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Tommy Dewey

Tommy Dewey

Actor, Writer, Producer and Director, Michael D. Eisner Arts & Culture Fellowship

Los Angeles, CA, United States

Tommy Dewey is an actor, writer, producer and director. Tommy has appeared in standout roles in multiple films, most recently “Saturday Night” and the 2024 Sundance Film Festival breakout “Your Monster”, for which he also served as executive producer. In television, Tommy is best known as the lead of Hulu’s Golden Globe Award-nominated “Casual”, which ran for four seasons, and he has made notable turns in Netflix’s “Running Point”, Hulu’s “Murdaugh: Death in the Family”, HBO’s “Perry Mason” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm”, FOX’s “Pivoting” and “The Mindy Project”, CBS’ “Code Black”, Nickelodeon’s “Rugrats”, FX’s “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” and many others. A WGA-award nominated writer, Tommy has created several television shows, including the FOX comedy “Sons of Tucson”, with more now in development. 

He is a graduate of Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs, and he taught a Princeton atelier course in television comedy and an acting masterclass at Savannah College of Art and Design. Tommy is a Fellow in the inaugural class of the Michael D. Eisner Arts & Culture Fellowship and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.