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Tom Verica

American actor

Field	Value
name	Tom Verica
birth_date
birth_place	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
occupation	Actor, director, producer
years_active	1987–present

Tom Verica (born May 13, 1964) is an American actor, director, and producer. As an actor, he's best known for his role as Sam Keating in the ABC drama How to Get Away with Murder (2014–2020). He also played Jack Pryor in the NBC critically acclaimed drama American Dreams from 2002 to 2004. As a director, he's known for Shonda Rhimes' dramas. He's currently an executive producer and director of the Netflix drama Bridgerton. From 2012 to 2018, Verica served as executive producer and director of ABC's Scandal.

Career

Acting

Verica was born on May 13, 1964, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to real estate agent parents. He is of Italian descent on his father's side and German descent on his mother's side. His first television role was on the ABC daytime soap opera All My Children in 1987. He later had a recurring role in L.A. Law, and guest-starred on Home Improvement, Picket Fences,Seinfeld and NYPD Blue. In film, he appeared in Die Hard 2, Fathers' Day, Red Dragon, and Zodiac. He played astronaut Dick Gordon in the HBO miniseries From The Earth To The Moon (1998), and appeared in The Naked Truth.

Verica was a regular cast member of the CBS primetime soap opera Central Park West from 1995 to 1996. and Providence, and from 2002 to 2005 starred opposite Gail O'Grady in the NBC family drama, American Dreams. After the series was canceled, Verica guest-starred on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, House, Boston Legal, Grey's Anatomy, and The Closer, and had recurring roles in The 4400 and The Nine.

In 2009 he played Joe Carter in Princess Protection Program. In 2014, he was cast opposite Viola Davis in the Shondaland series, How to Get Away with Murder.

Directing and producing

In 2003 Verica began his career as a director. He's directed episodes for over 20 television shows, such as American Dreams, Boston Legal, Dirty Sexy Money, Ugly Betty, Army Wives, The Mentalist, and Body of Proof.

Since 2007 he's directed more than 60 episodes for most of Shonda Rhimes' Shondaland dramas. These include Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice, Scandal (also producer) , Still Star-Crossed, For the People (also producer), Station 19, Bridgerton (also producer), Inventing Anna (also producer) and Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story (also producer).

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	Die Hard 2	Kahn
1993	Eight Hundred Leagues Down the Amazon	Manoel
1997	Fathers' Day	Peter
Loose Women	Detective Laurent
1999	Love American Style	Ron	Segment: "Love and the Heimlich Maneuver"
Making Contact
2002	Murder by Numbers	Asst. D.A. Al Swanson
Red Dragon	Charles Leeds
2006	Flags of Our Fathers	Lieutenant Pennell
2007	Zodiac	Jim Dunbar

Television films

Year	Title	Role
1993	Donato and Daughter	Bobby Keegan
1994	The Babymaker: The Dr. Cecil Jacobson Story	Greg Bennett
Breach of Conduct	Lt. Ted Lutz
1995	Not Our Son	Randy Litchfield
1996	The Assassination File	Jack Byrne
1998	Lost in the Bermuda Triangle	Brian Foster
2009	Princess Protection Program	Joe Mason

