Thomas Ian Nicholas

A handsome yet typical-looking adolescent actor of TV and features, Thomas Ian Nicholas earned his first starring film role at age 12 in the baseball fantasy comedy "Rookie of the Year" (1993). Previously he had appeared in "Radio Flyer" (1992), portrayed the son of an agoraphobic Christine Lahti in the made-for-cable "The Fear Inside" (Showtime, 1992), and did guest spots on several TV series including "Who's the Boss?", "Married With Children" and "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman". Nicholas also appeared the leading role in "A Kid in King Arthur's Court" (1995), as a California teenager who is tranported back in time to Camelot and the direct-to-video sequel "A Kid in Alladin's Palace" (1998). He graduated to teen sex comedies, appearing asTara Reid's sexual naif beau in "American Pie" (1999), a role he reprised to lesser effect in the sequels "American Pie 2" (2001) and "American Wedding" (2003). Arfter a stint as a regular on the final season of the TV series "Party of Five" and a role in "Halloween: Resurrection" (2002), another attempt to squeeze box office dollars out of the horror franchise, Nichols was cast in a slightly more mature role in the 2002 adaptation of novelist Brett Easton Ellis' "The Rules of Attraction."

• Born:
  July 10, 1980 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
• Job Titles:
  Actor

Family

• Mother: Karen Nicholas.

Milestones

• 1988 TV debut as the young Tony Danza in an episode of the ABC sitcom, Who s the Boss?
• 1992 Feature acting debut, Radio Flyer
• 1992 TV movie debut, the made-for-cable The Fear Inside , as the son of the agoraphobic Christine Lahti
• 1993 Played recurring role in episodes of the CBS series Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
• 1993 Feature starring debut, Rookie of the Year , a baseball fantasy comedy
• 1999 Acted in the teen comedy American Pie
• 2001 Reprised role in the sequel American Pie 2
• 2002 Appeared as a bisexual 1980s college student in film version of Brett Easton Ellis bestseller The Rules of Attraction
• 2002 Had featured role in Stolen Summer , the film made under the auspices of Project Greenlight ; screened at Sundance Film Festival
• 2003 Returned, once again, for the sequel American Wedding
• 2004 Sold his directorial debut, L.A. DJ, about two brothers trying to make it in the big city; co-starred with real-life brother Tim Scarne
• Cast as Frank Sinatra Jr. in the Showtime movie about his 1963 kidnapping called Stealing Sinatra (lensed 2002)
• Had recurring role on the Fox series Party of Five
• Raised in Southern California