Thomas McDonell

I find McDonell more interesting than his The 100 fame suggests. A Manhattan kid and NYU grad, he could have settled into a tidy actor's career, but he splits his energy between acting, photography, and music. That restlessness reads to me less like a lack of focus and more like genuine curiosity about how images and sounds get made. Plenty of performers crave the camera; far fewer want to stand behind it too. Born in 1986, he still has plenty of runway, and I trust the work over the noise.

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Name (English)

Thomas McDonell

Name (Japanese)

トーマス・マクドネル

Reading

とーます・まくどねる

Born

May 2, 1986 (age 40)

Origin

Manhattan, New York, United States

Occupation

actor / film actor / television actor / photographer / musician

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Tiger

University

New York University

• Xhttps://x.com/ThomasMcDonell
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20McDonell
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AF%E3%83%89%E3%83%8D%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3990695

Tags

• New York
• actor
• film actor
• television actor

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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