Eddy Kaye Thomas

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), ''Black and White'' (1999), '' Dirty Love'' (2005), ''Blind Dating'' (2006), and ''Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist'' (2008).

In television, Thomas has had main roles on The WB 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 HBO comedy-drama series '' How to Make It in America'' (2010–2011), and Tobias "Toby" Curtis on the CBS drama series ''Scorpion'' (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 ''American Dad!''.

Early and personal life

Thomas was born in New York City. 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 ''Scorpion'' 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 Natalie Portman 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 ''One Life to Live'', and later starred in an episode of ''Are You Afraid of the Dark?'' about a possessed camera that destroys everything it shoots, entitled ''The Tale of the Curious Camera''. He also appeared on ''Law & Order'' 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 ''Black and White'' in which Thomas co-starred with Robert Downey, Jr. and Jared Leto. 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, Snickers 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 ''American Dad!'' since 2005.

From 2010 to 2011, he appeared as David Kaplan in HBO comedy-drama 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 ''Scorpion'' on CBS as Harvard trained psychiatrist 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 thriller film '' 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 sitcom ''Outmatched''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

Awards and nominations

References

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1980 births
Male actors from New York City
American male child actors
American male film actors
American male stage actors
American male television actors
American male voice actors
Jewish American male actors
Living people
20th-century American male actors
21st-century American male actors
21st-century American Jews