Eddie Kaye Thomas

{{Infobox person

| name = Eddie Kaye Thomas

| image = Eddie Kaye Thomas by Gage Skidmore.jpg

| caption = Thomas at the 2016 Wondercon

| birth_name = Edward Kovelsky

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|10|31}}

| birth_place = New York City, U.S.

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1992–present

}}

Eddie Kaye Thomas (born Edward Kovelsky; October 31, 1980){{Cite web |title=Eddie Kaye Thomas |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/352168%7C0/Eddie-Kaye-Thomas/ |access-date=2023-10-14 |website=Turner Classic Movies}} is an American actor.

In film, Thomas rose to prominence for his lead role as Paul Finch in the American Pie film series (1999–2012).{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/american-pie-stars-now-jason-biggs-tara-reid-seann-william-scott-1218401/ |title=The Stars of 'American Pie': Where Are They Now? |work=The Hollywood Reporter |author=Kelsey Lentz |date=July 9, 2019 |accessdate=July 25, 2021}} He had a supporting role as Andy Rosenberg in the Harold & Kumar film series (2004–2011).{{cite web |author=Tara Aquino |date=July 30, 2019 |title=10 Fast Facts About Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/80386/10-meaty-facts-about-harold-kumar-go-white-castle |accessdate=July 25, 2021 |work=Mentalfloss.com}} Thomas' other supporting film roles include The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999), Black and White (1999), Dirty Love (2005), Blind Dating (2006), and Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008).

In television, Thomas has had main roles on The WB sitcoms as Russell on Brutally Normal (2000) Off Centre (2001–2002), Jeff Woodcock on the first two seasons of the Fox sitcom 'Til Death (2006–2008), David Kaplan on the HBO comedy-drama series How to Make It in America (2010–2011), and Tobias "Toby" Curtis on the CBS drama series Scorpion (2014–2018).{{cite web |author=Trevor Kimball |date=March 23, 2010 |title='Til Death: FOX Sitcom Cancelled, No Season Five |url=https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/til-death-canceled-season-five-13712/ |accessdate=July 25, 2021 |work=Tvseriesfinale.com}}{{cite web |date=April 13, 2015 |title=SCORPION: Actors Eddie Kaye Thomas and Ari Stidham talks Season 1 – Exclusive Interview |url=https://www.assignmentx.com/2015/scorpion-actors-eddie-kaye-thomas-and-ari-stidham-talks-season-1-exclusive-interview/ |accessdate=July 25, 2021 |work=Assignment X}} He had a recurring role as Adam on the Amazon Prime series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2023). Since 2005, he has provided the voice of Barry Robinson on the Fox and TBS animated sitcom American Dad!.

Early and personal life

Thomas was born in New York City. He is Jewish.{{cite web|last=Wynschenk|first=Gabbie|url=http://www.jvibe.com/Pop_culture/BecomingBeast.php|title=Becoming the Beast|work=JVibe|date=August 2009|access-date=May 27, 2012|archive-date=December 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231211840/http://www.jvibe.com/Pop_culture/BecomingBeast.php|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|last=Bloom|first=Nate|title=Jewish Stars |publisher=Cleveland Jewish News|date=November 7, 2011|url=https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/archives/jewish-stars/article_33b03e64-095b-11e1-9084-001cc4c03286.html}}

In a 2020 interview promoting American Pie co-star Jason Biggs' show Outmatched, Biggs said that Eddie Kaye Thomas is a stage name.{{cite AV media |date= February 8, 2020|title= BUILD Series Interview with Jason Biggs |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIZHAoHTqQI&t=116 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/zIZHAoHTqQI |archive-date=December 21, 2021 |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}} His real name is Edward Kovelsky.{{Cite web |date=2013-07-03 |title=Woman Who Barricaded Herself at 'American Pie' Actor's Home to Stand Trial |url=https://patch.com/california/hollywood/woman-who-barricaded-herself-at-american-pie-actors-home-to-stand-trial_0f195263 |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=Hollywood, CA Patch |language=en}}

Thomas stated on a podcast that he is married with three children; and that he and his wife became parents in 2018 right after Scorpion was cancelled.{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/episode/07Y3ombNhwo22Lrgrim95j?si=KohgkqfMSDyTYwrB8j7uOw|title=We (Almost) Made It|accessdate=February 2, 2025}}

Career

Thomas began his acting career as a stage actor at age seven, appearing in Four Baboons Adoring the Sun in 1992, and The Diary of Anne Frank, opposite Natalie Portman in 1997. He graduated from New York's Professional Children's High School already a veteran of the Broadway stage.

Thomas made his onscreen debut in an episode of the ABC Soap Opera One Life to Live,{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=980pgvoLKf8|title=One Life To Live|work=ABC|date=March 1994|access-date=March 25, 2020}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead YouTube link|date=February 2022}} and later starred in an episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark?{{cite web|url=https://www.tvovermind.com/future-celebrities-roles-afraid-dark/ |title=Future Celebrities Who had Roles On "Are You Afraid of the Dark" |work=TVovermind.com |accessdate=July 25, 2021}} about a possessed camera that destroys everything it shoots, entitled The Tale of the Curious Camera. He also appeared on Law & Order twice in 1996, playing different characters each time. On the Thanksgiving 1998 edition of Late Night with Conan O’Brien Thomas played Ricky, Conan and Andy's son home from college for the holidays.

