Thom Mathews

Thom Mathews
Mathews in Lake Como
Born	Thomas Mathews (1958-11-28) November 28, 1958 Los Angeles, California, U.S
Occupation	Actor
Spouse	Karla Jensen ​ (m. 2014)​ Karina Pozsar 2007-2009
Children	Miles Mathews b. 2002 Katherine Mathews b. 2004 Conner Mathews b.1999

Thomas Mathews (born November 28, 1958) is an American actor who is best known for his roles as Freddy in The Return of the Living Dead (1985) and Tommy Jarvis in the Friday the 13th franchise (1986; 2017). His other film roles include Dangerously Close (1986), Return of the Living Dead Part II (1988), and Nemesis (1992).

Career

Mathews began his acting career in the early 1980s as a model and commercial actor, starring in national television commercials for Le Tigre, Sprite and Tostitos. From 1982 to 1984, Mathews guest starred on a string of soap operas including Falcon Crest (1982; 1984), Dynasty (1983) and Paper Dolls (1984). In 1984, Mathews portrayed Erik in the romantic comedy film The Woman in Red although he was uncredited.

His first major role was Freddy in the 1985 cult film The Return of the Living Dead. The following year, Mathews starred in Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives, being the third actor to portray Tommy Jarvis after Corey Feldman and John Shepherd. In 1987, he starred as Francis Kelly in the television film The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission. The same year, Mathews starred in the film Down Twisted and guest starred on the sitcom Mr. President. In 1988, he starred as Joey in Return of the Living Dead Part II and Charmin' in Alien from L.A.. In 1989, Mathews guest starred on an episode of CBS Summer Playhouse.

In 1990, he portrayed Tim Murphy in the television film Rock Hudson, Sonny Hilderbrand in the television pilot Sporting Chance, and David in the film Midnight Cabaret. The following year, Mathews starred in the films Bloodmatch and Born to Ride and the television short The Letters from Moab. In 1992, he starred in the film Nemesis. In 1994, he portrayed Bill in Kickboxer 4 and Dan Donahue in In the Living Years. The following year, Mathews starred in Heatseeker. The same year, he guest starred on an episode of ER. In 1996, Mathews starred in the television films If Looks Could Kill and Raven Hawk.

He reprised the role of Tommy Jarvis twice in 2017, providing his voice and likeness to the video game Friday the 13th: The Game and making a cameo appearance in the unofficial fan film Never Hike Alone.

Mathews now owns a construction company, Hammer and Trowel. Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne hired his company to remodel their home during the filming of their MTV reality show The Osbournes.

Personal life

On May 10, 2014, Mathews married Karla Jensen in Los Cabos Municipality, Mexico. Mathews was previously married to Karina Pozsar, a family law attorney, the couple divorced in 2009.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	The Woman in Red	Erik	Uncredited
1985	The Return of the Living Dead	Freddy
1986	Dangerously Close	Brian Rigletti
1986	Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives	Tommy Jarvis
1987	Down Twisted	Damalas
1988	Return of the Living Dead Part II	Joey
1988	Alien from L.A.	Charmin'
1988	Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood	Tommy Jarvis	Archive footage
1990	Midnight Cabaret	David
1991	Bloodmatch	Brick Bardo
1991	Born to Ride	Willis
1992	Nemesis	Marion
1994	Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor	Bill
1994	In the Living Years	Dan Donahue
1995	Heatseeker	Bradford
1997	Blast	Bill	Uncredited
1997	Mean Guns	Crow
1997	The Peacemaker	Major Rich Numbers
1997	Crazy Six	Andrew	Direct-to-video film
1998	Waiting for Woody	Bike Messenger	Short film
1998	Sorcerers	The Duke
2001	The Vampire Hunters Club	Henry Pratt	Short film
2009	A Letter to Dad	Dan
2013	Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th	Himself	Documentary
2017	Never Hike Alone	Tommy Jarvis	Unofficial Friday the 13th fan film, cameo
2019	Killer Therapy	John Langston

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982	Falcon Crest	Pool Guy #2 / Paramedic #2	2 episodes
1983	Dynasty	Brian (Male Secretary)	2 episodes
1984	Paper Dolls	Lewis Crosby	5 episodes
1987	The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission	Francis Kelly	Television film
1987	Mr. President	Secret Service Agent	Episode: "Private Moments"
1989	CBS Summer Playhouse	Cal	Episode: "The Heat"
1990	Rock Hudson	Tim Murphy	Television film
1990	Sporting Chance	Sonny Hilderbrand	Television pilot
1991	The Letters from Moab	Tom	Television short
1995	ER	Michael Mazovick	Episode: "And Baby Makes Two"
1996	If Looks Could Kill	Walter	Television film
1996	Raven Hawk	Stiles	Television film
2000	Fail Safe	Billy Flynn	Television film

Video Games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2017	Friday the 13th: The Game	Tommy Jarvis	Voice and likeness

External links

• Thom Mathews at IMDb