Thomas Jane

Thomas Jane (born Thomas Elliott III; February 22, 1969 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American actor. He has appeared in films including Padamati Sandhya Ragam (1987), At Ground Zero (1994), The Crow: City of Angels (1996), Boogie Nights (1997), The Last Time I Committed Suicide (1997), Thursday (1998), The Thin Red Line (1998), Deep Blue Sea (1999), Dreamcatcher (2003), The Punisher (2004), The Mist (2007), Mutant Chronicles (2008), The Veil (2016) and Before I Wake (2016).
Jane's television roles include Mickey Mantle in the television film 61* (2001) and starring in the HBO series Hung (2009–2011); he currently stars as Detective Joe Miller in the science fiction series The Expanse. He is the founder of RAW Studios, an entertainment company he uses to release comic books he has written, the first of which was Bad Planet. He made his directorial debut with the crime thriller Dark Country (2009), in which he also starred.
==Early life==
Jane was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Cynthia, an antiques dealer, and Michael Elliott, a genetic engineer. In 1987, he graduated from Thomas Sprigg Wootton High School. At age 18, he moved to Hollywood to pursue an acting career. He was initially homeless and lived out of his car, often doing street performances to earn money: "I had two songs in my repertoire that I hammered to death, 'Hey Joe' and 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door'. People used to pelt me with change just to shut me up."
==Career==
Jane began his acting career with the Indian Telugu language film Padamati Sandhya Ragam (1987), directed by Jandhyala. His early roles included Zeph in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992). He also had supporting roles in several high-profile films, including The Crow: City of Angels (1996), Boogie Nights (1997), The Thin Red Line (1998), Thursday (1998) and Magnolia (1999). After receiving critical acclaim as baseball player Mickey Mantle in 61*, Jane received offers for leading roles beginning with Andre Stander in the South African film Stander (2003), for which he gained further critical acclaim.
Along with director Jonathan Hensleigh and Avi Arad, Jane has said he was the first and only actor to be asked to play the title role in the film The Punisher (2004). He turned down the role twice, as he did not have much interest in the superhero genre. When they asked him the second time to play the Punisher, it was Tim Bradstreet's artwork of the character that secured his interest. After finding out that the character was not a traditional superhero, but more of an anti-hero and a vigilante crime fighter, he accepted. He read as many Punisher comics as he could find and quickly became a fan, then trained for several months with Navy SEALs, gaining more than of muscle.http://www.thecinemasource.com/blog/interviews/thomas-jane-interview-for-the-punisher/
In addition to starring in the film, he contributed his voice to the video games The Punisher and Gun. He also co-owns RAW, an entertainment company which he runs with Steve Niles and Tim Bradstreet. RAW Studios, the company's comic book division, released Bad Planet (written by Jane) through Image Comics. Jane became a spokesperson for Steve Niles and the cover model for comic book character Cal McDonald in 2006. 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. He has also portrayed a fictionalized version of himself in an episode of the television series Arrested Development.
Jane did not return in the planned sequel to The Punisher. Lions Gate Entertainment had approved a direct sequel due to the strong sales of the film on DVD. However, the project lingered in development for over three years. Jonathan Hensleigh completed a first draft of the script before leaving the project in 2006. John Dahl was in talks to direct the film, but cited his dislike of the script and the reduced budget as his reasons for refusing. In a statement on May 15, 2007, and in two audio interviews, Jane said that he pulled out of the project due to creative differences and the studio's further reduction of the budget.
Jane said in June 2007 that Zack Snyder had expressed interest in casting him for the role of The Comedian for the adaptation of Alan Moore's graphic novel Watchmen, but because he was too busy, he turned down the role. The same year he starred in Frank Darabont's adaption of the Stephen King book, The Mist. His directing debut was the 2009 film Dark Country, in which he also played the main character. In 2009, Jane starred with Ving Rhames in the crime film Give 'Em Hell, Malone, which premiered at San Diego Comic Con.
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On December 18, 2008, HBO announced it was picking up the dark comedy Hung, and Jane was contracted to star in the show. He plays the character of Ray Drecker, a high school history teacher and basketball coach, who, after attending a self-help class while being down on his luck, decides to market the large size of his penis as a path to success. The series was renewed for a second season which aired in the summer of 2010. The show was renewed for a final season, which aired in fall of 2011. 
Jane appeared on the June/July 2010 cover of Men's Fitness magazine. He voiced the character Jonah Hex in an animated short as a companion piece on the Special Edition Blu-ray and 2-Disc Special Edition DVD release of Batman: Under the Red Hood.
Jane had been set to play the role of a cop in Sylvester Stallone's hitman action film Headshot, but then he was deemed not "ethnic" enough and let go. In a recent interview with Collider he mentions an upcoming film project called "The Lycan". Jane has described this project as a gothic werewolf romance set in a castle in the 18th century.
On June 7, 2012, Jane released a digital EP titled Don't Come Home under the moniker Rusty Blades. At the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con International, Jane debuted an independently financed Punisher short film, directed by Phil Joanou and co-starring Ron Perlman, titled Dirty Laundry.
==Personal life==
Jane married actress Aysha Hauer, daughter of Rutger Hauer, in 1989. The couple starred in a number of films together before they divorced in 1995. Jane was engaged to Olivia d'Abo from 1998 to 2001. After meeting through common friends in 2001, Jane and actress Patricia Arquette became engaged in 2002. Their daughter, Harlow Olivia Calliope, was born on February 20, 2003. Jane and Arquette subsequently married on June 25, 2006 at the Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo in Venice, Italy.
