As an actor, Tom has appeared in over 20 TV shows (Law & Order, Sex & The City, Damages) and 30 films, having worked with such directors as Ken Loach, Sidney Lumet, Jean-Luc Godard, Jim McKay, Christopher Münch, Ali Selim, Cam Archer, Paul Auster and multi-media artist Robert Longo. Tom also played dozens of characters on Wake Up, World, the long-running touring satire of morning news shows from the mind of The Daily Show creator Lizz Winstead, for which he was also a writer and director.