Tom Cavanagh
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Cavanagh at the premiere of War, Inc. at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival, April 28, 2008
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Thomas Patrick Cavanagh October 26, 1963 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Alma mater | Queen's University |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Spouse(s) | Maureen Grise (m. 2004) |
| Children | 4 |
Thomas Patrick "Tom" Cavanagh (born October 26, 1963) is a Canadian actor best known for a variety of roles on American television, including starring roles in Ed (2000–2004), Love Monkey (2006) and Trust Me (2009), supporting roles on Providence and Scrubs, and a prominent role on The Flash (2014–present).
Cavanagh was born on October 26, 1963 in Ottawa, Ontario to a Roman Catholic family of Irish descent. Cavanagh moved with his family to Winneba, a small city in Ghana when he was a child.
In his teens, the family moved to Lennoxville, Quebec where he started high school. He attended the Séminaire de Sherbrooke, where he studied in French and played basketball for the Barons. He later studied at Champlain College in Lennoxville at the CEGEP level. While attending Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, he became interested in theatre and music and played ice hockey and varsity basketball. He graduated with degrees in English, biology and education.
Cavanagh acted in his native Canada for many years, appearing on television dramas such as Jake and the Kid in the late 1990s, and television commercials, appearing for Labatt Blue Light beer commercials in the 1990s and for CIBC.
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