In January 2009, Arquette filed for divorce from Jane on the grounds of irreconcilable differences,Arquette's Romance No Longer True TMZ.com, January 5, 2009 but the couple soon reconciled and Arquette requested to abandon the divorce petition on July 9, 2009.Patricia Arquette and Thomas Jane Are Canceling Their Divorce StarsJournal.com, July 10, 2009 However, on August 13, 2010, Jane's representative announced that Jane and Arquette had decided to proceed with a divorce. The divorce was finalized on July 1, 2011. The pair were granted joint custody of their child.Patricia Arquette, Thomas Jane -- Divorce Final TMZ, July 1, 2011
==Filmography==
===Film===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1987	Padamati Sandhya Ragam 	Chris 	Credited as Tom Jane
1992	I'll Love You Forever... Tonight 	The Hustler 	
1992	Buffy the Vampire Slayer 	Zeph 	
1992	Nemesis 	Billy 	Credited as Tom Janes
1994	At Ground Zero 	Thomas Quinton Pennington 	Credited as Tom Elliott
1996	The Crow: City of Angels 	Nemo 	
1997	The Last Time I Committed Suicide	Neal Cassady 	
1997	Face/Off 	Burke Hicks 	
1997	Boogie Nights 	Todd Parker 	Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best CastNominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
1997	Hollywood Confidential 	Lee 	
1998	Thursday 	Casey 	
1998	The Velocity of Gary 	Gary 	
1998	Zack and Reba 	Sparky Stokes 	
1998	The Thin Red Line 	Private Ash 	Satellite Award for Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble
1999	Deep Blue Sea 	Carter Blake 	
1999	Molly 	Sam 	
1999	Junked 	Switch 	
1999	Magnolia 	Young Jimmy Gator 	Cameo
2000	Under Suspicion 	Detective Felix Owens 	
2001	Original Sin 	Bill / Walter Downs / Mephisto	
2001	Eden 	Dov 	
2002	The Sweetest Thing 	Peter Donahue 	
2003	Dreamcatcher 	Henry 	
2003	Stander 	Andre Stander 	
2004	The Punisher 	Frank Castle/The Punisher 	Credited as Tom Jane
2006	The Tripper 	Buzz Hall 	Also executive producer
2007	The Mist 	David Drayton 	
2008	The Butler's in Love 	The Butler 	Short film
2008	Mutant Chronicles 	Sgt. Mitch Hunter 	
2008	Killshot 	Wayne 	
2009	Give 'Em Hell, Malone 	Malone 	
2009	Dark Country 	Dick 	Also director and producer
2010	DC Showcase: Jonah Hex 	Jonah Hex (voice) 	Short film
2010	Scott Pilgrim vs. the World 	Vegan Police Officer 	Uncredited cameo
2011	I Melt with You 	Richard 	Also executive producer
2012	LOL 	Allen 	
2012	The Punisher: Dirty Laundry 	Frank Castle/The Punisher 	Short film; also producer
2013	Sirius 	Narrator 	Documentary
2013	Pawn Shop Chronicles 	The Man 	
2013	Buttwhistle 	Grumisch 	
2014	White Bird in a Blizzard 	Detective Scieziesciez 	
2014	Drive Hard 	Peter Roberts 	
2014	Heavenly Sword 	Loki 	Voice
2014	Reach Me 	Wolfie 	
2015	Vice 	Roy 	
2015	Into the Grizzly Maze 	Beckett 	
2015	Broken Horses 	Gabriel Heckum 	
2016	Standoff 	Carter 	
2016	The Veil 	Jim Jacobs 	
2016	Before I Wake 	Mark 	
2016	USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage 	Wilbur C. "Chuck" Gwinn 	
2017	Hot Summer Nights 	 	Post-production
2023	Oprhan 	David Cain 	Voice
===Television===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1991 	She-Wolf of London 	Johnny 	Episode: "Heart Attack"Credited as Thomas Bridgett
1995 	High Tide 	Barry 	Episode: "Barry"
1999 	Jonni Nitro 	Brack 	Director2 episodes
2001 	61* 	Mickey Mantle 	Television film
2004 	Arrested Development	Himself 	Episode: "The One Where They Build a House"
2006 	Medium 	Clay Bicks 	2 episodes
2009–2011 	Hung 	Ray Drecker 	30 episodesNominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy (2010–2012)Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy (2010)
2015 	Texas Rising 	James Wykoff 	2 episodes
2015–present	The Expanse 	Detective Joe Miller	10 episodes
===Video games===
Year	Title 	Role
2005	The Punisher	Frank Castle/The Punisher (voice)
2005	Gun 	Colton White (voice)
==Discography==
===Albums===
Year	Artist 	Album 	Notes
2012	Rusty Blades	Don't Come Home	Singer-songwriterGuitarist
==Bibliography==
Year 	Title 	Issues	Notes
2005–present	Bad Planet 	8 	Comic book, editor and written with Steve Niles (1-6) and Bruce Jones (7-present)
2007 	Alien Pig Farm 3000	4 	Comic book, written with Steve Niles and Todd Farmer
2012 	Dark Country 	 	Graphic novel, editor and director, written by Tab Murphy and art by Thomas Ott
TBA 	The Lycan 	6 	Comic book
TBA 	Alien Worlds 	TBA 	Comic book, written with Bruce Jones
==Awards==
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