Thomas become well-known for his role as Paul Finch in American Pie (1999), appearing in all four theatrical films of the American Pie franchise (1999–2012). His screen work also includes the independent movie called Illtown, The Rage: Carrie 2, and James Toback's controversial motion picture Black and White in which Thomas co-starred with Robert Downey, Jr. and Jared Leto. Thomas also played the title role in Canadian shock-comic Tom Green's Freddy Got Fingered,{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a804757/american-pie-who-had-the-most-successful-career-post-the-movie-franchise/ |title=American Pie: Who had the most successful career after the movie franchise? We rank the cast |work=Digital Spy |author=Rosie Fletcher |date=August 17, 2016 |accessdate=July 25, 2021}} and the stereotypical Jewish character Rosenberg in Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004) and Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008) opposite David Krumholtz.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/25/movies/25kuma.html |title=Two Buddies, Several Tokes Over the Line |work=The New York Times |date=April 25, 2008 |author=A.O Scott |accessdate=July 25, 2021}}

From 2001 to 2002, Thomas starred in the television series Off Centre with John Cho.{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/best-shows-wb-rated-according-to-imdb-movie-database-buffy-angel-gilmore-girls-supernatural/ |title=10 Best Shows On The WB According To IMDb |work=Screen Rant |author=Amanda Bruce |date=November 20, 2019 |accessdate=July 27, 2021}} He returned to the small screen in the sitcom 'Til Death for the first two seasons (2006 and 2007). His character was removed from the show for budget reasons but still appeared in season 3. Due to the writers' strike a few season 2 episodes were shown starting Wednesday, October 8, 2008. He has also appeared in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode "No More Bets".

Thomas appeared in commercials for Blockbuster Video, Snickers and Nike. He also appeared in 311's music video for "Flowing".

He has continued to do stage work, appearing off Broadway in 2006, and has voiced Barry Robinson on American Dad! since 2005.

From 2010 to 2011, he appeared as David Kaplan in HBO comedy-drama television series How to Make It in America.{{cite web|url=https://www.assignmentx.com/2017/scorpion-actor-eddie-kaye-thomas-exclusive-interview/ |title=SCORPION: Eddie Kaye Thomas talks Toby in Season 3 – exclusive interview |work=Assignment X |author=Abbie Bernstein |date=February 23, 2017 |accessdate=July 25, 2021}}

In 2014, he appeared as Mark in DirecTV's First Original Comedy Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/enlisted-duo-cast-directvs-first-708681/ |title='Enlisted' Duo Among Cast of DirecTV's First Original Comedy (Exclusive) |work=The Hollywood Reporter |author=Lesley Goldberg |date=June 2, 2014 |accessdate=July 25, 2021}}

In the same year, Thomas was a member of the principal cast of the TV series Scorpion on CBS as Harvard trained psychiatrist and genius behaviourist, Dr. Tobias M Curtis.{{cite web|url=https://parade.com/472657/michelewojciechowski/eddie-kaye-thomas-of-cbs-scorpion-on-being-a-smart-guy/ |title=Eddie Kaye Thomas of CBS' Scorpion on Being a Smart Guy |work=Parade.com |date=April 25, 2016 |accessdate=July 25, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2014/11/23/cbs-scorpion-cast-talks-about-genius/19243827/ |title='Scorpion' actors like to play it smart

|work= USA TODAY |author=Bill Keveney |date=November 23, 2014 |accessdate=July 25, 2021}} The series was cancelled after completing four seasons (93 episodes) in May 2018.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/05/scorpion-canceled-cbs-4-season-1202381681/ |title='Scorpion' Canceled By CBS After 4 Seasons |work=Deadline |date=May 12, 2018 |accessdate=July 25, 2021}} In 2018, he joined the cast of thriller film Shattered Memories, also known by the name Last Night.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/07/elizabeth-bogush-last-night-chris-caldovino-made-in-chinatown-1202420802/ |title=Elizabeth Bogush To Star In 'Last Night'; Chris Caldovino Joins Indie 'Made In Chinatown' |work=Deadline |date=July 2, 2018 |accessdate=July 27, 2021}}

In 2020, he reunited with his American Pie co-stars Alyson Hannigan and Jason Biggs in the Fox sitcom Outmatched.{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/tv/2020/02/06/american-pie-reunion-outmatched/ |title=American Pie reunion coming to Fox comedy Outmatched |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |author=Dan Snlerson |date=February 6, 2020 |accessdate=July 25, 2021}}

