Tom Verica

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Actor • Director

Birth Date: May 13, 1964

Age: 60 years old

Birth Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Born in Philadelphia in 1964, Tom Verica had early experience in front of the camera: as a teenager, he accompanied his sister on an audition for a local dance show and both of them landed spots. After high school, he briefly attended college at East Stroudsburg State College in Pennsylvania, before moving to New York City to pursue a stage career.

In 1991, while starring in the Broadway hit "Prelude to a Kiss," Verica was cast in a recurring role on the legal drama "L.A. Law" (NBC, 1986-1994). He played Bill Castroverde, a character created to help fill the void left when stars Harry Hamlin and Jimmy Smits departed the series. His first role as a series regular role came in the short-lived soap "Central Park West" (CBS, 1995-96), which was followed by the Tea Leoni comedy "The Naked Truth" (ABC, 1995-96; NBC, 1996-98).

Verica next played astronaut Dick Gordon in the acclaimed HBO mini-series "From the Earth to the Moon" (HBO, 1998). He had a recurring role on the drama "Providence" (NBC, 1999-2002), before co-starring in the 1960s period drama "American Dreams" (NBC, 2002-05). Verica played family patriarch Jack Pryor, a conservative World War II vet coping with social changes in the world.

He also made his TV directorial debut on "American Dreams," and for nearly a decade that became his primary craft. Verica directed over twenty episodes of TV shows, from "Ugly Betty" (ABC, 2006-2010) to "Scandal" (ABC, 2012- ). In 2014, Verica's acting again took center stage, when he premiered as Sam Keating, husband of Annalise Keating (Viola Davis), in the Shonda Rhimes-produced hit "How To Get Away With Murder" (ABC, 2014-).

Credits

For the People: STV Player Presents

Director
Show
2024

Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton StoryStream

Executive Producer
Series
2023
95%

Inventing AnnaStream

Executive Producer
Series
2022
64%

BridgertonStream

Director
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2020
84%

BridgertonStream

Executive Producer
Series
2020
84%

Station 19Stream

Director
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2018

For the PeopleStream

Director
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2018
69%

Still Star-CrossedStream

Director
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2017
52%

Scandal: Gladiator Wanted

Executive Producer
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2017

How to Get Away With MurderStream

Guest Star
Series
2014
88%

ScandalStream

Director
Series
2012
93%

ScandalStream

Executive Producer
Series
2012
93%

ScandalStream

Writer
Series
2012
93%

Body of ProofStream

Director
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2011
76%

No Ordinary FamilyStream

Director
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2010
71%

The Deep End

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2010

Eastwick

Director
Series
2009
34%

Lie to MeStream

Guest Star
Paul Aronson
Series
2009

Princess Protection Program

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Joe Mason
Movie
2009

The MentalistStream

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2008

Private PracticeStream

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2007

Army WivesStream

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2007

ZodiacStream

Actor
Jim Dunbar
Movie
2007
90%

The Nine

Guest Star
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2006
100%

Ugly BettyStream

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2006
97%

Six Degrees

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2006

Men in Trees

Director
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2006
56%

What About BrianStream

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2006

The CloserStream

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Det. Steve Hayward
Series
2005
83%

The Bad Girl's Guide

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2005

Grey's AnatomyStream

Director
Series
2005
84%

Grey's AnatomyStream

Guest Star
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2005
84%

MediumStream

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2005

HouseStream

Guest Star
Martin
Series
2004
90%

Boston LegalStream

Director
Series
2004
86%

Boston LegalStream

Guest Star
A.U.S.A. Carl Newell
Series
2004
86%

Jimmy Kimmel Live!Stream

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2003

American Dreams

Actor
Jack Pryor
Series
2002
85%

Baby Bob

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2002

Murder by Numbers

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Asst. D.A. Al Swanson
Movie
2002

Citizen Baines

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2001

Law & Order: Special Victims UnitStream

Guest Star
Jake Hunter
Series
1999
78%

Love American Style

Actor
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1999

Providence

Guest Star
Series
1999

Lost in the Bermuda Triangle

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Brian Foster
Movie
1999

Making Contact

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1999

Will & GraceStream

Guest Star
Danny
Series
1998

From the Earth to the MoonStream

Actor
Dick Gordon
Miniseries
1998

Gun

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1997

CPW

Actor
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1996

The Assassination File

Actor
Jack Byrne
Movie
1996

Loose Women

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Detective Laurent
Movie
1996

Central Park West

Actor
Mark Merrill
Series
1995

The Naked TruthStream

Actor
Jake Sullivan
Series
1995
64%

Not Our Son

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Randy Litchfield
Movie
1995

Matlock: The Scam

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Craig Browning
Movie
1995

Touched by an AngelStream

Guest Star
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1994

Babymaker: The Dr. Cecil Jacobson Story

Actor
Greg Bennett
Movie
1994

Breach of Conduct

Actor
Lt. Ted Lutz
Movie
1994

NYPD BlueStream

Guest Star
Dr. Paul Druzinski
Series
1993
83%

FrasierStream

Guest Star
Jim
Series
1993
95%

800 Leguas por el Amazonas

Actor
Movie
1993

800 Leagues Down the Amazon

Actor
Manoel
Movie
1993

Wish You Were Here

Actor
Steve
Show
1990

Quantum LeapStream

Guest Star
Impala
Series
1989

MatlockStream

Guest Star
Series
1986

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