Brash, bullyish American comic actor Tom Arnold held down a number of "Joe" jobs after college--meat packer, box stacker, bartender, bouncer--before giving stand-up comedy at try. He was very funny in a blunt sort of way, but did not really make it big until his notorious union with comedienne Roseanne Barr in 1990. At the behest of his powerful spouse, who featured him as a semi-regular on her smash hit ABC sitcom Roseanne and made him a producer, Tom starred in two expensive network sitcoms, playing an obnoxious TV comedy star in one (The Jackie Thomas Show) and a standard-issue "lovable dad" in the other (Tom). Despite the strenuous efforts of Roseanne's production staff, neither program clicked with the public, though Arnold proved in both instances that he had the talent to stand on his own without the input of his wife.
The Roseanne/Tom marriage went down in flames in 1993, with scorching and libelous incriminations from both parties. Industry pundits predicted that Tom Arnold was washed up, but he confounded his enemies with a well-received performance as a gregarious secret agent in the blockbuster Arnold Schwarzenegger vehicle True Lies (1994). He then did a memorable turn in the Hugh Grant vehicle Nine Months (1995). Subsequently, Arnold has steadily worked in a number of decidedly mediocre films including the roundly panned McHales Navy (1997) in which he played the role created by Ernest Borgnine for his mid-1960s television series of the same name.
Over the next several years, Arnold's film roles primarily consisted of straight-to-video comedies like National Lampoon's Golf Punks and Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday The 13th, but in 2001 he became one of the hosts of Fox Sports' The Best Damn Sports Show Period. The talk-show became one of the network's most popular series with Arnold remaining on full-time for four years and continuing to make guest appearances thereafter.
After leaving The Best Damn Sports Show, Arnold tried his hand at screenwriting with the 2005 comedy The Kid & I, which he also produced and starred in. The film failed to excite critics or audiences, but that same year, Arnold turned in an impressive and rare dramatic performance in the indie dramedy Happy Endings.
In 2007, Arnold could be seen in supporting roles in two sports dramas, Pride and The Final Season.
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A Christmas Wedding Tail
Actor |
2011 | |||
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One Day
Actor |
2011 | |||
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Restitution
Actor |
2011 | |||
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Walk a Mile in My Pradas
Actor |
2011 | |||
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Brother's Justice
Actor |
2010 | |||
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Group Sex
Actor |
2010 | |||
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Hard Breakers
Actor |
2010 | |||
| 2010 | ||||
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Tom Arnold: That's My Story and I'm Sticking to It
Executive Producer, Performance |
2010 | |||
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April Showers
Actor |
2009 | |||
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Endure
Actor |
2009 | |||
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Heckle U [Web Series]
Actor |
2009 | |||
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A Christmas Proposal
Actor |
2008 | |||
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Gardens of the Night
Actor |
2008 | |||
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Moonlight & Mistletoe
Actor |
2008 | |||
| 2008 | ||||
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The Great Buck Howard
Actor |
2008 | |||
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The Jerk Theory
Actor |
2008 | |||
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The Skeptic
Actor |
2008 | |||
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This Is Not a Test
Actor, Executive Producer |
2008 | |||
| 2008 | ||||
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Good Dick
Actor |
2007 | |||
| 2007 | ||||
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Palo Alto
Actor |
2007 | |||
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Pride
Actor |
2007 | |||
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Remarkable Power
Actor, Executive Producer |
2007 | |||
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The Final Season
Actor |
2007 | |||
| 2007 | ||||
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The Race Begins
Voice |
2006 | |||
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Chasing Christmas
Actor |
2005 | |||
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Happy Endings
Actor |
2005 | |||
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The Kid & I
Actor, Producer, Screenwriter |
2005 | |||
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Three Wise Guys
Actor |
2005 | |||
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Mr. 3000
Actor |
2004 | |||
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Soul Plane
Actor |
2004 | |||
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Barely Legal
Actor |
2003 | |||
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Cradle 2 the Grave
Actor |
2003 | |||
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Just 4 Kicks
Actor |
2003 | |||
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Manhood
Actor |
2003 | |||
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Television: The First 50 Years
Interviewee |
2003 | |||
| 2003 | ||||
| 2002 | ||||
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Hansel & Gretel
Voice |
2002 | |||
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Exit Wounds
Actor |
2001 | |||
| 2001 | ||||
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The Best Damn Sports Show Period [TV Series]
Participant |
2001 | |||
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Ablaze
Actor |
2000 | |||
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Animal Factory
Actor |
2000 | |||
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Bar Hopping
Actor |
2000 | |||
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Lloyd
Actor |
2000 | |||
| 2000 | ||||
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Blue Ridge Fall
Actor |
1999 | |||
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Jackie's Back
Actor |
1999 | |||
| 1998 | ||||
| 1998 | ||||
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McHale's Navy
Actor, Co-producer |
1997 | |||
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Touch
Actor |
1997 | |||
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Big Bully
Actor |
1996 | |||
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Carpool
Actor |
1996 | |||
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Saturday Night Live: Tom Arnold [2]
TV Guest Appearance |
1996 | |||
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The Stupids
Actor |
1996 | |||
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Nine Months
Actor |
1995 | |||
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True Lies
Actor |
1994 | |||
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Body Bags
Actor |
1993 | |||
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Coneheads
Actor |
1993 | |||
| 1993 | ||||
| 1993 | ||||
| 1993 | ||||
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Undercover Blues
Actor |
1993 | |||
| 1992 | ||||
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Hero
Actor |
1992 | |||
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Roseanne Arnold: Live from Trump Castle
Executive Producer, Performance, Screenwriter |
1992 | |||
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Roseanne: Aliens
Actor |
1992 | |||
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Roseanne: Bingo
Actor, Screenwriter |
1992 | |||
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Roseanne: Secrets
Actor |
1992 | |||
| 1992 | ||||
| 1992 | ||||
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Roseanne: Therapy
Actor |
1992 | |||
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Roseanne: This Old House
Actor |
1992 | |||
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Saturday Night Live: Roseanne Arnold and Tom Arnold
TV Guest Appearance |
1992 | |||
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Saturday Night Live: Tom Arnold [1]
TV Guest Appearance |
1992 | |||
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Backfield in Motion
Actor |
1991 | |||
| 1991 | ||||
| 1991 | ||||
| 1991 | ||||
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Roseanne: The Wedding
Actor |
1991 | |||
| 1991 | ||||
| 1991 | ||||
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Roseanne: Vegas (Part 1)
Actor |
1991 | |||
| 1991 | ||||
| 1991 | ||||
| 1990 | ||||
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Roseanne: PMS, I Love You
Actor, Screenwriter |
1990 | |||
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Roseanne: Trick or Treat
Actor |
1990 | |||
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Roseanne: Five of a Kind
Actor |
1989 | |||
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Roseanne: Guilt by Disassociation
Screenwriter |
1989 | |||
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Roseanne: Lobocop
Screenwriter |
1989 |








































