housewives | Dick Jackson | Episode: "Never Judge a Lady by Her Lover" |
| 2009 | Castle | Alan Freeman | Episode: "Vampire Weekend" |
| 2010 | Nip/Tuck | Les Overmyer | Episode: "Sheila Carlton" |
| 2010–2011 | Life Unexpected | Jack Bazile | 8 episodes |
| 2011 | Law & Order: LA | Marty Fox | Episode: "Benedict Canyon" |
| 2011 | Franklin & Bash | Big Mack | Episode: "Jennifer of Troy" |
| 2011 | NCIS: Los Angeles | Dennis White | Episode: "Lone Wolf" |
| 2011–2012 | Switched at Birth | Dale | 3 episodes |
| 2012 | Rizzoli & Isles | Roger Deluth | Episode: "No More Drama in My Life" |
| 2011–2013 | 90210 | Charles Sanderson | 2 episodes |
| 2013 | Cleaners | Barry Madden | 6 episodes |
| 2014 | Manhattan | Maxwell Rubins | Episode: "The Second Coming" |
| 2014 | Runaway | Rick | TV movie |
| 2016 | Fuller House | Dr. Fred Harmon | 2 episodes |
| 2016 | StartUp | Leonard | 3 episodes |
| 2016–2017 | Zoo | Max Morgan | 6 episodes |
| 2017 | Dracula Goes to Camp | Barry Cohen | TV movie |
| 2017 | Transparent | Dr. Crichton | Episode: "Born Again" |
| 2017 | Law & Order True Crime | David Conn | 2 episodes |
| 2018 | Blue Bloods | Dr. Max McCandless | Episode: "Thicker Than Water" |
| 2018 | Lethal Weapon | Victor Halderman | Episode: "Get the Picture" |
| 2015–2019 | Crazy Ex-Girlfriend | Marco Serrano | 6 episodes |
| 2019 | Mystery 101 | Graham Winslow | Hallmark Movies & Mysteries TV movie |
| 2019 | Mystery 101: Playing Dead | ||
| 2019 | Mystery 101: Words Can Kill | ||
| 2019 | Mystery 101: Dead Talk | ||
| 2020 | Mystery 101: An Education in Murder | ||
| 2021 | Mystery 101: Killer Timing | ||
| 2021 | Mystery 101: Deadly History |
References[edit]
- ^ a b Reichardt, Nancy M. (June 26, 1983). "Robin Thomas has no regrets about acting". The Marshall News Messenger. Texas, Marshall. p. 46. Retrieved 16 August 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Who's the Boss? | TV Guide". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
- ^ a b Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. pp. 603–604. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.
External links[edit]
- Robin Thomas at IMDb
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