Tom McGowan

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Tom McGowan
Born
Thomas McGowan

(1959-07-26) July 26, 1959 (age 64)
Belmar, New Jersey, U.S.
EducationHofstra University (BFA)
Yale University (MFA)
OccupationActor
Years active1991–present
SpouseCathy
Children2

Thomas McGowan (born July 26, 1959) is an American actor. He first became known for his stage career both on and off Broadway. In 1991, he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play for his Broadway debut performance in La Bête. In 2011, McGowan was chosen to step into the role of the Wizard in Wicked on Broadway. In 2014, McGowan starred in Harvey Fierstein's original Broadway play Casa Valentina which was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play. Since then he has appeared in the Broadway revivals of She Loves Me (2016) and Kiss Me, Kate (2019).

He is also known for his recurring role on the Emmy Award winning NBC show Frasier, as KACL station manager Kenny Daly. He has also appeared on a variety of shows including Everybody Loves Raymond, The Practice, ER, Desperate Housewives, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Modern Family, Veep and The Good Fight.

He has appeared in films such as Heavyweights, Sleepless in Seattle, The Birdcage, As Good as It Gets, True Crime, Ghost World, and Bad Santa.

Career[edit]

On Broadway he appeared in La Bête (1991), for which he received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Play. Off Broadway, he won an Obie Award for his performance in Nicky Silver's play The Food Chain. He played the role of Pat Finley in the 1995 movie Heavyweights and the role of Patrick Fisher in the 2006 movie Twelve and Holding.

McGowan has been performing the role of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in various companies of Wicked since 2009. He first played the Wizard in the original Second National Tour production, beginning March 7, 2009.[1] He finished with the touring company on December 6, 2009, transferring to the San Francisco production, playing the Wizard from December 22, 2009, through September 5, 2010, when the production closed. He then returned to the Second National Tour, resuming performances on January 11, 2011, and concluding his performances on the tour on April 17, 2011. McGowan joined the Broadway company of the show from May 3, 2011, through February 5, 2012.[2] Thereafter, he moved to the show's First National Tour, playing the role from August 2012 through April 2013. He has since performed the role on Broadway intermittently, including from August 13, 2013, through February 22, 2014, and onward from July 15, 2014. McGowan played the role in the West End production of the show from September 21, 2015, through March 12, 2016.[3]

McGowan was in the 2016 Broadway revival of She Loves Me as Ladislav Sipos. McGowan played the character Falstaff in Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor at San Diego's The Old Globe Theatre in August 2023.[4]

Personal life[edit]

McGowan grew up in Belmar, New Jersey.[5] He graduated from Belmar's St. Rose High School in 1977.[6] Upon graduation from high school, he attended Hofstra University and the Yale School of Drama, from which he graduated with a Master of Fine Arts degree in 1988. He and his wife, Cathy, have a son, Mark (born May 5, 1992) and a daughter, Mary (born February 10, 1995).

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1992 The Last of the Mohicans Rich Merchant
1992 Captain Ron Bill
1993 Searching for Bobby Fischer Reporter
1993 Sleepless in Seattle Keith
1994 Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle Alexander Woollcott
1995 Heavyweights Pat Finley
1996 The Birdcage Harry Radman
1997 Cold Around the Heart Gun Store Man
1997 As Good as It Gets Maitre D'
1997 Bean: The Movie Walter Huntley
1999 True Crime Tom Donaldson
2000 The Family Man Bill
2001 Ghost World Joe
2003 Bad Santa Harrison
2004 Dog Gone Love Star
2004 After the Sunset Ed
2005 12 and Holding Patrick Fisher
2009 Just Peck Mr. Kuhner
2015 Freeheld William Johnson
2016 She Loves Me Ladislav Sipos Filmed production

