Paul Thomas Arnold

Paul Thomas Arnold was born, Paul Thomas Arnold on October 2nd, 1954 in Los Angeles, California. Paul's father was Murray Arnold who was of Russian decent, and a child prodigy/pianist who worked with big bands of his era. Paul's mother, Mildred Arnold (Pritchard), was of Irish/Welsh decent and was a loving mother and a strong source of encouragement in Paul's acting career. Both of Paul's parents were World War II war veterans who met one another while serving in the U. S. Army Air Corps in the South Pacific. Paul grew up around the entertainment industry and discovered at an early age that he was born with the creative genes for performing. Paul began acting while in high school, but also loved playing sports. Paul chose football over theatre while attending high school and college. Paul found his way back to acting and comedy in his early twenties, getting involved in black box theatre productions and taking the mike at the Comedy Store in Hollywood and performing stand-up and sketch comedy at Poppy's Star in Encino, California. From there, Paul launched into film and television. Paul is a sought after, and well respected character actor who many have called a younger George C. Scott, because of the similarities they share in intensity and range and because of their looks. Paul has the ability to play a wide range of characters making him a sought after character actor. Paul has worked in numerous feature films, including Captain Cook, Classroom 6, The Last Scout, The Phoenix Incident, The Class Analysis, Puppet Master X, and others, as well as television which included the episodic Rosewood and the hilarious episodic comedy, Eagleheart starring Christopher Elliot.