Filmography

= Film =

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

1996

| Illtown

| Young Flaco

1997

| Mr. Jealousy

| Nat

1998

| Harvest

| Dishwasher

rowspan="3" | 1999

| The Rage: Carrie 2

| Arnold

American Pie

| Paul Finch

Black and White

| Marty King

rowspan="2" | 2000

| Drop Back Ten

| Gil

More Dogs Than Bones

| Roy

rowspan="2" | 2001

| Freddy Got Fingered

| Frederick "Freddy" Brody

American Pie 2

| Paul Finch

rowspan="3" | 2002

| Taboo

| Adam

Stolen Summer

| Patrick O'Malley

Sweet Friggin' Daisies

| Damian

| Short film

rowspan="2" | 2003

| American Wedding

| Paul Finch

Winter Break

| Peter Rothner

rowspan="2" | 2004

| Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle

| Andy Rosenberg

Weekends

| Shane Everett

| Television film

rowspan="2" | 2005

| Dirty Love

| John

Neo Ned

| Joey

rowspan="4" | 2006

| Wasted

| Stan

Fifty Pills

| Ralphie

Kettle of Fish

| Sean

Blind Dating

| Larry

rowspan="2" | 2007

| On the Road with Judas

| Judas

Spellband

| Howard

| Television film

rowspan="4" | 2008

| Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay

| Andy Rosenberg

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

| Jesus

Nature of the Beast

| Rich

| Television film

Good Behavior

| Jesse

| Television film

2010

| Venus & Vegas

| Alex

rowspan="2" | 2011

| A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas

| Andy Rosenberg

Rough Sext

| Eddie

| Short film

rowspan="3" | 2012

| American Reunion

| Paul Finch

Petunia

| Michael Petunia

Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden

| Christian

| Television film

2017

| Alex & the List

| Dave

2018

|Shattered Memories

| Tim

| Television film

2021

|Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage

|Himself

|Documentary
Archive footage; uncredited

2024

|Junction

|Rodgers

= Television =

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

rowspan="3" | 1994

| One Life to Live

| Dave

| Episode: "Episode #1.6575"

Credited as Eddie Thomas

Are You Afraid of the Dark?

| Matt Dorney

| Episode: "The Tale of the Curious Camera"

Two Guys and a Girl

| Guest star

1998

| Felicity

| P.J.

| Episode: "Cheating"

1996; 1999

| Law & Order

| Ethan Vance / Chad Markham

| 2 episodes

2000

| Brutally Normal

| Russell

| Main role; 7 episodes

2000–2001

| The X-Files

| Gary Edward Cory

| 2 episodes

2001–2002

| Off Centre

| Mike Platt

| Main role; 28 episodes

2001

| The Weakest Link

| Himself

| 1 episode

rowspan="4" | 2003

| Twilight Zone

| Jonah Beech

| Episode: "Rewind"

Miss Match

| Scott

| Episode: "Kate in Ex-tasy"

The Jamie Kennedy Experiment

| Himself

| guest star

The New Tom Green Show

| Himself

| 1 episode

rowspan="2" |2004

| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

| Seth Landers

| Episode: "No More Bets"

Wonderfalls

| Fat Pat

| Episode: "Muffin Buffalo"

2005–present

| American Dad!

| Barry Robinson (voice)

| Recurring role; 104 episodes

2006–2008

| 'Til Death

| Jeff Woodcock

| Main role (season 1–2); 39 episodes

2007

| Thank God You're Here

| Guest star

| 1 episode

2010–2011

| How to Make it in America

| David "Kappo" Kaplan

| Main role; 16 episodes

2010

| The Forgotten

| Brice Walden

| Episode: "Train Jane"

2012

| Family Guy

| Barry Robinson (voice)

| Episode: "Killer Queen"

rowspan="2" |2014

| Inside Amy Schumer

| Guy at bar

| Episode: "A Chick Who Can Hang"

Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight

| Mark

| Recurring role; 5 episodes

2014–2018

| Scorpion

| Tobias "Toby" Curtis

| Main role; 93 episodes

2019

| This Is Us

| Gavin

| Episode: "Don't Take My Sunshine Away"

rowspan="2" | 2020

| Outmatched

| Sigmund

| Episode: "Couple's Friends"

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

| Luke Mitchell

| Episode: "Solving for the Unknowns"

2021

| Prodigal Son

| Deputy

| Episode: "The Last Weekend "

2023

| The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

| Adam

| Recurring role (season 5); 8 episodes

2024

|Anything

|Homeless Man / Executive (voice)

|2 episodes
Web series

= Music videos =

class="wikitable"
Year ! Title ! Artist ! Album
1999 \| "Flowing" \| 311 \| Soundsystem
2014 \| "Dear River"{{Circular reference\|date=August 2016}}{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blR9yZVDTTQ \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/blR9yZVDTTQ \|archive-date=December 21, 2021 \|url-status=live\|title=Dear River – Kina Grannis (Official Music Video) \|work=Kina Grannis YouTube \|date=April 28, 2014}}{{cbignore}} \| Kina Grannis \| Elements

class="wikitable"

Year

! Title

! Artist

! Album

1999

| "Flowing"

| 311

| Soundsystem

2014

| "Dear River"{{Circular reference|date=August 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blR9yZVDTTQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/blR9yZVDTTQ |archive-date=December 21, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Dear River – Kina Grannis (Official Music Video) |work=Kina Grannis YouTube |date=April 28, 2014}}{{cbignore}}

| Kina Grannis

| Elements