Television[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1992–93 Down the Shore Eddie Cheever 29 episodes
1994 Coach Edgar Episode: "Be a Good Sport"
1994 Monty Clifford Walker 13 episodes
1996 The Show George Hart 4 episodes
1996–97 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch Principal Larue 3 episodes
1996–2004 Everybody Loves Raymond Bernie 17 episodes
1997 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show Randy Episode: "Honey, I Shrunk the Science Dude"
1998 The Practice William Wright Episode: "The Pursuit of Dignity"
1998–2004 Frasier Kenny Daly 42 episodes
1999 Snoops Dirty Marty 2 episodes
1999–2000 ER Joe Bernero 2 episodes
2000 Bull Johnny Walker Episode: "In The Course of Human Events"
2001 Welcome to New York Joe Gaffigan Episode: "The Brother"
2001 King of the Hill David (voice) Episode: "Hank's Back Story"
2001 The Huntress Ollie Drake Episode: "With Great Power"
2001 Curb Your Enthusiasm John Tyler Episode: "The Thong"
2003 The Pitts Officer Peltz Episode: "Squarewolves"
2003 Judging Amy Mr. Moran Episode: "Picture of Perfect"
2004 Complete Savages Reverend Dave Episode: "Carnival Knowledge"
2004 Oliver Beene Bob "Simon Says" Brooks Episode: "Catskills"
2004 8 Simple Rules Frank Episode: "Thanksgiving Guest"
2005 Reba Inspector Episode: "As Is"
2005–07 The War at Home Joe 11 episodes
2006 Just Legal Jeff Jacobs Episode: "The Bar"
2006 Play Nice Performer TV movie
2007 Hannah Montana Leo Episode: "Don't Stop 'Til You Get the Phone"
2007 Brothers & Sisters Luther Reeves Episode: "An American Family"
2007 Boston Legal Noris Milk Episode: "Green Christmas"
2008 Greek Fred Episode: "47 Hours and 11 Minutes"
2008 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Mark Episode: "Two and a Half Deaths"
2009 Eli Stone Donnie Griffiths Episode: "Sonoma"
2010 Desperate Housewives Mayor Franklin Episode: "Down the Block There's a Riot"
2011 Hot in Cleveland Robert Episode: "Love Thy Neighbor"
2012 Modern Family Principal Roth Episode: "Schooled"
2015 Veep Congressman Moyes Episode: "B/ill"
2017 The Good Fight Jax Rindell 5 episodes
2020 One Royal Holiday Ed Jordan TV movie
2022 American Auto Ed Episode: "Earnings Call"

Theatre[edit]

Year Title Role Venue Notes
1988 Coriolanus Ensemble The Public Theatre, Off-Broadway
1989 The Winter's Tale Clown The Public Theatre, Off-Broadway
1991 La Bête Valere Eugene O'Neill Theatre, Broadway [7]
1995 The Food Chain Otto Westside Theatre, Off-Broadway
1996 Chicago Amos Hart (replacement) The Gershwin Theatre, Broadway
1997 Ivanov Mikhail Borkin Vivian Beaumont Theater, Broadway
2002 A Few Stout Individuals Adam Badeau Peter Norton Space, Off-Broadway
2011 Wicked The Wizard of Oz (replacement) The Gershwin Theatre, Broadway
2014 Casa Valentina Bessie Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, Broadway
2016 She Loves Me Ladislav Sipos (replacement) Studio 54, Broadway
2019 Kiss Me, Kate Gangster (replacement)
2023 The Merry Wives of Windsor Falstaff The Old Globe, San Diego

Awards and nominations[edit]

Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1991 Tony Awards Best Actor in a Play La Bête Nominated [7]
Drama Desk Awards Best Actor in a Play Nominated
Outer Critics Circle Award Best Debut Performance Won
1996 Obie Award Best Performance The Food Chain Won

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Dodd, Yorke, Caskey and McGowan to Star in Wicked's Second North American Tour" Archived 2009-02-12 at the Wayback Machine, playbill.com, February 9, 2009
  2. ^ "Broadway's Wicked Will Welcome Tom McGowan Beginning May 3". Archived from the original on May 4, 2011.
  3. ^ "Tom McGowan joins the cast of Wicked from 21 Sep". Londontheatre.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-08-22.
  4. ^ "Review: Old Globe's 'Merry Wives' is clever and eye-popping, but needs focus on Falstaff". 8 August 2023.
  5. ^ Marks, Peter. "On Stage, and Off", The New York Times, September 8, 1995. Accessed August 9, 2008. "Fortunately, the 36-year-old actor, a native of Belmar, N.J., needs a lot of padding on his 200-plus-pound frame to play Otto, whose eating compulsion feeds into one of the central themes of Nicky Silver's new comedy, which opened last month to largely enthusiastic reviews."
  6. ^ Mann, Virginia. "PRESERVING A DISTINCTIVE NEW JERSEY FLAVOR", The Record (Bergen County), June 19, 1992. Retrieved August 9, 2008.
  7. ^ a b "Tom McGowan". Playbill.

External links[edit]

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