Thomas, Ray Anthony 1956–

(Anthony Thomas, Raymond Thomas, Raymond Anthony Thomas)

PERSONAL

Born December 19, 1956, in Kentwood, LA.

Career: Actor. Atlantic Theater Company, New York City, member of company.

Awards, Honors: Audelco Award nomination, Audience Development Committee, c. 1984, for Play to Win; Young Artist Award nomination (with others),outstanding young ensemble cast in a motion picture, Young Artist Foundation, 1991, for Mo' Better Blues; award nomination from the Detroit Free Press, c. 1994, for To Kill a Mockingbird; Obie Award, performance, Village Voice, 1997, for Volunteer Man; Barrymore Award nomination, outstanding supporting actor in a play, Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia, 2005, for Fences.

CREDITS

Stage Appearances:

Play to Win (musical), Theatreworks/USA, New York City, c. 1984.

Painting man, Painting a Wall (one—act play), produced as part of Marathon '85, Series C, Ensemble Studio Theatre, New York City, 1985.

Women and Water, Atlantic Theater Company, New York City, c. 1988.

Man, cook, blackshirt, monk, Casbeque's nephew, doctor, and old woman, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, New York Shakespeare Festival, Joseph Papp Public Theater, Martinson Hall, New York City, 1990.

Reggie, Ground People, American Place Theatre, New York City, 1990.

Clarkie, Black Eagles, Manhattan Theatre Club, City Center Stage, New York City, 1991.

Thomas, Distant Fires, Atlantic Theater Company, New York City, 1991, Circle in the Square Downtown, New York City, 1992.

The Virgin Molly, Atlantic Theater Company, New York City, 1992.

Speaker and man with pants, The Lights, produced as part of Festival of New American Plays, Atlantic Theater Company, Lincoln Center, Mitzi E. New-house Theater, New York City, 1993.

Dorsey, Shaker Heights, Atlantic Theater Company, New York City, 1994.

Tom, To Kill a Mockingbird, Meadow Brook Theatre, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, c. 1994.

Robber Lee, Dancing on Moonlight, New York Shakespeare Festival, Joseph Papp Public Theater, Anspacher Theater, New York City, 1995.

(As Raymond Anthony Thomas) Sykes and other characters, Spunk, Hartford Stage, Hartford, CT, 1995.

Patient with AIDS, Volunteer Man, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, New York City, 1996.

Edmond, Atlantic Theater Company, New York City, beginning 1996.

Virginsky, The Devils, New York Theater Workshop, New York City, 1997.

Splash Hatch on the E Going Down, New York Stage and Film, Powerhouse Theater, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, 1997.

Willie Lee, A Raisin in the Sun, Kuntu Repertory Theatre, University of Pittsburgh, City Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA, 1999.

Digging Eleven, Hartford Stage, 1999.

Maurice, Saved, or Destroyed?, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, 2000.

The Beginning of August, Atlantic Theater Company, New York City, 2000.

Boy Willie, The Piano Lesson, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Pamela Brown Auditorium, Louisville, KY, 2001.

Dece's father, Force Continuum, Atlantic Theater Company, New York City, 2001.

Willie, Master Harold … and the Boys, Westport Country Playhouse, Westport, CT, 2002.

Jitney, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Pamela Brown Auditorium, 2002.

John Proctor, The Crucible, Syracuse Stage, Syracuse, NY, 2003.

R. P., a.m. Sunday, Center stage, Baltimore, MD, c. 2003, some sources cite other productions.

Lincoln, Top Dog/Underdog, City Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA, 2004.

The Issues Project: Democracy (also known as Democracy), Naked Angels, The Culture Project, New York City, 2004.

Gabriel (Gabe), Fences, Arden Theatre Company, F. Otto Haas Stage, Philadelphia, PA, 2005, Hartford Stage, 2007, and the Dallas Theater Center, Kalita Humphreys Theater, Dallas, TX, 2007, also produced elsewhere, including the Westport Country Playhouse.

Our Favorite Child (short play), produced as part of Ten by Twenty (collection of short plays), Atlantic Theater Company, Atlantic Stage 2, New York City, 2006.

Member of the ensemble, Touch the Names, Arizona State Theatre, Temple of Music and Art, Tucson, AZ, and Herberger Theater Center, Phoenix, AZ, both 2007.

Ron, Human Error, Atlantic Theater Company, Atlantic Stage 2, 2007.

Herman, Kindness, Playwrights Horizons, Peter Jay Sharp Theatre, New York City, 2008.

