From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Henry Thomas
Henry Thomas, July 2007
Born	Henry Jackson Thomas Jr. September 9, 1971 (1971-09-09) (age 38) San Antonio, Texas, United States
Years active	1981 ─ present
Spouse(s)	Marie Zielcke (2004–present) Kelly Hill (2000 - 2002)

Henry Jackson Thomas, Jr. (born September 9, 1971) is an American actor and musician. He has appeared in more than 40 films and is best known for his role as Elliott in the 1982 Steven Spielberg film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.

Personal life

Thomas was born an only child in San Antonio, Texas, the son of Carolyn L. (née Davis), a homemaker, and Henry Jackson Thomas, a hydraulic machinist.^[1] In San Antonio he attended East Central High School, in the ECISD district, and Blinn College in College Station, Texas.^[2]

Acting career

Shortly after his appearance in E.T., Thomas also made some appearances in commercials for the Intellivision console by Mattel, alongside George Plimpton,^[3] whom he always referred to as "Mr. Intellivision". In all these commercials, Plimpton always asked what Thomas's name is, but is never mentioned. According to Intellivision Products, Inc., Atari threatened to sue Mattel if Thomas was identified in the commercials, since Atari was securing at that time the rights for the Atari 2600 E.T. video game.

After E.T., Thomas returned to Texas, acting in film and on TV from time to time while attending school.

Thomas returned to film in the late 1980s and early 1990s and began to prove himself in adult roles. His most prominent adult role to date was as Samuel Ludlow in 1994's Legends of the Fall. He is currently both an actor and musician. He will be featured in the film "The Last Ride" where he has the lead role of Hank Williams Sr. The film is currently in production.

Music

Thomas wrote songs, sang, and played guitar for the San Antonio, Texas band 'The Blue Heelers' from the mid to late 90's. Although the band was never signed, their self produced album 'Twister' was warmly received and enjoyed statewide radio play. Moving to Los Angeles in 1998, the band called it quits but Thomas continued to write and record songs. In 1998, his song 'Truckstop Coffee' recorded with the Blue Heelers appeared on V2's soundtrack to the film 'Niagara, Niagara' which Henry Thomas also performed in as an actor. In 2003, Thomas worked with Nikki Sudden on the music for Mika Kaurismaki's film 'Honey Baby' which featured four original songs written and performed by Henry Thomas as the fictitious musician Tom Brackett. An album was in the works, but their collaboration was ended by Nikki Sudden's untimely death in 2006. Thomas continues to live and play in the L.A. area.

Filmography

Awards and honors

• VH1's "100 Greatest Kid Stars"
• 2005, ranked #4, E!'s "50 Cutest Child Stars All Grown-up"

References

External links

• Henry Thomas at MySpace
• Henry Thomas at the Internet Movie Database
• Henry Thomas at Yahoo! Movies