Thomas Jane

BIRTHDATE: 1969 (exact date unknown)
BIRTHPLACE: Baltimore, Maryland
MARITAL STATUS: Single, but reportedly engaged to actress Olivia D'Abo (Fred Savage's sister on TV's The Wonder Years)
WHY HE DESERVES HIS BIG BREAK:
Much like Kevin Corrigan, Thomas Jane has a face that deserves stardom, but, intentionally or not, has consistently taken roles that don't allow him maximum exposure to the public. The closest he got was 1999's Deep Blue Sea, a killer shark movie that didn't exactly make audiences forget about Jaws.

Born in Baltimore, Thomas Jane made his acting debut playing Romeo on stage in India, of all places. His first major film appearance was playing Mark Wahlberg's drug buddy Todd Parker in 1997's Boogie Nights (he was the third party besides Wahlberg and John C. Reilly during the hilariously tense 'Sister Christian' drug buy scene). Other notable roles since then include playing the title character in the bizarre romantic triangle drama The Velocity of Gary, and Elisabeth Shue's learning disabled boyfriend in the better off forgotten Molly. In addition, he played Philip Baker Hall's character as a young man in 1999's Magnolia, and recently appeared as Mickey Mantle in the made for cable 61*. Next up for Thomas Jane is a starring role in Dreamcatcher, the film adaptation of Stephen King's "shit weasel" sci-fi thriller. We definitely sense stardom in his future.

FILMOGRAPHY
Films highlighted in yellow present Thomas at his best

Dreamcatcher (2002)--Dr. Henry Devlin
Rain Falls (2002)--????
The Sweetest Thing (2002)--Peter Donahue
Eden (2001)--Dov
Original Sin (2001)--Walter Downs
61* (TV Movie--2001)--Mickey Mantle
Under Suspicion (2000)--Detective Felix Owens
Molly (1999)--Sam
Magnolia (1999)--Young Jimmy Gator
Deep Blue Sea (1999)--Carter Blake
The Velocity of Gary (1998)--Gary
The Thin Red Line (1998)--Private Ash
Thursday (1998)--Casey
Boogie Nights (1997)--Todd Parker
Face/Off (1997)--Burke Hicks
The Last Time I Committed Suicide (1997)--Neal
The Crow: City of Angels (1996)--Nemo
"High Tide" (1995)--Barry (TV guest appearance)
At Ground Zero (1994)--Thomas Quinton Pennington
Nemesis (1993)--Billy
I'll Love You Forever...Tonight (1992)--The Hustler
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)--Zeph