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Eddie Kaye Thomas (born Edward Kovelsky; October 31, 1980) is an American actor. In film, Thomas rose to prominence for his lead role as Paul Finch in the ''American Pie'' film series (1999–2012). He had a supporting role as Andy Rosenberg in the ''Harold & Kumar'' film series (2004–2011). Thomas' other supporting film roles include '' The Rage: Carrie 2'' (1999), ''
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'' (1999), '' Dirty Love'' (2005), '' Blind Dating'' (2006), and '' Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist'' (2008). In television, Thomas has had main roles on
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sitcoms as Russell on '' Brutally Normal'' (2000) '' Off Centre'' (2001–2002), Jeff Woodcock on the first two seasons of the Fox sitcom '' 'Til Death'' (2006–2008), David Kaplan on the
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comedy-drama series '' How to Make It in America'' (2010–2011), and Tobias "Toby" Curtis on the CBS drama series ''
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'' (2014–2018). He had a recurring role as Adam on the Amazon Prime series '' The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel'' (2023). Since 2005, he has provided the voice of Barry Robinson on the Fox and TBS animated sitcom ''
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''.


Early and personal life

Thomas was born in
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. He is Jewish. In a 2020 interview promoting '' American Pie'' co-star Jason Biggs' show '' Outmatched,'' Biggs said that Eddie Kaye Thomas is a stage name. His real name is Edward Kovelsky. Thomas stated on a podcast that he is married with three children; and that he and his wife became parents in 2018 right after ''
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'' was cancelled.


Career

Thomas began his acting career as a stage actor at age seven, appearing in ''Four Baboons Adoring the Sun'' in 1992, and '' The Diary of Anne Frank'', opposite
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in 1997. He graduated from New York's Professional Children's High School already a veteran of the Broadway stage. Thomas made his onscreen debut in an episode of the ABC Soap Opera ''
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'', and later starred in an episode of ''
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'' about a possessed camera that destroys everything it shoots, entitled ''The Tale of the Curious Camera''. He also appeared on ''
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'' twice in 1996, playing different characters each time. On the Thanksgiving 1998 edition of '' Late Night with Conan O’Brien'' Thomas played Ricky, Conan and Andy's son home from college for the holidays. Thomas become well-known for his role as Paul Finch in '' American Pie'' (1999), appearing in all four theatrical films of the '' American Pie franchise '' (1999–2012). His screen work also includes the independent movie called ''Illtown'', '' The Rage: Carrie 2'', and James Toback's controversial motion picture ''
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'' in which Thomas co-starred with Robert Downey, Jr. and
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. Thomas also played the title role in Canadian shock-comic Tom Green's '' Freddy Got Fingered'', and the stereotypical Jewish character Rosenberg in '' Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle'' (2004) and '' Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay'' (2008) opposite David Krumholtz. From 2001 to 2002, Thomas starred in the television series '' Off Centre'' with John Cho. He returned to the small screen in the sitcom '' 'Til Death'' for the first two seasons (2006 and 2007). His character was removed from the show for budget reasons but still appeared in season 3. Due to the writers' strike a few season 2 episodes were shown starting Wednesday, October 8, 2008. He has also appeared in the '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' episode " No More Bets". Thomas appeared in commercials for Blockbuster Video,
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and Nike. He also appeared in 311's music video for " Flowing". He has continued to do stage work, appearing off Broadway in 2006, and has voiced Barry Robinson on ''
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'' since 2005. From 2010 to 2011, he appeared as David Kaplan in
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television series '' How to Make It in America''. In 2014, he appeared as Mark in DirecTV's First Original Comedy ''Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight''. In the same year, Thomas was a member of the principal cast of the TV series ''
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'' on CBS as
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and genius behaviourist, Dr. Tobias M Curtis. The series was cancelled after completing four seasons (93 episodes) in May 2018. In 2018, he joined the cast of
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'' Shattered Memories'', also known by the name ''Last Night''. In 2020, he reunited with his '' American Pie'' co-stars Alyson Hannigan and Jason Biggs in the Fox
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'' Outmatched''.


Filmography


Film


Television


Music videos


Awards and nominations


References


External links

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