Tom Arnold (actor)
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Arnold at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival
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| Born |
Thomas Duane Arnold March 6, 1959 Ottumwa, Iowa, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor, comedian, television host |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Roseanne Barr (1990–1994; divorced) Julie Lynn Champnella (1995–1999; divorced) Shelby Roos (2002–2008; divorced) Ashley Groussman (2009–present) |
| Children | 2 |
Thomas Duane "Tom" Arnold (born March 6, 1959) is an American actor and comedian. His big screen breakthrough came when he starred alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger in True Lies (1994), earning a nomination for the MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance.
Arnold has appeared in many more indie and Hollywood films, including Nine Months (1995), The Stupids (1996), McHale's Navy (1997), Animal Factory (2000), Cradle 2 the Grave (2003), Mr. 3000 (2004), Happy Endings (2005), The Great Buck Howard (2008) and Madea's Witness Protection (2012). He was also the host of The Best Damn Sports Show Period for four years.
Arnold was born in Ottumwa, Iowa, the son of Linda Kay (née Graham) and Jack Arnold. He has six siblings. His mother abandoned the family when he was a child, and he and his siblings were raised by their father.
During his youth, he worked at a meatpacking plant. Arnold attended Ottumwa High School, Indian Hills Community College, and the University of Iowa (from 1981–83), where he studied business administration and writing. He began doing stand-up comedy when he was 23.
In the early 1980s, Arnold had a prop-based comedy routine called "Tom Arnold and the Goldfish Review."Roseanne Barr brought him in as a writer for her television sitcom, Roseanne. He married her in 1990, after she divorced her first husband. Arnold wrote himself into the show as the character "Arnie Thomas" (a play on his name). The couple's marriage attracted media and especially tabloid attention due to their sometimes outrageous behavior. In 1992, Arnold starred in his own sitcom, The Jackie Thomas Show. Airing after Roseanne on ABC, the show lasted only 18 episodes.
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