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Biography
Henry Jackson Thomas, Jr. is an American actor and musician. He was born September 9, 1971 in San Antonio, Texas, USA, the son of Carolyn L. Davis and Henry Jackson Thomas, a hydraulics mechanic. Thomas is most famous for his role as Elliot in the Steven Spielberg film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and his part in the 1984 movie Cloak & Dagger.
After E.T., he returned to Texas, acting in film and on TV from time to time while attending school and generally leading the life of a regular kid. He attended Blinn College in College Station, Texas.
Thomas returned to film in the late 1980's and early 1990's, and he began to prove himself in adult roles. He is currently both an actor and musician, and performs with the band The Blueheelers.
He married (second wife) the German actress Marie Zielcke in May, 2004. They have a daughter, Hazel.
Filmography
Vinyl (2005) (pre-production) .... David
Hard Easy, The (2005) (post-production) .... Paul Weston
Dead Birds (2004) .... William
Honey Baby (2003) .... Tom
11:14 (2003) .... Jack
Briar Patch (2003) .... Edgar MacBeth
I Capture the Castle (2003) .... Simon Cotton
Gangs of New York (2002) .... Johnny Sirocco
I'm with Lucy (2002) .... Barry
Dead in the Water (2002) .... Jeff
Quickie, The (2001) .... Alex
All the Pretty Horses (2000) .... Lacey Rawlins
A Good Baby (2000) .... Raymond Toker
Happy Face Murders (1999) (TV) .... Dylan McCarthy
Fever (1999) .... Nick Parker
Moby Dick (TV movie) (1998) (TV) .... Ishmael
Suicide Kings (1997) .... Avery Chasten
Niagara, Niagara (1997) .... Seth
Hijacking Hollywood (1997) .... Kevin
Bombshell (1996) .... Buck Hogan
Riders of the Purple Sage (1996) (TV) .... Bern Venters
Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995) (TV) .... Ray Buckey
Legends of the Fall (1994) .... Samuel Ludlow
Curse of the Starving Class (1994) .... Wesley Tate
Beyond Obsession (1994) (TV) .... John Thompson
Fire in the Sky (1993) .... Greg Hayes
A Taste for Killing (1992) (TV) .... Cary Sloan
Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990) (TV) .... Young Norman Bates
Valmont (1989) .... Raphael Danceny
Murder One (1988) .... Billy Isaacs
The Quest (1986) .... Cody
Cloak and Dagger (1984) ... . Davey Osborne
Misunderstood (1984) ... . Andrew
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) ... . Elliott
The Steeler and the Pittsburgh Kid (1981) (TV) ... The Kid
Raggedy Man (1981) ... . Harry
