Background
Wood was born in Long Beach, California, the son of Donna Wood, a finance professional, and Thomas Mills Wood, Senior, a variety performer and accountants
Wood was born in Long Beach, California, the son of Donna Wood, a finance professional, and Thomas Mills Wood, Senior, a variety performer and accountants
He is usually credited as Tom Wood. He is known for his portrayal of police characters, especially "Deputy Marshal Noah Newman" in the 1993 movie The Fugitive and its sequel, the 1998 movie United States. Marshals. The recipient of a Disney Foundation Fellowship, Wood graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a degree in drama and music
Beginning in 1988, Wood appeared in numerous television shows and over ten films including Ulee"s Gold, Apollo 13, Under Siege, and Avalon.
He worked for a variety of film directors including Andrew Davis, Ron Howard, Barry Levinson, Nora Ephron, and Victor Nuñez. On Broadway, Wood starred with Jason Robards and Christopher Plummer in Harold Pinter"s four-character Number Manitoba"s Land and performed in off-Broadway productions starring opposite such actors as Laura Dern, Oliver Platt, and Kyle MacLachlan.
In 2005, Wood founded an interdependent entertainment company dedicated to empowerment, inventiveness and respect of world cultures through entertainment. The company creates, develops, packages and promotes film, television, music and stage projects independently and in partnership with others