Tommy Savas

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

Tommy A. Savas
Born (1984-12-20) December 20, 1984
Harlem, New York, United States
OccupationActor
Years active2001–present

Early life

Savas was born in Harlem, New York, United States. He was raised in Cresskill, New Jersey,[1] the youngest of 4 children where, as a child, he showed a strong interest in acting and theatre.

By the age of six, he had studied improv and acting with Susan Dias Karnovsky and appeared in commercials and HBO and PBS children’s productions. Between school work and soccer games, Tommy continued to study 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. Tommy 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 out of 15,000 actors to play the role of Xavier, AJ Soprano’s high school friend in the renowned HBO series, The Sopranos. After The Sopranos, Savas landed a guest starring role in Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, as well as a part in the Tribeca Film Festival award-winning film Roger Dodger.

After graduating from high school, Savas moved out to Los Angeles to pursue his already burgeoning career and was quickly picked up to guest star in Cold Case, Without a Trace, Shark, The New Adventures of Old Christine, General Hospital, and many others. He can also be seen in many national commercials such as Gillette, McDonald's, Guitar Hero, Pizza Hut, and Kohl’s Stores.

In 2014, he played Cossetti in Michael Bay's post-apocalyptic TV Series The Last Ship. He also played series regular Dashiell Greer in Katherine Heigl's new NBC drama, State of Affairs, which premiered November 2014.[2]

In 2015, he starred in the dark comedy Bad Roomies alongside co-stars Patrick Renna and Annie Monroe. The film also stars actor and comedian Page Kennedy.

Savas is also known for his collaborations with Reckless Tortuga, a popular YouTube web-based comedy channel, where he has a recurring role as Damian in the webseries, The Online Gamer.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2007 Seven Days Max Short Movie
2009 Poolside Doug Short Movie
2015 Bad Roomies Ray (Raymond) movie
2017 It Happened One Valentine's Matty Sellers Direct-to-video film

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2001 The Sopranos Xavier 2 Episodes
2002 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Sanjeev Episode: Deception
2004 Arrested Development Bully Episode: Beef Consomme
2006 Cold Case Tommy Dicenzio Episode:"Frank’s Best"
2006 The New Adventures of Old Christine Mark Episode: Open Water
2007 Shark Kenny Leary Episode: Backfire
2008 General Hospital Young Sonny 2 episodes
2009 Raising the Bar Owen Clark Episode: The Curious Case of Kellerman's Button
2010 CSI: NY Rick Contoursi Episode: Tales from the Undercard
2010 Justified Ronson Episode: Fathers and Sons
2011 House Cruz Episode: Last Temptation
2011 Prime Suspect Bugsy Episode: Shame
2012 Castle Marcus Hiatt Episode: An Embarrassment of Bitches
2009-2012 Psycho Girlfriend Seth 21 Episodes
2012 Hollywood Heights Ray 9 Episodes
2011-2012 Extra Butter, Please Various 48 Episodes
2013 The Online Gamer Damien/Tirion Fordring 16 Episodes
2014 The Last Ship Cossetti
2014-2015 State of Affairs Dashiell Greer
2017 Hell's Kitchen Himself Episode: "Fusion/Confusion"
2019 Dirty John Max Episode: "This Young Woman Fought Like Hell"

References
  1. Yorio, Kara. "Cresskill native Tommy Savas in TNT's 'The Last Ship'". NorthJersey.com. North Jersey Media Group. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
  2. "NBC's State of Affairs". NBC.com. NBC Universal. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
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