Eddie Kaye Thomas

Eddie Kaye Thomas (born Edward Kovelsky, October 31, 1980)^[1] is an American actor.

Eddie Kaye Thomas
Thomas at the 2016 Wondercon
Born	Edward Kovelsky (1980-10-31) October 31, 1980 (age 44) New York City, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1992–present

In film, Thomas rose to prominence for his lead role as Paul Finch in the American Pie film series (1999–2012).^[2] He had a supporting role as Andy Rosenberg in the Harold & Kumar film series (2004–2011).^[3] Thomas' other supporting film roles include The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999), Black and White (1999), Dirty Love (2005), Blind Dating (2006), and Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008).

In television, Thomas has had main roles on The WB sitcoms as Russell on Brutally Normal (2000) Off Centre (2001–2002), Jeff Woodcock on the first two seasons of the Fox sitcom 'Til Death (2006–2008), David Kaplan on the HBO comedy-drama series How to Make It in America (2010–2011), and Tobias "Toby" Curtis on the CBS drama series Scorpion (2014–2018).^[4][5] He had a recurring role as Adam on the Amazon Prime series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2023). Since 2005, he has provided the voice of Barry Robinson on the Fox and TBS animated sitcom American Dad!.

Early and personal life

Thomas was born in New York City and he's Jewish.^[6][7]

In a 2020 interview for American Pie co-star Jason Biggs show Outmatched, Biggs said that Eddie Kaye Thomas is a stage name.^[8] His real name is Edward Kovelsky.^[9]

He's very private and has no social media, but he admitted in 2024 on the We (Almost) Made It podcast with his former co-stars Bryan Greenberg and Victor Rasuk from How To Make It In America that he's married and has three childrens and he and his wife became parents in 2018 right after Scorpion was canceled.

Career

Thomas began his acting career as a stage actor at age seven, appearing in Four Baboons Adoring the Sun in 1992, and The Diary of Anne Frank, opposite Natalie Portman in 1997. He graduated from New York's Professional Children's High School already a veteran of the Broadway stage.

Thomas made his onscreen debut in an episode of the ABC Soap Opera One Life to Live,^[10] and later starred in an episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark?^[11] about a possessed camera that destroys everything it shoots, entitled The Tale of the Curious Camera. He also appeared on Law & Order twice in 1996, playing different characters each time. On the Thanksgiving 1998 edition of Late Night with Conan O’Brien Thomas played Ricky, Conan and Andy's son home from college for the holidays.

Thomas become well-known for his role as Paul Finch in American Pie (1999), appearing in all four theatrical films of the American Pie franchise (1999–2012). His screen work also includes the independent movie called Illtown, The Rage: Carrie 2, and James Toback's controversial motion picture Black and White in which Thomas co-starred with Robert Downey, Jr. and Jared Leto. Thomas also played the title role in Canadian shock-comic Tom Green's Freddy Got Fingered,^[12] and the stereotypical Jewish character Rosenberg in Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004) and Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008) opposite David Krumholtz.^[13]

From 2001 to 2002, Thomas starred in the television series Off Centre with John Cho.^[14] He returned to the small screen in the sitcom 'Til Death for the first two seasons (2006 and 2007). His character was removed from the show for budget reasons but still appeared in season 3. Due to the writers' strike a few season 2 episodes were shown starting Wednesday, October 8, 2008. He has also appeared in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode "No More Bets".

Thomas appeared in commercials for Blockbuster Video, Snickers and Nike. He also appeared in 311's music video for "Flowing".

He has continued to do stage work, appearing off Broadway in 2006, and has voiced Barry Robinson on American Dad! since 2005.

From 2010 to 2011, he appeared as David Kaplan in HBO comedy-drama television series How to Make It in America.^[15]

In 2014, he appeared as Mark in DirecTV's First Original Comedy Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight.^[16] In the same year, Thomas was a member of the principal cast of the TV series Scorpion on CBS as Harvard trained psychiatrist and genius behaviourist, Dr. Tobias M Curtis.^[17][18] The series was cancelled after completing four seasons (93 episodes) in May 2018.^[19] In 2018, he joined the cast of thriller film Shattered Memories, also known by the name Last Night.^[20]

In 2020, he reunited with his American Pie co-stars Alyson Hannigan and Jason Biggs in the Fox sitcom Outmatched.^[21]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Illtown	Young Flaco
1997	Mr. Jealousy	Nat
1998	Harvest	Dishwasher
1999	The Rage: Carrie 2	Arnold
	American Pie	Paul Finch
	Black and White	Marty King
2000	Drop Back Ten	Gil
	More Dogs Than Bones	Roy
2001	Freddy Got Fingered	Frederick "Freddy" Brody
	American Pie 2	Paul Finch
2002	Taboo	Adam
	Stolen Summer	Patrick O'Malley
	Sweet Friggin' Daisies	Damian	Short film
2003	American Wedding	Paul Finch
	Winter Break	Peter Rothner
2004	Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle	Andy Rosenberg
	Weekends	Shane Everett	Television film
2005	Dirty Love	John
	Neo Ned	Joey
2006	Wasted	Stan
	Fifty Pills	Ralphie
	Kettle of Fish	Sean
	Blind Dating	Larry
2007	On the Road with Judas	Judas
	Spellband	Howard	Television film
2008	Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay	Andy Rosenberg
	Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist	Jesus
	Nature of the Beast	Rich	Television film
	Good Behavior	Jesse	Television film
2010	Venus & Vegas	Alex
2011	A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas	Andy Rosenberg
	Rough Sext	Eddie	Short film
2012	American Reunion	Paul Finch
	Petunia	Michael Petunia
	Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden	Christian	Television film
2017	Alex & the List	Dave
2018	Shattered Memories	Tim	Television film
2021	Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage	Himself	Documentary Archive footage; uncredited
2024	Junction	Rodgers

