Tommy Savas Explained

Tommy A. Savas
Birth Date:1984 12, mf=yes
Birth Place:Harlem, New York, United States
Occupation:Actor
Yearsactive:2001–present

Tommy A. Savas (born December 20, 1984) is an American actor and producer. He is known for Roger Dodger (2002), Seven Days (2007) and Extra Butter, Please (2011).

Early life

Savas was born in Harlem, New York, United States. He was raised in Cresskill, New Jersey,[1] the youngest of four children where, as a child, he showed a strong interest in acting and theatre.[2] His grandfather fought in World War II.[3]

By the age of six, he had studied improvisation and acting with Susan Dias Karnovsky and appeared in commercials and HBO and PBS children's productions. Between school work and soccer games, Savas studied privately with Joseph Daly, and at HB Studios in New York under Trudi Stible.

He spent time between New York and Los Angeles where he studied with Robert Lyons and Lynette McNeil, and had comedy training with Shari Shaw. Savas continued to hone his acting skills appearing in local theatre productions and in sketch comedy at the HA! Comedy Club in New York.

Career

His big break came at age 15 when he was selected from 15,000 actors to play the role of Xavier, AJ Soprano’s high school friend in the HBO series, The Sopranos. After The Sopranos, Savas had a guest starring role in and a part in the Tribeca Film Festival award-winning film, Roger Dodger.[4]

After graduating from high school, Savas moved out to Los Angeles to pursue his already burgeoning career and was quickly chosen to appear in Cold Case, Without a Trace, Shark, The New Adventures of Old Christine, General Hospital and many others.[5] He can also be seen in many national commercials such as Gillette, Nesquik, Guitar Hero, Pizza Hut[6] and Subway.[7]

Savas formed Reckless Tortuga with a small group of friends in 2009 as a means of continually creating things and working even if they were not booking work professionally. Reckless Tortuga became a popular YouTube web-based comedy channel, where he has a recurring role as Damian in the webseries, The Online Gamer.[8]

In 2014, Savas played Cossetti in Michael Bay's post-apocalyptic TV series The Last Ship.[9] He also played the series regular Dashiell Greer in Katherine Heigl's NBC drama, State of Affairs, which was premiered in November 2014.[10]

In 2015, Savas co-wrote and starred in the dark comedy Bad Roomies with Patrick Renna. The movie was partially funded through Kickstarter ($75,000 was raised).

In 2016, Savas was cast as Reggie in the ABC comedy pilot The Fluffy Shop, co-written by and starring Gabriel Iglesias.[11]

Savas jokingly said that Shia LaBeouf stole his career after they screen tested against each other for the role of a young Robert Downey Jr. in the movie A Guide to Recognizing your Saints and Lebouf was given the part.[12]

Personal life

Savas occasionally works as a substitute teacher and has said that if acting fell through, he would love to be a teacher.

Gary Oldman is an actor who Savas admires for his ability to play many different characters.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007Seven DaysMaxShort movie
2009PoolsideDougShort movie
2015Bad RoomiesRay (Raymond) Movie
2017It Happened One Valentine'sMatty SellersDirect-to-video film
2021Luv U Cuz
2022Mother of the Dawn

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001The SopranosXavier2 episodes
2002SanjeevEpisode: "Deception"
2004Arrested DevelopmentBullyEpisode: "Beef Consomme"
2006Cold CaseTommy DicenzioEpisode:"Frank’s Best"
2006The New Adventures of Old ChristineMarkEpisode: "Open Water"
2007SharkKenny LearyEpisode: "Backfire"
2008General HospitalYoung Sonny2 episodes
2009Raising the BarOwen ClarkEpisode: "The Curious Case of Kellerman's Button"
2010Rick ContoursiEpisode: "Tales from the Undercard"
2010JustifiedRonsonEpisode: "Fathers and Sons"
2011HouseCruzEpisode: "Last Temptation"
2011Prime SuspectBugsyEpisode: "Shame"
2012CastleMarcus HiattEpisode: "An Embarrassment of Bitches"
2009-2012Psycho GirlfriendSeth21 episodes
2012Hollywood HeightsRay9 episodes
2011-2012Extra Butter, PleaseVarious48 episodes
2013The Online GamerDamien/Tirion Fordring16 episodes
2014-2018The Last ShipCossetti
2014-2015State of AffairsDashiell Greer
2017Hell's KitchenHimselfEpisode: "Fusion/Confusion"
20189-1-1DanielEpisode: "Stuck"
2019Dirty JohnMaxEpisode: "This Young Woman Fought Like Hell"
2022-2023National Treasure Edge of HistoryDr. Zeke Hudson5 episodes

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Yorio . Kara . Cresskill native Tommy Savas in TNT's 'The Last Ship' . NorthJersey . North Jersey Media Group . August 11, 2014.
  2. Web site: Price . Jason . 2015-11-25 . BAD ROOMIES: Patrick Renna, Tommy Savas & Jason Schnell On Their New Film !. 2021-06-25 . Icon Vs. Icon .
  3. Web site: Exclusive Online Feature: Tommy Savas . 2021-06-18 . DA MAN.
  4. Web site: Tommy Savas . 2021-06-25. TVSA.
  5. Web site: Tommy Savas. 2021-06-25 . IMDb.
  6. Web site: Pizza Hut - The Natural . 2021-06-25 .
  7. Web site: Tommy Savas TV Commercials . 2021-06-25 . iSpot .
  8. Web site: Allee . Manning . August 14, 2014 . Tommy Savas 5 Tips . Backstage .
  9. Web site: Dashiell Greer: State of Affairs Character . 2021-06-25 . NBC .
  10. Web site: NBC's State of Affairs . NBC . NBC Universal . August 11, 2014.
  11. Web site: Petski . Denise . 2016-03-17 . 'Lethal Weapon' Pilot Casts Johnathan Fernandez; Tommy Savas In 'The Fluffy Shop' . 2021-06-25 . Deadline .
  12. Web site: State of Affairs' Tommy Savas on Co-Star Katherine Heigl: "She Was Nothing But a Pleasure to Work With" . November 17, 2014 . Haley . Longman . 2021-06-18 . OK! .