---
name: "Thom Mathews"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/thom-mathews"
fi1m_id: "thom-mathews"
imdb_id: "nm0558726"
tmdb_id: 64198
wikidata_id: "Q3063036"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "28 November 1958"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T04:32:43.459270+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."
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# Thom Mathews

## Identity

Thom Mathews

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/thom-mathews
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** thom-mathews
- **IMDb ID:** nm0558726
- **TMDB ID:** 64198
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3063036
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thom_Mathews, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3063036, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0558726/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/64198

Actor. Born 28 November 1958 in Los Angeles, California.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 28 November 1958, Los Angeles, California
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thom_Mathews, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3063036, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0558726/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/64198

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*The Return of the Living Dead*](https://film.one/film/the-return-of-the-living-dead.md) (79)

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## Biography

Thom Mathews is an American actor. He began his career in the early 1980s as a model and in national television commercials, and made guest appearances on soap operas including *Falcon Crest* and *Dynasty*.

His first major film role was as Freddy Hanscom in *The Return of the Living Dead* (1985). The following year he played Tommy Jarvis in *Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives* (1986). Other credits include *Return of the Living Dead Part II* (1988), *Nemesis* (1992) and *Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor* (1994). He has also appeared in several films directed by Albert Pyun.

Mathews owns a construction company, Hammer and Trowel.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Return of the Living Dead* (1985), Fi1m 79, as Freddy — [page](https://film.one/film/the-return-of-the-living-dead.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

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

- *Go Away* (2024), as Chuck · Executive Producer
- *Final Summer* (2023), as Sheriff Parmer
- *Warpath* (2020), as Cole
- *Killer Therapy* (2019), as John Langston
- *A Letter to Dad* (2009), as Dan Donahue
- *The Vampire Hunters Club* (2001), as Henry Pratt
- *Waiting for Woody Allen* (1998), as Bike Messenger
- *Mean Guns* (1997), as Crow
- *Crazy Six* (1997), as Andrew
- *The Peacemaker* (1997), as Major Rich Numbers
- *Blast* (1997), as Bill (uncredited)
- *Raven Hawk* (1996), as Stiles
- *If Looks Could Kill* (1996), as Walter
- *Heatseeker* (1995), as Bradford
- *ER* (1994), series, as Michael Mazovick — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor* (1994), as Bill
- *Nemesis* (1992), as Marion
- *Bloodmatch* (1991), as Brick Bardo
- *Born to Ride* (1991), as Willis
- *Rock Hudson* (1990), as Tim Murphy
- *Midnight Cabaret* (1990), as David
- *Friday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood* (1988), as Tommy (archive footage)
- *Alien from L.A.* (1988), as Charmin'
- *Return of the Living Dead Part II* (1988), as Joey
- *The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission* (1987), as Francis Kelly
- *Down Twisted* (1987), as Damalas
- *Jason Lives - Friday the 13th Part VI* (1986), as Tommy Jarvis
- *Dangerously Close* (1986), as Brian Rigletti
- *The Return of the Living Dead* (1985), as Freddy — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/the-return-of-the-living-dead.md)
- *The Woman in Red* (1984), as Eric (uncredited)
- *Falcon Crest* (1981), series, as Pool Guy
- *Sorcerers*, as The Duke
- *Trash's Revenge*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Thom Mathews](https://film.one/media/person/6766217/gallery-01ce0b9f970b.jpg) Thom Mathews — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/Thom_Mathews_in_lake_como_italy_6-2009.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Thom Mathews](https://film.one/media/person/6766217/gallery-7cf79908a05c.jpg) Thom Mathews — Image via TMDB

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