Tom Irwin — Movies, TV Shows & Roles

Actor

1956-06-01 · Peoria, Illinois, U.S. · Male

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Tom Irwin (born June 1, 1956) is an American film, television, and stage actor. Irwin is best known for his roles as Adrian Powell in the Lifetime comedy-drama series Devious Maids and Graham Chase in the 1994 drama My So-Called Life.
Early life and education
Born in Peoria, Illinois, Irwin graduated from Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois. He joined the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 1979, where he performed alongside Laurie Metcalf, John Malkovich, Joan Allen, and Gary Sinise.
Career
Irwin has been on the faculty of The Theatre School at DePaul University and Columbia College Chicago. He is a class instructor at Steppenwolf Theatre Company West School of Drama in Los Angeles. He has appeared in over 50 Steppenwolf productions, and won a Joseph Jefferson Award for his performance as Tom in Steppenwolf's production of The Glass Menagerie.
His first starring television role was in 1991, in the short-lived ABC series My Life and Times. He starred as the soft-spoken father Graham Chase in the 1994 ABC series My So-Called Life. He has had numerous television appearances, including Angel, ER, and Lost. He had a regular role on the series Saving Grace for three seasons, beginning in 2007. He made his Broadway debut in 1990 in The Grapes of Wrath. Irwin, who has also appeared in various movie roles, lives in Los Angeles, California. In 2002 he played Gerry in London's West End production of Up for Grabs with Madonna. In 1999, he starred in No Higher Love, with Katey Sagal and Annabeth Gish.
From 2013 to 2016, Irwin starred opposite Rebecca Wisocky in the four seasons that were produced of the Lifetime television comedy-drama series Devious Maids.