Thomas Jerome Newton

Thomas Jerome Newton is the main protagonist/anti-hero of the 1963 novel , its and its (though in the latter, his name was changed to John Dory) and is a main character in its .
He is portrayed by the late in the 1976 film, in the 1987 television adaptation and (who also portrayed Grandsanta) in the 2022 series.
==Role==
Thomas is an alien who travels to Earth and arrives in New Mexico in order to take water from it in order to save his home planet, which is suffering from a catastrophic drought. He starts a brief relationship with a woman named Betty Jo (Mary-Lou in the 1976 film and Eva Milton in the 1987 adaptation). He is later arrested and detained by the government who put him in a luxury prison. They later experiment on Thomas and at one point, X-Ray his eyes, which causes his contact lenses (which are part of his human disguise) to fuse with his own eyes.
Years later, Thomas discovers that his prison is derelict and escapes. With his wife and children on his home planet now dead, Thomas remains on Earth and creates a recording with alien messages which he hopes will broadcast on radio and his planet.
==Gallery==
imagetmwftetjndbtf.jpeg|Thomas's true form
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imagetmwftetjnamldb.jpeg|Thomas with Mary-Lou
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Category:Anti-Heroes
Category:Male
Category:Aliens
Category:Book Heroes
Category:Movie Heroes
Category:TV Show Heroes
Category:Live Action Heroes
Category:Science Fiction Heroes
Category:Addicts
Category:Parents
Category:Mentally Ill
Category:Tragic
Category:Betrayed
Category:Humanoid
Category:Keeper of Secret Identity