Thomas Haden Church

Don McKay / Executive Producer

Thomas Haden Church received an Academy Award nomination for his role as “Jack” starring opposite Paul Giamatti in Alexander Payne’s critically acclaimed film SIDEWAYS. The Fox Searchlight Pictures’ release, SIDEWAYS premiered at the 29th Toronto International Film Festival and went on to win numerous awards in 2004 and 2005, including a Golden Globe for Best Comedy Picture, Broadcast Film Critics award for Best Picture, a Screen Actors Guild / SAG Award for Best Ensemble Cast and six Independent Spirit Awards. Church was also honored as Best Supporting Actor by the Broadcast Film Critics and the Independent Spirit Awards.

This year Church will star in Sony Screen Gems’ EASY A, a comedy co-starring Emma Stone, Amanda Bynes, Lisa Kudrow, Stanley Tucci, Penn Badgley and Patrica Clarkson and Will Gluck directing. EASY A will be in theaters September 17, 2010.

Most recently, Church starred opposite Eddie Murphy in Paramount Picture’s comedy IMAGINE THAT, which opened on June 12, 2009. Also that year, Church starred in 20th Century Fox’s dark comedy ALL ABOUT STEVE, opposite Sandra Bullock and Bradley Cooper as a manipulative, self-serving news reporter, “Hartman Hughes.” 

Church's recent projects continue his mandate of tasteful choices as an actor. Church starred opposite Dennis Quaid and Sarah Jessica Parker in Miramax’s 2008 art-house film, SMART MONEY. He was also featured as the villain “Sandman” aka “Flint Marko” in the third installment of Sony Pictures franchise, SPIDER-MAN 3, which remains 2007’s biggest box-office hit to date.

In 2007, Church won an Emmy Award and received a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild nomination for his role as “Tom Harte” opposite the legendary Robert Duvall in the critically successful western epic, BROKEM TRAIL, directed by Walter Hill, which premiered on AMC/ American Movie Classics. In 2006, Church utilized his unique voice in two voice-over roles; first as a cow in Dreamworks’ OVER THE HEDGE, and then as the crow, “Brooks,” in the remake of the classic, CHARLOTTE’S WEB, released by Paramount Pictures.

Church made his feature film debut in the legendary TOMBSTONE in 1993. His performance is hardly noteworthy, save for the way that he was riddled with bullets at the O.K. corral. Church has proven himself to be a serviceable actor and is best known for his role as the bucket-headed mechanic “Lowell Mather” on the long-running NBC series Wings. He is also known for his lead role in the FOX series Ned and Stacey, in which he starred opposite Debra Messing as the self-righteous “Ned Dorsey.” In 1997, Time Magazine proclaimed that “Ned Dorsey is one of the six reasons to watch television.”

That same year, and for the same performance, Church was declared “unfit to live with dogs” by National Public Radio. Church has also had roles in numerous feature films, most notably opposite Brendan Fraser in the box-office blockbuster GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE, and the straight-tocable FREE MONEY, opposite the brilliant and bizarre Marlon Brando.

In addition, Church is co-screenwriter and director of the film ROLLING KANSAS, which premiered as an official selection to the Sundance Film Festival in 2003. Acclaimed by no one, it now comfortably resides on Comedy Central.

Church resides on his ranch in Texas.