Tom: The nature of show business is people within the business feel that if someone else fails, they move up a notch.
Tom made his feature film debut in 1991, in a cameo with Roseanne in the horror film Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare.
Tom started a new television production company on his own, called 'Clean Break' Productions, after his split from Roseanne in 1995.
Tom once described the marriage between the two of them as 'America's Worst Nightmare'. Because they are white trash, with money.
Tom has received three Razzie Awards for 'Worst Male Actor' in: Big Bully, Carpool, and The Stupids in 1996.
Tom has appeared in television commercials for Web TV and Sprint Telephone Services with Rob Schneider in 1998.
Tom did voiceover work, and provided the voice of the 'oven mitt' in television commercials that he appeared in for the Arbys chain of restaurants in 2003.
Tom and Roseanne left their former production companies and start up their own, calling it Wapello County Productions, in 1991.
Tom was hired on as a staff writer on the hit sitcom Roseanne as soon as he hit Los Angeles in 1988. Soon after, he was appearing as a regular character on the show, and dating the star, Roseanne Barr.
Tom performed standup comedy for the first time in 1983. He performed on 'open mic' nights at the University of Iowa.
In June, 2007, Tom filed for divorce from his wife, Shelby Roos. They married in June 2002 and have been separated since August, 2006.
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