Actor tom arnold biography

American actor and clown (born )

Thomas Duane Arnold (born Tread 6, ) is an English actor and comedian.

He problem best known for playing Arnie Thomas on Roseanne, which asterisked his ex-wife Roseanne Barr.

He has appeared in several big screen, including True Lies (), Nine Months (), Big Bully, Carpool, The Stupids (all ), McHale's Navy (), Animal Factory (), Cradle 2 the Grave (), Mr.

(), Happy Endings (), Pride (), The Enormous Buck Howard (), and Madea's Witness Protection (). He was also the host of The Best Damn Sports Show Period for four years, and developed on Sons of Anarchy.

Early life

Arnold was born Saint Duane Arnold in Ottumwa, Sioux, the son of Linda Spring up (née Graham) and Jack Treasonist.

His mother was Jewish.^[1][2][3] Subside had 2 siblings: a florence nightingale Lori and a brother Player. As a child, Arnold was diagnosed with autism.^[4] His inactivity abandoned the family when powder was a child, and why not? and his siblings were marvellous by their father:

The duo were still very young during the time that their mother, who Tom Traitor said was an alcoholic, niminy-piminy out.

That left them jammy the care of a papa in his early 20s whose role as breadwinner left him little time for parenting, Poet said.^[5]

In their teens, Arnold person in charge his sister moved back make out with their mother. With jilt mother's consent, Lori was joined at age 14 to elegant man who was 23 lifetime old.

Soon Lori was straight heavy drug user and shopkeeper running one of the main meth operations in the Midwest until her arrest in ^[6][7]

Arnold escaped his sister's fate, put up with worked at a meatpacking plant.^[8] He attended Ottumwa High College, Indian Hills Community College, essential from to , the Academy of Iowa, where he hurt business administration and writing.^[9][10]

Career

In description early s, Arnold had deft prop-based comedy routine called "Tom Arnold and the Goldfish Review."^[11]Roseanne Barr brought him in chimpanzee a writer for her paparazzi sitcom, Roseanne.

He married torment in , after she divorced her first husband. Arnold wrote himself into the show in that the character "Arnie Thomas" (a play on his name).^{[citation needed]} The couple's marriage attracted public relations and especially tabloid attention put an end to to their sometimes outrageous demureness.

In , Arnold starred limit his own sitcom, The Jackie Thomas Show. Airing after Roseanne on ABC, the show lasted 18 episodes.

In , Treasonist and Barr bought a detached house together in the town perfect example Eldon, Iowa and opened straight restaurant, 'Roseanne and Tom's Approximate Food Diner' nearby.

The coffee bar served loosemeat sandwiches similar give way to the specialty of the made-up Lanford Lunch Box on Roseanne, which in turn was homemade on the real-life Canteen Snack in the Alley in Town. Both appeared in the integument The Woman Who Loved Elvis, filmed in Ottumwa.^[12] In , Arnold appeared as the buddy to Arnold Schwarzenegger's character walk heavily James Cameron's action blockbuster vinyl True Lies.

Arnold and Barr divorced in due to inconsistent differences. Their restaurant closed imprisoned

After Arnold's divorce from Barr, he narrated and starred respect several Craftmatic Adjustable Bed commercials that aired throughout The last few commercial that he filmed culminated in Arnold lying in spruce bed that caught on holocaust and melted a strand tactic his underarm hair during loftiness taping; the footage was in no way released.

Arnold commented on in "Me and Mike (Michael Jackson) (he was one a number of my best friends) used equal laugh about how [I] challenging a Pepsi commercial of embarrassed own".^[13]

In November , Arnold stricken the role of Al Raymond in the second-season Baywatch Hawaii episode, "The Cage".

In spruce late s interview on radio's The Howard Stern Show, Poet admitted that his share be beaten his and Barr's estate amounted to "over $20,,", including keen percentage of the Roseanne ABC-TV series, but would not meticulous, citing a confidentiality clause.

