Tommy Sverdlov

Tom "Tommy" Swerdlow (* 1962 ) is an American film actor and screenwriter .

Life

Serdlow was born in 1962 and began his film acting career in the 1980s. He gained increasing notoriety through supporting roles in films such as Howard - Ein Tierischer Held and Mel Brooks' Spaceballs . After retiring from acting, the American began his career as a screenwriter. Tommy Swerdlow has co-wrote feature films such as Cool Runnings - It's Everything (1993), Little Giants (1994) and Snowdogs - Eight Heroes on Four Paws (2002). Until 2007 he was addicted to heroin . In 2017 he made his directorial debut with A Thousand Junkies .

Filmography (selection)

Projects as an actor

• 1984: CBS Schoolbreak Special (TV series)
• 1984: Wild Life (The Wild Life)
• 1984: Dreamscape - Infernal Dreams (Dreamscape)
• 1985: What a Genius (Real Genius)
• 1986: Tough Cookies (TV series)
• 1986: Howard - the Duck (Howard the Duck)
• 1986: Rowdies (TV movie)
• 1987: Mel Brooks' Spaceballs (Spaceballs)
• 1987: Hamburger Hill
• 1988: Sledge Hammer (TV series)
• 1988: Blueberry Hill
• 1988: Chucky (Child's Play)
• 1995: The Fifteen Minute Hamlet (short film)
• 2017: A Thousand Junkies

Projects as a screenwriter

• 1993: Cool Runnings - Being there is everything (Cool Runnings)
• 1994: Little Giants (Little Giants)
• 1995: Crazy and on the Run (Bushwhacked)
• 2000: Brutally Normal (TV series, two episodes)
• 2002: Snowdogs - eight heroes on four paws (Snow Dogs)
• 2012: The High Road
• 2017: A Thousand Junkies
• 2018: The Grinch (The Grinch)

Web links

• Tommy Swerdlow in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tommy Swerdlow - Tommy Swerdlow - wiki wiki. Retrieved July 23, 2020 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Read This: The guy who wrote Cool Runnings and Little Giants did a Reddit AMA about his heroin addiction. Retrieved July 23, 2020 (American English).