Appeared as Puck, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Joseph Papp Public Theater, New York City. Appearedin other productions, including The Exonerated, The Culture Project, 45 Bleecker Street Theatre, New York City; and A Streetcar Named Desire, Hartford Stage.

Film Appearances:

(As Raymond Anthony Thomas) Peddler in Washington Square, The Whoopee Boys, Paramount, 1986.

(As Raymond Thomas) Joe, Mo' Better Blues, Universal, 1990.

(As Raymond Anthony Thomas) Police officer, Jacob's Ladder (also known as Dante's Inferno), TriStar, 1990. (As Raymond Anthony Thomas) Crowd member, Malcolm X (also known as X), Warner Bros., 1992.

(As Raymond Anthony Thomas) Homeless man, I'm Not Rappaport, Gramercy Pictures, 1996.

Second police officer, Hi–Life, Lions Gate Films, 1998.

Officer Clayton Williams, Random Hearts, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1999.

Carl Brown, Our Song, IFC Films, 2000.

Police officer at precinct, Changing Lanes, Paramount, 2002.

Police officer, Imaginary Heroes, Sony Pictures Classics, 2004.

Scout father, The Manchurian Candidate, Paramount, 2004.

Earle, Half Nelson, ThinkFilm, 2006.

Some sources cite an appearance in Diminished Capacity, IFC Films, 2008.

Television Appearances; Series:

(As Raymond Anthony Thomas) Uncle Kenny Williams, The Hoop Life, Showtime, 1999–2000.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Limousine driver, The Sunshine Boys, CBS, 1997.

(As Ray Anthony Thomas) Clerk, Strip Search, HBO, 2004.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

(As Anthony Thomas) Commencement announcer, "And So, We Commence," The Cosby Show, NBC, 1992.

(As Raymond Anthony Thomas) Harold Noone, "The Kindness of Strangers," I'll Fly Away, NBC, 1992.

(As Raymond Anthony Thomas) Harold Noone, "Not Buried," I'll Fly Away, NBC, 1992.

Police officer, "NYPD Lou," NYPD Blue, ABC, 1993.

Dr. Ross, "Tasha," New York Undercover (also known as Uptown Undercover), Fox, 1994.

Man in wool hat, "Mayhem," Law & Order (also known as Law & Order Prime), NBC, 1994.

(As Raymond Anthony Thomas) George Bell, "Charm City: Part 1," Law & Order (also known as Law & Order Prime), NBC, 1996.

(As Raymond Anthony Thomas) Arnold Waring, "Working Mom," Law & Order (also known as Law & Order Prime), NBC, 1997.

(As Raymond Anthony Thomas) Reverend Rapkin, "Descell," New York Undercover (also known as Up-town Undercover), Fox, 1997.

Juror, Feds, CBS, 1997.

Detective Johnson, "Abduction," Homicide: Life on the Street (also known as H: LOTS and Homicide), NBC, 1998.

(As Raymond Anthony Thomas) Frank, "The First Gentleman," Cosby, CBS, 1998.

Joe, "The Pope of Gracie Mansion," Spin City (also known as Spin), ABC, 1998.

(As Raymond Anthony Thomas) Owen Stokes, "Monster," Law & Order (also known as Law & Order Prime), NBC, 1998.

(As Raymond Anthony Thomas) Brian Gallant, "Turnstile Justice," Law & Order (also known as Law & Order Prime), NBC, 2000.

Jamal Toussaint, "Queenie's Running," 100 Centre Street (also known as 101 Centre Street and Tribunal central), Arts and Entertainment, 2001.

Inmate, "A Day in the Death ," Oz (also known as Kylmae rinki, Oz—A vida e uma prisao, and Oz— livet bak murene), HBO, 2003.

Daryl Shawn, "Lamentation on the Reservation," The Jury, Fox, 2004.

Officer Biggs, "To Serve and to Protect," Jonny Zero, Fox, 2005.

Flag man, "Live Free or Die," The Sopranos (also known as Made in Jersey, Sopranos, Die Sopranos, Familia Soprano, Les Soprano, Los Soprano, Maffiozok, and Sopranod), HBO, 2006.

Garcia, "Hostage," Conviction (also known as Conviction—Sex & Law and Young Prosecutors), NBC, 2006.

Garcia, "180.80," Conviction (also known as Conviction—Sex & Law and Young Prosecutors), NBC, 2006.

Appeared as Ben Brodoff in "Past Imperfect," an unaired episode of New York News, CBS.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Drift, ABC, 2006.