Thomas Haden Church

Thomas Haden Church

Age
52
Birthday
Jun. 17th, 1960
Born in
El Paso, Texas, USA
Height
6'

Thomas Haden Church's Main TV Roles

Show Character(s)
Ned and Stacey TV Show
Ned and Stacey
Booker TV Show
Booker
Flying Blind TV Show
Flying Blind
Partners TV Show
Partners
 

Main Movie Roles

2010 - Easy A
2009 - Aliens in the Attic
2009 - All About Steve
2009 - Imagine That
2009 - Don McKay
2008 - Smart People
2007 - Spider-Man 3
2006 - Over the Hedge
2006 - Charlotte's Web
2006 - Idiocracy
2004 - Serial Killing 4 Dummys
2004 - Spanglish
2004 - Sideways
2003 - Rolling Kansas
2002 - Lone Star State of Mind
2002 - The Badge
2001 - 3000 Miles to Graceland
2001 - Monkeybone
2000 - The Specials
1998 - Free Money
1997 - One Night Stand
1997 - George of the Jungle
1993 - Tombstone

Guest TV Roles

Show Name
Characters Played
Ep Count
Lowell Mather
123
Gordie Brown
1
Jack Daniels
1
Bobby Blaine
1
Quillgin (Voiced)
1
Killer Moth (Voiced)
1
Himself - Guest
1
[Complete List]



BIOGRAPHY:

Born in Texas, Church began his show business career in front of a microphone instead of a camera, first as a radio deejay and then as a voice-over announcer. After landing a role in the independent film, Stolen Moments, Church moved to Los Angeles to pursue his acting career.


TRIVIA:
  • Graduated from high school in 1979 in Harlingen, Texas, and worked at KBFM, a local radio station, for a time.
  • In the last episode of _"Ned and Stacey" (1995)_ (qv), he said that he intended to spend the next time on a farm in Texas -- which he did in real life.
  • Was born Thomas McMillen, the third of six children, in El Paso, Texas to an Army officer/health care worker father and homemaker mother. He was raised, however, under his stepfather's surname, "Quesada", and later changed his surname to "Haden Church," both names of which he states are in his family tree.
  • Won the Emmy Award for "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie: for his role of Tom Harte on AMC's _Broken Trail (2006) (TV)_ (qv).
  • Director 'Sam Raimi' (qv) thanked him for doing _Spider-Man 3 (2007)_ (qv) by giving him a copy of Amazing Spiderman #4, the comic book issue that featured the first appearance of his Sandman character.
  • Turned down the role, which eventually went to 'Greg Kinnear' (qv), in _Little Miss Sunshine (2006)_ (qv), a decision he later regretted.
  • Invited to join AMPAS in 2005.
  • His breakthrough was _Sideways (2004)_ (qv), which led to a role in _Spider-Man 3 (2007)_ (qv).


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