37 Facts About Tom Welling

Thomas John Patrick Welling was born on April 26,1977 and is an American actor, director, producer, podcaster, and model.

Tom Welling is best known for his role as Clark Kent in The WB superhero drama Smallville.

Tom Welling co-starred in the third season of the Fox fantasy comedy-drama Lucifer as Lt.

Tom Welling has been nominated and received several awards for his role as Clark Kent.

Tom Welling's films include Cheaper by the Dozen, Cheaper by the Dozen 2, The Fog, Draft Day, and The Choice.

Tom Welling has been involved behind the camera as an executive producer and a director.

Tom Welling's family moved frequently, making stops in Wisconsin, Delaware, and Michigan.

Tom Welling is of German, Polish, Hungarian, Slovak, Austrian and British descent.

Tom Welling attended Okemos High School in Okemos, Michigan, where he started acting in plays, but then switched to sports.

Tom Welling played baseball and soccer, but his favorite sport is basketball.

Tom Welling is one of four children, with two older sisters, Rebecca and Jamie, and a younger brother, Mark Tom Welling, who is an actor.

Originally a construction worker, Welling was discovered in 1998 at a party in Nantucket by casting director Jennifer Starr who was there finding fresh faces for a Tommy Hilfiger campaign and suggested he try modeling.

Tom Welling modeled for Louisa Modeling Agency until 2000, when he relocated to Los Angeles.

In 2000, Tom Welling appeared in Angela Via's music video "Picture Perfect" where he played Via's love interest.

Tom Welling has said that he did not like modeling and that he was not good at it because it was all on the outside or from an external point of view.

Tom Welling pursued acting because he wanted to express a range of emotions, but Welling still models occasionally and appeared in the May 2008 issue of Vogue, the so-called Superhero Issue.

Tom Welling was originally signed for three episodes, but after receiving good feedback, the producers kept him for three more.

Tom Welling had a small role in the pilot episode of the UPN science fiction sitcom Special Unit 2, and he appeared in the pilot episode of the short-lived Fox sitcom Undeclared.

Tom Welling was cast in the WB superhero drama Smallville after a nationwide search for an actor to play Clark Kent.

Tom Welling told TV Guide that he turned down the lead role twice, but after reading the script, decided to take the job.

Tom Welling was named one of People magazine's "Breakthrough Stars of 2001", and won the Teen Choice Award as "Choice Breakout Star " in 2002 for his role as Clark Kent.

In 2019, Tom Welling reprised his role as Clark Kent in the Batwoman episode of the CW Arrowverse crossover event "Crisis on Infinite Earths", along with his Smallville co-star Erica Durance as Lois Lane.

Tom Welling's reprisal concluded his incarnation's story where it showed Clark gave up his powers, retired as an average farmer, and has at least two daughters with Lois.

In 2017, Tom Welling made his much-awaited return to television when he was cast to co-star in the third season of the Fox fantasy comedy-drama Lucifer.

Tom Welling played Marcus Pierce, a police lieutenant at the precinct and the main antagonist of the season who is the immortal Cain.

In December 2003, Tom Welling made his feature film debut as Charlie Baker, the oldest son and second-oldest in the Baker family which had 12 children, in the family comedy Cheaper by the Dozen with Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt, which is a remake of the 1950 movie starring Clifton Webb and Myrna Loy, based on the 1948 book about the family of Frank and Lillian Gilbreth and written by two of their children.

In 2005, Welling co-starred in the horror film The Fog, a remake of John Carpenter's 1980 film of the same name, as Nick Castle.

In 2013, Welling was among the all-star cast of the historical drama Parkland, based on the book Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F Kennedy by author Vincent Bugliosi.

In 2014, Tom Welling co-starred in Ivan Reitman's sports drama Draft Day.

Tom Welling played a veteran quarterback whose career is at a crossroads.

For Smallvilles ninth season, Tom Welling served as a co-executive producer.

Tom Welling returned as Clark Kent for the show's tenth and final season in Fall 2010 and became a full executive producer, as credited in a May 20,2010 press release by the CW.

Tom Welling served as an executive producer of the CW comedy-drama Hellcats based on journalist Kate Torgovnick's book Cheer: Inside the Secret World of College Cheerleaders.

Tom Welling made his directorial debut in 2006 with the Smallville episode "Fragile".

On July 5,2002, Tom Welling married model Jamie White on Martha's Vineyard with Tom Welling's friends and then-Smallville co-stars Kristin Kreuk and Michael Rosenbaum in attendance.

In 2014, Tom Welling began dating equestrian and Saddle Club founder Jessica Rose Lee.

On January 26,2025, Tom Welling was arrested in Yreka, California for driving under the influence.