Tom Arnold - Biography

Last Editor: maj_britt_j				Tom Arnold Biography -   Name : Tom Arnold Date of birth : 6 March 1959 Place of birth : Ottumwa, Iowa, USA Height : 6' 1

Tom Arnold Trivia -

Nephew of Kay Arnold Participated in the Seattle Hockey Challenge in 2005 - he coached one of the teams. Earned an Associate's degree from Indian Hills Community College Obtained a Bachelor's degree from the University of Iowa

Tom Arnold Detailed Biography -

As a writer, producer, and actor, Tom Arnold has established himself with both television and film audiences worldwide, having won such awards as the Peabody Award for writing, and a Golden Globe for writing and producing. Tom Arnold can currently be seen hosting BEST DAMN SPORTS SHOW PERIOD on Fox Sports Net. Arnold joins former NBA All-Star John Salley, Ex-MLB manager Kevin Kennedy, 14-year NFL veteran Ray Crockett, and host Chris Rose in this one-hour sports/entertainment television show combining the sports and comedy worlds in a unique guy talk format. The show airs Monday through Friday at 8:00 PM and 11:00 PM/PST on the Fox Sports Net. Arnold is currently writing two scripts for MGM, THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD and the newly completed THE KID AND I. THERE GOES THE NEIGHBOORHOOD is about a wealthy woman who gets revenge on her cheating husband with a neighborhood car detailer. THE KID AND I is an action comedy that he wrote for a wealthy entrepreneur who was looking to create a starring opportunity for his physically challenged son. Arnold was last seen in SOUL PLANE for MGM as well as the Warner Bros film, CRADLE TO THE GRAVE, with DMX and Jet Li. The film re-teamed Arnold with director Andrej Bartkowiak and producer Joel Silver. He was also seen in the Bartkowiak and Silver action film EXIT WOUNDS, opposite Steven Seagal and DMX for Warner Bros. In CRADLE TO THE GRAVE, Arnold played an arms dealer who helps DMX and Jet Li solve the kidnapping of DMX's daughter. Arnold began his career in comedy at the University of Iowa before moving to Minneapolis, where he won the Minneapolis Comedy Competition in 1988. He then moved to Los Angeles to write on the highly successful television series, ROSEANNE, before eventually serving as executive producer for the sitcom. He went on to star in three installments of his own HBO special entitled TOM ARNOLD: THE NAKED TRUTH, and then wrote, produced and starred in three of his own television series THE JACKIE THOMAS SHOW, TOM and THE TOM SHOW. Arnold's other film credits include NINE MONTHS with Hugh Grant, Julianne Moore, and Robin Williams; James Cameron's TRUE LIES with Arnold Schwarzenegger; HERO with Dustin Hoffman; AUSTIN POWERS: INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY with Mike Myers and in ANIMAL FACTORY, directed by Steve Buscemi, for which he received great critical notice for his portrayal of a convict. Born in Iowa, he has established a writing scholarship and runs an acting workshop for students at the Indian Hills Community College in Iowa. He is also very active with the San Diego Center For Children, which cares for abused and neglected children as well as The Race to Erase MS, The Kayne-Eras Center and Hollygrove children's home. Arnold currently resides in Los Angeles.