Background
Savas was born in Harlem, New York, United States.
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Tommy Savas
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By the age of six, he had studied with Susan Diaz Karnovsky and excelled at improv and acting and appeared in commercials and Home Box Office and Public Broadcasting Service children's productions. He spent time between New York and Los Angeles where he studied with Robert Lyons and Lynette McNeil, and had comedy training with Shari Shaw.
Career
He is known for Roger Dodger (2002), Seven Days (2007), Extra Butter, Please (2011). He was raised in nearby Cresskill, New Jersey, the youngest of 4 children where, as a child, he showed a strong interest in acting and theatre, as well as a natural talent. Between school work and soccer games, Tommy continued to study privately with Joseph Daly, and at HB Studios in New York under the tutelage of Trudi Stible.
Tommy continued to hone his acting skills appearing in local theatre productions and in sketch comedy at the HA! Comedy Club in New New York
After The Sopranos, Tommy landed a guest starring role in Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, as well as a part in the Tribeca Festival award winning film, Roger Dodger. After graduating from high school, Tommy moved out to Los Angeles to pursue his already burgeoning career and was quickly picked up to guest star in Cold Case, Without a Trace, Shark, The New Adventures of Old Christine, General Hospital, and many others
He can also be seen in many national commercials such as Gillette, McDonalds, Guitar Hero, Pizza Hut, and Kohl’s Stores. In 2014, he played Cossetti in Michael Bay"s post-apocalyptic television Series The Last Ship.
He also played series regular Dashiell Greer in Katherine Heigl"s new National Broadcasting Company drama, State of Affairs, which premiered November 2014.
Savas is also known for his collaborations with Reckless Tortuga, a popular YouTube web-based comedy channel, where he has a recurring role as Damian in the webseries, The Online Gamer.
