---
name: "Chris Thomas King"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/chris-thomas-king"
fi1m_id: "chris-thomas-king"
imdb_id: "nm0454584"
tmdb_id: 1465
wikidata_id: "Q4382250"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "14 October 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T07:11:31.317719+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Chris Thomas King

## Identity

Chris Thomas King

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/chris-thomas-king
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** chris-thomas-king
- **IMDb ID:** nm0454584
- **TMDB ID:** 1465
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4382250
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Thomas_King, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4382250, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0454584/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1465

Actor. Born 14 October 1962 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 14 October 1962, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
- **Active:** 2000–2004
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Thomas_King, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4382250, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0454584/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1465

## Biography

Chris Thomas King is an American actor and blues musician. Born on 14 October 1962 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, he is the son of blues musician Tabby Thomas.

King is known for his role as Tommy Johnson in the Coen brothers film *O Brother, Where Art Thou?* (2000). He also appeared as Lowell Fulson in *Ray* (2004) and as Detective Storm Anderson in *Kill Switch* (2008), and portrayed Blind Willie Johnson in the documentary *The Soul of a Man* (2003).

Primarily a musician, King has contributed to film soundtracks including that of *O Brother, Where Art Thou?*, for which he received Grammy and Country Music Association awards.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Ray* (2004), Fi1m 70, as Lowell Fulson — [page](https://film.one/film/ray.md)
- *O Brother, Where Art Thou?* (2000), Fi1m 82, as Tommy Johnson — [page](https://film.one/film/o-brother-where-art-thou.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Getting to Know Jon Scieszka* (2013), Music
- *The Ant And The Grasshopper* (2013), Actor
- *Kill Switch* (2008), as Det. Storm Anderson, Storm
- *The True Story of the Three Little Pigs* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Animal* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Ray* (2004), as Lowell Fulson — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/ray.md)
- *The Blues* (2003), series, as Blind Willie Johnson
- *The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!* (2003), Music
- *The Soul of a Man* (2003), as Blind Willie Johnson
- *O Brother, Where Art Thou?* (2000), as Tommy Johnson — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/o-brother-where-art-thou.md)

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