Thomas Jane (born Thomas Elliott III; February 22, 1969 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American actor, screenwriter, director, producer, and comic book writer.
He made his directorial debut with the crime thriller Dark Country, in which he also starred. The first comic book he wrote was Bad Planet.
He appears in
- She-Wolf of London
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Nemesis
- At Ground Zero
- The Crow: City of Angels
- Face/Off
- Boogie Nights
- Hollywood Confidential
- Thursday
- The Thin Red Line
- Deep Blue Sea
- Molly
- Magnolia
- Under Suspicion
- 61*
- The Sweetest Thing
- Dreamcatcher
- The Punisher
- Arrested Development
- Medium
- The Tripper
- The Mist
- Mutant Chronicles
- Killshot
- Give 'Em Hell, Malone
- Dark Country
- Hung
- DC Showcase: Jonah Hex
- Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
- LOL
- Dirty Laundry
- Texas Rising
- Into the Grizzly Maze
- Heavenly Sword
- The Expanse
- Reach Me
- 1922
- The Predator
- Money Plane
Tropes:
- Dyeing for Your Art:
- Like Dolph Lundgren in the earlier Punisher movie, he dyed his hair jet black to match the original comic book character.
- For The Expanse, he lost a lot of weight and with it most of his hunky appearance to reflect that in Ceres' lower gravity people stretch out and become lanky.
- Mr. Fanservice: Frequently subjected to Shirtless Scenes.
- Prefers Going Barefoot: He (in)famously refuses to wear shoes anywhere, including while on set, at film premiers, on talk shows, or in everyday life. He's been doing it long enough that he tends to get annoyed when interviewers bring it up with him, referring to shoes as "foot prisons". Film and television directors usually work around this by shooting him from the knees up, and using body doubles for times they can't.
- Production Posse:
- He's one of Frank Darabont's go to actors.
- He starred in three movies based on Stephen King's works: Dreamcatcher, The Mist, and 1922 from Full Dark, No Stars.
- What Could Have Been:
- He was Zack Snyder's first choice for the Comedian in Watchmen before Jeffrey Dean Morgan was cast, but turned it down due to scheduling conflicts with Dark Country.
- He was offered the role of Scott Summers in X-Men before the casting of James Marsden. However, he turned down the offer due to his initial lack of interest in comic book movies. He'd later change his mind about the film genre and would portray the titular character in The Punisher.
- He was considered for the part of Rick Grimes in The Walking Dead before Andrew Lincoln was cast.
