Tom Riis Farrell

Tom Riis Farrell was born in Oceanside New York He attended Union College in Schenectady New York earning a BA in Theatre in 1981 His first film was Regarding Henry 1991 but he was edited out Most recently he appeared offBroadway in The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui starring Al Pacino Charles Durning Tony Randall John Goodman Steve Buscemi and Paul Giamatti Prior to that he was in the Broadway San Francisco Pasadena and touring productions of Claudia Shears play Dirty Blonde receiving a Helen Hayes Award and a Joseph Jefferson Award nomination for that performance Other Broadway and OffBroadway credits include 1776 Roundabout and Gershwin Theatres Wrong Mountain Eugene ONeill Theatre Lil Abner Encores at City Center and View of the Dome NY Theatre Workshop Tom shows up in the movies Trust the Man 2005 Marie and Bruce 2004 The Stepford Wives 2004 Almost Famous 2000 Bringing Out the Dead 1999 The OutofTowners 1999 The Devils Advocate 1997 and Sleepless in Seattle 1993 Television work includes Ed 2000 NYPD Blue 1993 Spin City 1996 four episodes of Law Order 1990 and one of Law Order Criminal Intent 2001 as well as the television movies The Love Letter 1998 with Campbell Scott and Jennifer Jason Leigh and The Deliverance of Elaine 1996 with Mare Winningham Chris Cooper and Lloyd Bridges