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USA (1971 -). Actor norteamericano nacido el 8 de Septiembre de 1971 en San Antonio, Texas. A child star of early 1980s Hollywood, Henry Thomas had receded into occasional foreign films and TV movies in his teens before returning as a character lead in the '90s. Thomas gained stardom in America's most popular feature, E.T. (1982). As Elliot, he was the little alien's earthly guide, protector, and friend in one of the most affecting juvenile performances in film history. Extremely effective as an audience surrogate, Thomas proved more than equal to the task of acting opposite a wondrous special effect. A native of San Antonio, TX, Thomas knew he wanted to act from the age of five. At age eight, he persuaded his mother to take him to a local casting call. This lead to his debut at ten in AMAME HOY (1981), as Sissy Spacek's son, and his TV debut in THE STEELER AND THE PITTSBURGH KID (NBC, 1981), based on a Coke commercial. His first project after E.T. was MISUNDERSTOOD (1984), a powerful drama about the reconciliation between a newly widowed father (Gene Hackman) and his estranged young son. Thomas proved capable of meeting the emotional demands of the material. His follow-up, CLOAK & DAGGER (1984), a clever Hitchcockian thriller conveniently shot in San Antonio, would be his last Hollywood film for nearly a decade. Thomas starred in the likable Australian adventure EL MISTERIO DE LA LAGUNA (1986) before taking four years off from acting. Thomas returned to the screen in MURDER ONE (1988), a Canadian feature about three young prison escapees who get involved with mass murder after stealing a car. He proved capable in period fare as the amorous young music teacher who gets manipulated in Milos Forman's VALMONT (1989). With a flair for playing lonely, introverted youths, Thomas was an apt and interesting choice to play the young Norman Bates in PSICOSIS 4 (EL COMIENZO) (Showtime, 1990) . His other TV movies have included CURSE OF THE STARVING CLASS (Showtime, 1995), as Raymond Buckey, one of the hapless defendants, in INDICTMENT: THE MCMARTIN TRIAL (HBO, 1995) and RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE (TNT, 1996). Thomas returned to US features in a supporting role in the rough-hewn UFO drama FUEGO EN EL CIELO (1993). He had a more sizable role in the period drama LEYENDAS DE PASION (1995), as the idealistic younger brother of Aidan Quinn and Brad Pitt who has his mettle tested on the battlefields of WWI. In the comedy HIJACKING HOLLYWOOD (1996), he plays an over-zealous would-be filmmaker.
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