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	One Life to Live	Dave	Episode: "Episode #1.6575" Credited as Eddie Thomas
	Are You Afraid of the Dark?	Matt Dorney	Episode: "The Tale of the Curious Camera"
	Two Guys and a Girl	Guest star
1998	Felicity	P.J.	Episode: "Cheating"
1996; 1999	Law & Order	Ethan Vance / Chad Markham	2 episodes
2000	Brutally Normal	Russell	Main role; 7 episodes
2000–2001	The X-Files	Gary Edward Cory	2 episodes
2001–2002	Off Centre	Mike Platt	Main role; 28 episodes
2001	The Weakest Link	Himself	1 episode
2003	Twilight Zone	Jonah Beech	Episode: "Rewind"
	Miss Match	Scott	Episode: "Kate in Ex-tasy"
	The Jamie Kennedy Experiment	Himself	guest star
	The New Tom Green Show	Himself	1 episode
2004	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Seth Landers	Episode: "No More Bets"
	Wonderfalls	Fat Pat	Episode: "Muffin Buffalo"
2005–present	American Dad!	Barry Robinson (voice)	Recurring role; 103 episodes
2006–2008	'Til Death	Jeff Woodcock	Main role (season 1–2); 39 episodes
2007	Thank God You're Here	Guest star	1 episode
2010–2011	How to Make it in America	David "Kappo" Kaplan	Main role; 16 episodes
2010	The Forgotten	Brice Walden	Episode: "Train Jane"
2012	Family Guy	Barry Robinson (voice)	Episode: "Killer Queen"
2014	Inside Amy Schumer	Guy at bar	Episode: "A Chick Who Can Hang"
	Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight	Mark	Recurring role; 5 episodes
2014–2018	Scorpion	Tobias "Toby" Curtis	Main role; 93 episodes
2019	This Is Us	Gavin	Episode: "Don't Take My Sunshine Away"
2020	Outmatched	Sigmund	Episode: "Couple's Friends"
	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Luke Mitchell	Episode: "Solving for the Unknowns"
2021	Prodigal Son	Deputy	Episode: "The Last Weekend "
2023	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel	Adam	Recurring role (season 5); 8 episodes
2024	Anything	Executive (voice)	Episode: "Guns and Vaccines" Web series

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist	Album
1999	"Flowing"	311	Soundsystem
2014	"Dear River"[circular reference][22]	Kina Grannis	Elements

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2000	Young Hollywood Awards	Best Ensemble Cast	American Pie	Won

References

1. "Eddie Kaye Thomas". tcm.com. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
2. Kelsey Lentz (July 9, 2019). "The Stars of 'American Pie': Where Are They Now?". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
3. Tara Aquino (July 30, 2019). "10 Fast Facts About Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle". Mentalfloss.com. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
4. Trevor Kimball (March 23, 2010). "'Til Death: FOX Sitcom Cancelled, No Season Five". Tvseriesfinale.com. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
5. "SCORPION: Actors Eddie Kaye Thomas and Ari Stidham talks Season 1 – Exclusive Interview". Assignment X. April 13, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
6. Wynschenk, Gabbie (August 2009). "Becoming the Beast". JVibe. Archived from the original on December 31, 2017. Retrieved May 27, 2012.
7. Bloom, Nate (November 7, 2011). "Jewish Stars". Cleveland Jewish News.
8. BUILD Series Interview with Jason Biggs. February 8, 2020. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021.
9. "Woman Who Barricaded Herself at 'American Pie' Actor's Home to Stand Trial". Hollywood, CA Patch. July 3, 2013. Retrieved October 6, 2024.
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11. "Future Celebrities Who had Roles On "Are You Afraid of the Dark"". TVovermind.com. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
12. Rosie Fletcher (August 17, 2016). "American Pie: Who had the most successful career after the movie franchise? We rank the cast". Digital Spy. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
13. A.O Scott (April 25, 2008). "Two Buddies, Several Tokes Over the Line". The New York Times. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
14. Amanda Bruce (November 20, 2019). "10 Best Shows On The WB According To IMDb". Screen Rant. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
15. Abbie Bernstein (February 23, 2017). "SCORPION: Eddie Kaye Thomas talks Toby in Season 3 – exclusive interview". Assignment X. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
16. Lesley Goldberg (June 2, 2014). "'Enlisted' Duo Among Cast of DirecTV's First Original Comedy (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
17. "Eddie Kaye Thomas of CBS' Scorpion on Being a Smart Guy". Parade.com. April 25, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
18. Bill Keveney (November 23, 2014). "'Scorpion' actors like to play it smart". USA TODAY. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
19. "'Scorpion' Canceled By CBS After 4 Seasons". Deadline. May 12, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
20. "Elizabeth Bogush To Star In 'Last Night'; Chris Caldovino Joins Indie 'Made In Chinatown'". Deadline. July 2, 2018. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
21. Dan Snlerson (February 6, 2020). "American Pie reunion coming to Fox comedy Outmatched". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
22. "Dear River – Kina Grannis (Official Music Video)". Kina Grannis YouTube. April 28, 2014. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021.

External links

• Eddie Kaye Thomas at IMDb
• Eddie Kaye Thomas at the Internet Broadway Database