Tom Cavanagh is a Golden Globe-nominated actor and director currently enjoying the press tour for the horror film Don’t Move, based on the New York Times bestselling novel by James Murray, and recently completed a run on the New York stage in the world premiere of Ben Andron’s hit play Broken Snow. Upcoming projects include the independent films What If and All That Glitters opposite Greer Grammer, as well as the second season of You’re Killing Me for AMC and Acorn TV. Ongoing credits include the hit series Scrubs, FBI and Blue Bloods.
Cavanagh recently concluded a decade in superhero television with Warner Bros., directing the television series Superman & Lois and acting in and directing The Flash (now on Netflix), where he portrayed the show’s archvillain Reverse-Flash.
A two-time People’s Choice Award winner, Cavanagh has amassed extensive television and theater credits. In addition to Scrubs, he has starred in TNT’s Trust Me, Love Monkey, Eli Stone, the Darrow & Darrow franchise for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, written by Phoef Sutton, and NBC’s Ed, on which he also served as a director. In Ed, Cavanagh portrayed bowling alley lawyer Ed Stevens and collaborated with Michael Ian Black, with whom he co-hosts the popular comedy podcast Mike and Tom Eat Snacks.
Cavanagh’s theater credits include the award-winning productions Freud’s Last Session, Grease, A Chorus Line, Cabaret and Some Americans Abroad at Second Stage, as well as Broadway lead roles in Shenandoah and the Tony Award-winning Urinetown, in which he portrayed Bobby Strong.
Film credits include Corrective Measures, BitCon, Yogi Bear, Breakfast with Scot and Two Weeks opposite Sally Field. Cavanagh also received an Emmy Award nomination for Showtime’s critically acclaimed Bang Bang, You’re Dead.
Directing remains a major focus for Cavanagh. Additional directing credits include numerous theater productions and the New York-based Money Game. His short film Tom & Grant, which he wrote, directed and starred in opposite his The Flash co-star Grant Gustin, garnered numerous awards, including Best Comedy Short at both the New York Film Festival and the Hollywood Film Festival. The pair are currently developing the feature film Bad Heist.
Having spent part of his childhood in Africa, Cavanagh works with United to Beat Malaria, a grassroots campaign of the United Nations Foundation dedicated to raising awareness and funding to help fight malaria in Africa.
