THOMAS JANE (Walter Downs) has shown his versatility in a wide range of films and roles. He most recently starred opposite Barry Pepper in the role of baseball legend Mickey Mantle in the Billy Crystal-helmed 61* for HBO pictures. He can also be seen in the independent thriller Under Suspicion directed by Stephen Hopkins, a remake of the French film Gare de Vue that also stars Morgan Freeman, Gene Hackman and Monica Belucci. The film made its audience debut at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.
Jane's previous films include the thriller Deep Blue Sea directed by Renny Harlin, co starring Samuel L. Jackson, Saffron Burrows and LL Cool J. He was also seen in Dan Ireland's The Velocity of Gary as the title character, an enigmatic male hustler who comes between a downwardly mobile couple played by Vincent D'Onofrio and Salma Hayek.
Jane appeared in Terrence Malick's Academy Award®-nominated World War II drama The Thin Red Line with Sean Penn, Nick Nolte, Jim Caviezel, Woody Harrelson, John Cusack and Adrien Brody. He received critical praise for his work in Paul Thomas Anderson's Boogie Nights, starring opposite Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, and John C. Reilly, as Todd Parker, a coke-fiend with dangerously grandiose ambitions. The cast was nominated for a 1998 SAG Award for Best Ensemble Performance by a Cast in a Theatrical Motion Picture.
Jane also received critical attention opposite Keanu Reeves and Claire Forlani in Stephen Kay's independent drama The Last Time I Committed Suicide. Other film credits include Skip Woods' Thursday with Aaron Eckhart and James LeGros, John Woo's Face Off with Nicolas Cage and John Travolta, and Lance Lane's Junked, where Jane reprised the role of Switch, which he originated in the stage production at the Marilyn Monroe Theatre. Jane made his film debut at the age of 17 in Jher Jangli's Pavamati Sanja Ragam — the first time an Indian film had a Caucasian actor in a heroic lead.
On stage, Jane received notice for playing the role of Chris in Arthur Miller's "All My Sons" at the Odyssey Theater. Other theatre credits include "Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?" at Baltimore Center Stage, "Pastels" at the Studio Theater, "Strange Snow" at the Sal Romeo Theater, "The Idiot." and "Jews Without Money" at the Whitefire Theater, and "Roy's Coffee Shop" at the Road Theater.
Jane currently lives in Los Angeles. He recently filmed Amos Jaiti's Plain Jane in Tel- Aviv opposite Samatha Morton (Sweet and Lowdown), and is currently in production on the romantic comedy The Sweetest Thing, opposite Cameron Diaz, Christina Applegate, and Selma Blair.
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