Thomas J. O'Brien is an award winning actor, producer. He is a former realtor and performing arts major. He has studied at various workshops in NYC. He studied under Stephen Michaels (Strasberg Institute, American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Michael Howard Studios) over at The Barrow Group Performing Arts Center. Thomas makes a cameo in conspiracy/thriller "A Dangerous Place" starring Kristen Dalton, Sal Rendino (streaming on Amazon Prime Video) He landed a principal role in the action/thriller "Vicious Thunder" (Bradco Productions). Where Thomas was cast as Lionel Cochran, a seasoned-serious toned security guard who is trying to fend off, survive a court house under siege by murderous vigilante cultists. "Vicious Thunder" premiered at the legendary "Reel Cinemas Anthony Wayne Theater" on Dec. 11th 2016 in Wayne, Pennsylvania. (on DVD at Amazon) (streaming on Binged) Thomas was also in a guest starring role in an award winning action/horror web-series entitled "Alex Fernandez's Dawn" that aired on Sparkk TV, an Ohio based network (streaming on Amazon Prime Video and available on Google Play). He was featured in the horror/suspense thriller "You're Not Alone" starring Katia Winters from ("Sleepy Hollow" TV series) (streaming on Amazon Prime Video). He is best known for playing the lead character Landry in the award winning new media horror/thriller short film entitled "The Confined" Directed/edited by Christopher Picone/screenplay by Darren Wallach. He was awarded Best Actor In A Thriller at the Best Actor Award in New York film festival in 2020 for his performance. Thomas also won 2 awards at the Los Angeles Motion Picture Festival in 2020 in the categories Best Actor Silver Grand Jury award & Short Film- Best Actor Bronze award. He finished off as a Finalist in the Best Actor-Short category in 2021 at the New Jersey Film Awards. Thomas also shares a joint win in the Best Ensemble category at the New Jersey Film Awards 2020 for the cast performances in the new media crime/drama short film "Redemption On Gun Hill Road" directed/edited by Christopher Picone, screenplay by Robert DiBella. In addition, Thomas shares the Co- Executive Producer title for having "Redemption On Gun Hill Road" being completed, as well as it was successful in circulating at various film festivals. Furthermore, this includes being selected & nominated at the "9th Annual Nyack Film Festival 2021". Thomas has also shares the title of co-scriptwriter with filmmaker Caster Fagan (Supple Films) for writing the screenplay to the upcoming psychological/ thriller entitled "Mixxer," starring celebrity actress Tara Reid ("American Pie", "The Big Lebowski", "Sharknado") & actor Paul Mormando ("Bound By Debt", "Justified Vengeance"). In addition, Thomas will be acting in "Mixxer" as well. Thomas J. O'Brien film career has been featured in numerous media press outlets such as Flickering Myth, Variety, Horrornews.net, Horror Society, Screen Anarchy, Shockya, Rue-Morgue magazine, and Daily Dead magazine, Newsbreak.com. He had done a "Rising Star" interview for Vocal with Tammy Reese, as well as an interview with Carona Davis-Diop who featured him in an article for Split/Screen Magazine. All his materials/ media can be found on his Official Website www.actor-thomasjobrien.com Use #thomasjobrien to follow on Instagram for updates.