Career

Amandes was born the sixth of eleven children in Richmond, Illinois. Amandes began acting at an early age, performing at home with his siblings and starring in school productions. He graduated in 1977 from Crystal Lake Central High School. In 1981, after graduating from The Goodman School of Drama at DePaul University, Amandes set out to apprentice on the Chicago stage. He appeared in numerous productions at the Court Theatre and the Body Politic Theatre.

A turning point in Amandes' career was being cast as Eliot Ness in the television series The Untouchables. He went on to star in The Pursuit of Happiness with Brad Garrett and Larry Miller. Amandes co-starred in the TV drama Everwood from 2002 to 2006. Other television credits include recurring roles on The Guardian, JAG, Spin City, Sisters and From the Earth to the Moon, in which Amandes portrayed Astronaut Harrison 'Jack' Schmitt. Amandes has guest-starred on Roseanne, The Practice, The King of Queens, Just Shoot Me!, ER, Seven Days, The Larry Sanders Show, Greek, The Good Guys, NUMB3RS, and Private Practice.

During his summer hiatus, Amandes wrapped production on the comedy Dirty Deeds. He has appeared in the films Brokedown Palace, Second Chances, Straight Talk, and Billboard Dad. Amandes appeared in the HBO film Live From Baghdad.

Amandes, while filming for Everwood, split his time between Los Angeles and the show's homebase of Ogden, Utah with his wife, actress Nancy Everhard, whom he met while working on The Untouchables.

Tom Amandes is set to appear in the fourth season of Arrow as Noah Kuttler/Calculator.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Straight Talk	Waiter
1996	Long Kiss Goodnight, TheThe Long Kiss Goodnight	Hal
1998	Second Chances	Ben Taylor
1998	Billboard Dad	Maxwell Tyler
1999	Brokedown Palace	Doug Davis
2005	Dirty Deeds	Vice Principal Fuchs
2006	Bonneville	Bill Packard
2011	Lucky	Jonathan
2013	Saving Lincoln	Abraham Lincoln
2013	Imagine	Dr. Arlen	Short film, post-production
2017	The Bachelors		Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	Sable		Episode: "Hunt"
1992	Overexposed	Asst. D.A. Mallery	TV movie
1993-1994	Untouchables, TheThe Untouchables	Elliott Ness	44 episodes
1994	Murphy Brown	David Wofford	Episode: "Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio?"
1994	Because Mommy Works	Eric Donovan	TV movie
1994	Roseanne	Doctor	Episode: "Maybe Baby"
1995	Sisters	Martin	Episode: "Sleeping with the Devil" Episode: "Word of Honor"
1995	If Someone Had Known	Paul Chambers	TV movie
1995	Pursuit of Happiness, TheThe Pursuit of Happiness	Steve Rutledge	7 episodes
1996	Promised Land	Fred Mooster	Episode: "The Hostage"
1997	Promised Land	Fred Mooster	Episode: "Mooster's Revenge"
1998	Larry Sanders Show, TheThe Larry Sanders Show	Russ Schmitt	Episode: "Beverly's Secret"
1998	From the Earth to the Moon	Jack Schmitt	TV miniseries
1998	Seven Days	General Wayne Starker	Episode: "Doppleganger: Part 1" Episode: "Doppleganger: Part 2"
1998	ER	David Gardner	Episode: "The Miracle Worker"
1999	Just Shoot Me!	Matt Bentley	Episode: "Lies & Dolls"
1999	Down Will Come Baby	Marcus Garr	TV movie
1999	If You Believe	Thom Weller	TV movie
1999	JAG	Cmdr. John Flagler	Episode: "Silent Service"
2000	King of Queens, TheThe King of Queens	Les Fisker	Episode: "Roast Chicken"
2000	Family Law	Lawrence Cameron	Episode: "One Mistake"
2000	Practice, TheThe Practice	Robert Wakefield	Episode: "Appeal and Denial"
2001	NYPD Blue	David Jessup	Episode: "Writing Wrongs"
2001	When Good Ghouls Go Bad	James Walker	TV movie
2001	Spin City	Julian Wheeler	3 episodes
2001-2002	Guardian, TheThe Guardian	Dr. Thomas Reed	3 episodes
2001	JAG	Cmdr. John Flagler	Episode: "The Iron Coffin"
2002	JAG	Cmdr. John Flagler	Episode: "Enemy Below"
2002	Live from Baghdad	Joe Erlichman	TV movie
2002-2006	Everwood	Dr. Harold Abbott	89 episodes
2006	Numb3rs	Lawrence Dryden	Episode: "Brutus"
2007	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Bert	Episode: "The Lefty Call"
2007	Women's Murder Club	D.A. Pratt	Episode: "The Past Comes Back to Haunt You"
2008	Riches, TheThe Riches		Episode: "Field of Dreams"
2008	Private Practice	Charlie	Episode: "Equal & Opposite"
2008	Boston Legal	A.A.G. Jeremy Hollis	Episode: "The Almighty Rogues" Episode: "Juiced"
2008-2009	Eli Stone	Martin Posner	11 episodes
2009	This Might Hurt	Dr. Mitch Malinow	TV movie
2009	Greek		Episode: "Our Fathers"
2009	Grey's Anatomy	Tom Waller	Episode: "Tainted Obligation"
2009	Eastwick	Pastor Dunn	Episode: "Madams and Madames" Episode: "Bonfire and Betrayal"
2010	Deep End, TheThe Deep End	Don Branford	Episode: "Pilot" Episode: "Where There's Smoke"
2010	Big Love	State Rep. Roy Colburn	3 episodes
2010	Good Guys, TheThe Good Guys	Dr. Kalfuss	Episode: "Pilot"
2010	No Ordinary Family	Dr. Allen	Episode: "Pilot"
2010-2011, 2014	Parenthood	Dr. Pelikan	7 episodes
2011	Leverage	Livingston	Episode: "The Queen's Gambit Job"
2011	Against the Wall		Episode: "Memories We Fear"
2012	Fairly Legal	Mitch Rhinehart	Episode: "Shine a Light"
2012	Scandal	Gov. Samuel Reston	Episode: "All Roads Lead to Fitz"
2013	Scandal	Gov. Samuel Reston	Episode: "A Criminal, a Whore, an Idiot and a Liar"
2013	Cult	Gary Fisher	Episode: "You're Next"
2013	Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23	Mr. Harkin	Episode: "Paris..."
2013	Castle	Aaron Stokes	Episode: "Number One Fan"
2015	Mom	Richard	Episode: "Mashed Potatoes and a Little Nitrous"
2016	Arrow	Noah Kuttler/The Calculator	Episode: "14 & 15" -

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