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	All My Children	Duncan	Unknown episodes
1989	Quantum Leap	Impala	Episode: "Camikazi Kid - June 6, 1961"
1991	L.A. Law	Billy Castroverti	9 episodes
1992	Home Improvement	Charlie	Episode: "Luck Be a Taylor Tonight"
Picket Fences	Brian Ronick	Episode: "The Snake Lady"
1993	South Beach	Brooke Wyatt	Episode: "Stake Out"
Moon Over Miami	Jake	Episode: "Black River Bride"
Seinfeld	Doctor	Episode: "The Conversion"
1995	NYPD Blue	Dr. Paul Druzinski	Episode: "Travels with Andy"
Matlock	Craig Browning	Episode: "The Scam"
1995–1996	Central Park West	Mark Merrill	18 episodes
1996	The Big Easy	Tyrell	Episode: "Hotshots"
1997	Gun	The Quick Talking Agent	Episode: "The Shot"
Almost Perfect	Steven Ecstacy	Episode: "This Is What Happens When You Don't Watch PBS"
1997–1998	The Naked Truth	Jake Sullivan	22 episodes
1998	From the Earth to the Moon	Dick Gordon	3 episodes
1999	Providence	Kyle Moran	13 episodes
1999–2002	Will & Grace	Danny	2 episodes
2001	Frasier	Jim	Episode: "A Day in May"
Citizen Baines	Andy Carlson	4 episodes
2001–2004	State of Grace	Tommy Austin	6 episodes
2002	Crossing Jordan	Mitch Weyland	Episode: "Blood Relatives"
Baby Bob	Jake	Episode: "The Tell-Tale Art"
Touched by an Angel	Brian	Episode: "The Bells of St. Peters"
2002–2005	American Dreams	Jack Pryor	61 episodes
2005	The Bad Girl's Guide	Keith	Episode: "The Guide to in and Out"
The 4400	Dr. Max Hudson	3 episodes
2006	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Jake Hunter	Episode: "Blast"
House	Martin	Episode: "Skin Deep"
Boston Legal	A.U.S.A. Carl Newell	Episode: "Trick or Treat"
2006–2007	The Nine	Ed Nielson	10 episodes
2008	Grey's Anatomy	Michael Norris	Episode: "Rise Up"
2009	Lie to Me	Paul Aronson	Episode: "Love Always"
Medium	Detective Aaron Carver	Episode: "The Future's So Bright"
2010	The Closer	Det. Steve Hayward	Episode: "Jump the Gun"
2014–2020	How to Get Away with Murder	Sam Keating	23 episodes
2017	Dropping the Soap	Mitch Gatlin	Episode: "Spontaneous Coma"

Director

Year	Title	Notes
2004	American Dreams	2 episodes
2007	What About Brian	Episode: "What About Strange Bedfellows...?"
Six Degrees	Episode: "Objects in the Mirror"
2007–2008	Boston Legal	2 episodes
2007–2011	Grey's Anatomy	9 episodes
2008	Men in Trees	Episode: "Read Between the Minds"
The Cleaner	Episode: "Rebecca"
My Own Worst Enemy	Episode : #1.10
2008–2012	Private Practice	7 episodes
2009	Ugly Betty	2 episodes
The Beast	Episode: "Mercy"
Dirty Sexy Money	Episode: "The Facts"
Army Wives	Episode: "As Time Goes By"
Eastwick	Episode: "Red Ants and Black Widows"
2010	The Deep End	Episode: "White Lies, Black Ties"
No Ordinary Family	Episode: "No Ordinary Family"
2011–2012	The Mentalist	3 episodes
2011–2012	Harry's Law	2 episodes
2012	Body of Proof	Episode: "Going Viral, Part 2"
2012–2018	Scandal	16 episodes; also executive producer
2017	Still Star-Crossed	Episode: "Hell is Empty and All the Devils Are Here"
2018–2019	For the People	6 episodes; also executive producer
2020	Station 19	Episode: "No Days Off"
The Umbrella Academy	2 episodes
2020–2026	Bridgerton	8 episodes; also executive producer
2021	Inventing Anna	2 episodes
2023	Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story	6 episodes; also executive producer

References

"Tom Verica | Movies and Biography".
Sklar, Ronald. (June 13, 2003). "Tom Verica".
06/10/2013 11:56 am EDT. (June 10, 2013). "'American Dreams' Reunion: Unaired Alternate Ending Showed Where The Pryors Ended Up".
(10 March 2014). "Tom Verica Cast In ABC Pilot 'How To Get Away'; Morgan Spector In NBC's 'Coercion'".
(October 5, 2013). "Tom Verica: Director, ABC's Scandal".

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