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
- ↑ Tommy Swerdlow - Tommy Swerdlow - wiki wiki. Retrieved July 23, 2020 .
- ↑ 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).
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SURNAME | Sverdlov, Tommy |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sverdlov, Tom (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film actor and screenwriter |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1962 |