Thomas Hobson (actor)

Thomas "Tommy" Hobson (born June 9, 1984) is an American stage, film, and television actor.

He began acting when he was six years old, and received a B.A. in Theatre Studies from Yale University in 2004.

Career
Hobson appeared in The Hogan Family in the 1990s and in Malcolm in the Middle in the early 2000s.

In 2005, Hobson performed in the play North Beach, written by Bill Swadley and directed by Taylor Nichols. Billboard reported that his performance was convincing and skillful.

In 2006, he performed at the MaCadden Theatre in Los Angeles in a retelling of The Madwoman of Chaillot as set in post-Katrina New Orleans. L.A. Splash wrote that the cast gave strong performances.

In 2008, he performed in the Citykid the Musical, which received 6 NAACP Image Awards.

Most recently, Hobson appears on The Fresh Beat Band as "Shout", the piano player and assistant leader for the band, which stars his character's three best friends, Kiki, Twist and Marina.

The show, Nickelodeon's "most-music" show aimed at preschoolers, catapulted Hobson to national fame among adolescents. Hobson's performance on the musical show has been characterized by one reviewer as "cool beans" and was shot in Hollywood, California.

Television

 * Doctor Doctor (1 episode, 1990)
 * The Hogan Family (1 episode, 1991)
 * Dangerous Women (1991)
 * In Living Color (1 episode, 1992) (cameo)
 * Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 episode, 1993)
 * A Different World (2 episodes, 1993)
 * The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (1 episode, 1993)
 * The Faculty (1 episode, 1996)
 * Step by Step (2 episodes, 1997)
 * Michael Jordan: An American Hero (1999)
 * The Fresh Beat Band (53 episodes, 2009–2011)
 * Fresh Beat Band of Spies (all episodes, 2015)
 * Criminal Minds (1 Episode, 2013)

Films

 * Clubhouse Detectives (1996)
 * Free Enterprise (1998)
 * Daydreams (2008)
 * Bar Starz (2008)
 * Set Apart (2009)

Awards & nominations
He also starred in High School Musical 2 as the guy who was the captain of the RedHawks.
 * 1996, Young Artist Awards nomination, 'Best Performance in a TV Movie/Home Video', for Clubhouse Detectives