---
name: "Tom Gilroy"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tom-gilroy"
fi1m_id: "tom-gilroy"
imdb_id: "nm0319680"
tmdb_id: 88750
wikidata_id: "Q7815946"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "7 August 1960"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:07:15.906173+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."
---

# Tom Gilroy

## Identity

Tom Gilroy

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tom-gilroy
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tom-gilroy
- **IMDb ID:** nm0319680
- **TMDB ID:** 88750
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7815946
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Gilroy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7815946, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0319680/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/88750

Actor. Born 7 August 1960 in Jamaica.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 7 August 1960, Jamaica
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Gilroy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7815946, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0319680/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/88750

## Biography

Tom Gilroy is an American actor, director, writer, producer, playwright, poet, musician and teacher. He was born on 7 August 1960 in Jamaica.

As an actor he has appeared in over 20 television shows, including *Law & Order* (1990), *Sex and the City* (1998), *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), *Third Watch* (1999) and *Damages* (2007), and in around 30 films. His film roles include Lawrence in *Land and Freedom* (1995), directed by Ken Loach, as well as parts in *Bread and Roses* (2000), *Series 7: The Contenders* (2001), *Dream Boy* (2008) and *The World Made Straight* (2015).

Gilroy has written, directed and produced five films, including the short *Touch Base* and the feature *Spring Forward*. He founded the theatre company Machine Full and has taught at Columbia University and Davidson College.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, watch.plex.tv.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Land and Freedom* (1995), Fi1m 83, as Lawrence — [page](https://film.one/film/land-and-freedom.md)

## Complete filmography (35)

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

- *Tom's Dilemma* (2016), as Mr. Jacobson
- *Houses* (2015), Actor
- *The World Made Straight* (2015), as Mr. Anderson
- *The Cold Lands* (2013), as Tom · Director, Screenplay
- *Dream Boy* (2008), as Preacher John
- *The Blue Tooth Virgin* (2008), as Louis
- *Damages* (2007), series, as Director — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/damages.md)
- *Wild Tigers I Have Known* (2006), as The Principal
- *Sweet Land* (2005), as Comrade Vik
- *Shooting Vegetarians* (2005), as Bailliff
- *Everyday People* (2004), as Erin's Professor
- *Harry and Max* (2004), as Josiah
- *Series 7* (2001), as Dawn's Cameraman
- *100 Centre Street* (2001), series, as Mitchell Fox
- *Spring Forward* (2000), Director, Writer
- *Bread and Roses* (2000), as Director of Campaigns
- *Third Watch* (1999), series, as Deranged Shooter
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Cal Oman
- *On the Run* (1999), as Tom
- *Claire Dolan* (1998), as Client #3/$1000 Trick
- *Inside/Out* (1998), as David Sheppard
- *Lulu on the Bridge* (1998), as Restaurant Man #1
- *Sex and the City* (1998), series, as Tom
- *Spark* (1998), as Jack
- *Blixa Bargeld Stole My Cowboy Boots* (1997), as Bar Voice (voice)
- *Vicious Circles* (1997), as Morton
- *Ratchet* (1996), as Elliot Callahan
- *Girls Town* (1996), as Richard Helms
- *Postcards from America* (1995), as Adult David's Friend
- *Land and Freedom* (1995), as Lawrence — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/land-and-freedom.md)
- *Touch Base* (1994), Writer, Director
- *A Matter of Degrees* (1991), as The Scuzz
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Eric Johnson — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Monsters* (1988), series, as Nelson
- *Arena Brains* (1987), as Artist

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