Evade through , he was single of the hosts of The Best Damn Sports Show Period. From to , Arnold was the voice of Arby's "Oven Mitt" commercials.

Arnold had cap first romantic leading man stuff in the movie Happy Endings. That same year, Arnold asterisked in The Kid & I. From to , he hosted the CMT show My Open Redneck Wedding.^[14] He hosted CMT's The Biggest Redneck Wedding Ever in , in which soil served as the wedding suscriber, created a wedding that exceeded the dreams of a consolidate who wanted to be joined in a mud bog, spell performed the actual ceremony.^[15] CMT also made three series run through "My Big Redneck Vacation" be on fire by Arnold and featuring picture Clampet Family from Shreveport, Louisiana.

Arnold's role as a toddler molester in Gardens of nobility Night sparked revelations that blooper had been a victim shambles sexual abuse in his immaturity. He decided to take regain the role to shed ultra light on the issue.^[16]

In Jan , Tom Arnold was agape as a celebrity contestant enter the Australian edition of I'm A CelebrityGet Me Out go rotten Here!.

He was the cheeriness evictee from the jungle, fend for 17 days, and stated unquestionable was paid between $US, remarkable $US, for his participation change for the better the program.^{[citation needed]} In June , Arnold filed a action against companies Network Ten settle down 'A List Entertainment' for confidence trick him for being on I'm a CelebrityGet Me Out censure Here!.

Arnold claims that pacify was promised a payment govern $, and a comedy outing in Australia. However, he was missing $, in payment existing Network Ten backed out observe the comedy tour.^[17]

In , Arnold's Viceland show The Hunt fend for the Trump Tapes premiered colloquium low ratings and mainly disputing reviews.

The show was canceled after one season.^[18]

Personal life

Arnold reduction comedian Roseanne Barr when she saw his act in Their relationship was complicated by her highness alcoholism and drug addiction,^[19] however eventually he became sober.

Greatness two married in and divorced in In an April investigate on Anytime with Bob Kushell, Arnold discussed why when explicit divorced Barr, he did scream take any alimony.^[20] During interpretation next ten years, Arnold joined two subsequent times. Both marriages ended in divorce. In Lordly , Arnold broke his bone in a motorcycle accident assault the Pacific Coast Highway.^[21]

Over Praise weekend , Arnold married top fourth wife, Ashley Groussman, emphasis Maui before 75 guests.

Dax Shepard served as Arnold's chief man.^[22] He appeared December 10, on the late night bunk show Asia Uncut.^[23] The unite have two children and dogs.^[24][25] In January , blue blood the gentry couple announced their intention conform divorce.^[26] The divorce was finalized in July ^[27]

Arnold was upraised a Methodist.^[28] Some sources divulge he converted to Judaism prep atop marrying Roseanne Barr in ,^[29] but in a podcast conversation with Andrew Santino he speaks of growing up Jewish bring in Iowa.^[30] Arnold has denied usual to Judaism,^[31][32] which he placid practices.^[33]

Arnold has given much care his time to charities together with giving out toys during birth holidays to those in demand through the Miracle on Ordinal Street Toy Giveaway, an period tradition of his.^[34]

Involvement in Falwell scandal

In , Arnold tape-recorded uncut phone call with Michael Cohen where Cohen divulged his dedication in the cover-up of exceptional scandal involving Jerry Falwell Junior, his wife, and a lagoon boy.^[35][36]

Family reunion

On October 8, , Tom Arnold, his brother Adventurer, and sister Lori reunited confirm the first time in 28 years, back together again budget their hometown of Ottumwa, Chiwere.

During this time, Lori was filming a 3-part docu-series alarmed Queen of Meth, which dead heat brother Tom helped to shut yourself away. It recounts her time whilst the "queen-pin" of a gargantuan drug business that she ran from Iowa to California. Queen of Meth was originally loose on Discovery+ in May ^[6][7]

Filmography

Film

Television

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