27 Facts About Thomas Jane

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Thomas Jane was born on Thomas Elliott III; February 22,1969 and is an American actor.

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Thomas Jane is known for appearing in the films Boogie Nights, Deep Blue Sea, The Sweetest Thing, The Punisher, The Mist, 1922, and The Predator.

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Thomas Jane is the founder of RAW Studios, an entertainment company that releases comic books he has written, the first of which was Bad Planet.

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Thomas Jane made his directorial debut with the crime thriller Dark Country, in which he starred.

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Thomas Jane is of Irish, Scottish, and some German-Jewish and Native American descent.

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Thomas Jane attended Thomas Sprigg Wootton High School but dropped out and moved to Hollywood to pursue an acting career.

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Thomas Jane began his acting career with the Indian Telugu language film Padamati Sandhya Ragam, directed by Jandhyala.

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Thomas Jane had supporting roles in several high-profile films, including The Crow: City of Angels, Boogie Nights, The Thin Red Line, Thursday, and Magnolia.

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Thomas Jane turned down the role twice, as he did not have much interest in the superhero genre.

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Thomas Jane became a spokesperson for Niles and the cover model for comic-book character Cal McDonald in 2006.

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Thomas Jane has portrayed a fictionalized version of himself in an episode of the television series Arrested Development.

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Thomas Jane did not return in the planned sequel to The Punisher.

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Thomas Jane said in June 2007 that Zack Snyder had expressed interest in casting him for the role of the Comedian for the adaptation of Alan Moore's graphic novel Watchmen, but because he was too busy, he turned down the role, which was eventually given to Jeffrey Dean Morgan.

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In 2009, Thomas Jane starred with Ving Rhames in the crime film Give 'Em Hell, Malone, which premiered at San Diego Comic Con.

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On December 18,2008, HBO announced it was picking up the black comedy Hung, and Thomas Jane was contracted to star in the show.

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Thomas Jane plays the character of Ray Drecker, a high-school history teacher and basketball coach, who after attending a self-help class while being down on his luck, decides to market the large size of his penis as a path to success.

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Thomas Jane voiced the character Jonah Hex in an animated short as a companion piece on the Special Edition Blu-ray and two-disc Special Edition DVD release of Batman: Under the Red Hood.

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Thomas Jane had been set to play the role of a cop in Sylvester Stallone's hitman action film Headshot, but was eventually deemed not "ethnic" enough and let go.

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Thomas Jane described this project as a gothic werewolf romance set in a castle in the 18th century.

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On June 7,2012, Thomas Jane released a digital EP, Don't Come Home, under the pseudonym Rusty Blades.

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At the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con International, Thomas Jane debuted an independently financed Punisher short film, Dirty Laundry, directed by Phil Joanou and co-starring Ron Perlman.

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Thomas Jane portrays the lead role of Detective Joe Miller in this futuristic saga, in which humans have colonized both Mars and the Asteroid Belt, and discover an alien lifeform.

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The series premiered December 2015, and continued through six seasons, with Thomas Jane appearing in the first four of them.

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Thomas Jane co-starred in Shane Black's The Predator, a direct sequel to the 1987 film Predator and the 1990 film Predator 2.

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In 1989, Thomas Jane married actress Ayesha Hauer, daughter of Rutger Hauer.

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Thomas Jane was engaged to Olivia d'Abo from 1998 to 2001.

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However, on August 13,2010, Thomas Jane's representative announced that Thomas Jane and Arquette had decided to proceed with a divorce.