Biography of Thomas Jane -

Thomas Jane (born January 29, 1969 in Baltimore,
Maryland) is an United States|American actor.

Born Thomas Elliott, he made his film debut in
1986, and played one of his earliest roles in
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (movie)|Buffy the Vampire
Slayer (1992).  He had supporting roles in several
high profile films, including Boogie Nights
(1997), The Thin Red Line (1998 film)|The Thin Red
Line (1998) and Magnolia (movie)|Magnolia (1999). 
He played the role of baseball player Mickey
Mantle in 61*, before securing leading roles in
his subsequent films. 

He trained with Navy Seals and gained more than
twenty kilograms to play the starring role in The
Punisher (movie)|The Punisher (2004).

In addition to his screen work, Jane has appeared
several times on stage, and received strong
critical reviews as Tom in Tennessee Williams' The
Glass Menagerie, and as Chris in Arthur Miller's
All My Sons.  

Jane is divorced from Aysha Hauer, the daughter of
actor Rutger Hauer.

He and fellow actor Patricia Arquette are the
parents of a baby girl named Harlow Olivia
Calliope.

==Filmography==

*The Punisher (movie)|The Punisher (2004) –
Frank Castle 

*Stander (2003) – Andre Stander 

*Dreamcatcher (movie)|Dreamcatcher (2003) –
Dr. Henry Devlin 

*The Sweetest Thing (2002) – Peter Donahue


*Eden (motion picture|Eden (2001) – Dov 

*Original Sin (movie)|Original Sin (2001) –
Walter Downs 

*61* (2001) (TV) – Mickey Mantle

*Jonni Nitro (2000) 

*Under Suspicion (2000) – Det. Felix
Owens

*Magnolia (movie)|Magnolia (1999) – Young
Jimmy Gator

*Molly (movie)|Molly (1999) – Sam 

*Deep Blue Sea (1999) – Carter Blake 

*The Thin Red Line (1998 film)|The Thin Red Line
(1998) – Pvt. Ash

*Zack and Reba (1998) – Sparky Stokes 

*The Velocity of Gary (1998) – Gary 

*Thursday (movie)|Thursday (1998) – Casey


*Boogie Nights (1997) – Todd Parker 

*Face/Off (1997) – Burke Hicks

*The Last Time I Committed Suicide (1997) –
Neal Cassady 

*Hollywood Confidential (1997)

*The Crow: City of Angels (1996) – Nemo

*At Ground Zero (1994) (as Tom Elliott) –
Thomas Q. Pennington 

*Nemesis (1993 movie)|Nemesis (1993) (as Tom
Janes) – Billy 

*Buffy the Vampire Slayer (movie)|Buffy the
Vampire Slayer (1992) (as Tom Janes) – Zeph


*I'll Love You Forever...Tonight (1992) –
The Hustler

*Padamati Sandhya Ragam (1986) – Tom

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