Thomas Wilson Brown
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Thomas Wilson Brown is an American
United States
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 actor, who began his career at the age of eleven by playing Augie, the nephew of Scott Glenn
Scott Glenn
Theodore Scott Glenn is an American actor. His roles have included Wes Hightower in Urban Cowboy , astronaut Alan Shepard in The Right Stuff ,Emmett in Silverado , Commander Bart Mancuso in The Hunt for Red October , Jack Crawford in The Silence of the Lambs and The Wise Man in Sucker Punch -Early...

 and Kevin Costner
Kevin Costner
Kevin Michael Costner is an American actor, singer, musician, producer, director, and businessman. He has been nominated for three BAFTA Awards, won two Academy Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards. Costner's roles include Lt. John J...

s' characters in the Lawrence Kasden western classic Silverado
Silverado
Silverado is a 1985 American Western film produced and directed by Lawrence Kasdan. The screenplay was written by Kasdan and his brother Mark. The film depicts a chance encounter between a group of cowboys who travel to the town of Silverado, where they thwart the plans of a rancher and a corrupt...

.

The son of a cattle rancher and rodeo queen, Thomas received his first role by answering a small advertisement in a local Santa Fe, New Mexico newspaper which was looking for a young boy who "could ride a horse."

After the completion of Silverado, Thomas worked in a number of films during his teenage years along the likes of Jo Beth Williams, Lindsay Wagner
Lindsay Wagner
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, Jim Caviezal, and Bruce Dern
Bruce Dern
Bruce MacLeish Dern is an American film actor. He also appeared as a guest star in numerous television shows. He frequently takes roles as a character actor, often playing unstable and villainous characters...

. However, perhaps he is best known for his roles as Jason Lochner in the television
Television
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 drama Knots Landing
Knots Landing
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, his portrayal of Little Russ Thompson in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
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, and for his co-starring role in Welcome Home Roxy Carmichael alongside Winona Ryder.

In 1993 he appeared on Beverly Hills, 90210
Beverly Hills, 90210
Beverly Hills, 90210 is an American drama series that originally aired from October 4, 1990 to May 17, 2000 on Fox and was produced by Spelling Television in the United States, and subsequently on various networks around the world. It is the first series in the Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise...

(episode "The Game is Chicken") as the rebellious character Joe. He also had some appearances in TV series like CSI, Daybreak, Nash Bridges
Nash Bridges
Nash Bridges is an American television police drama created by Carlton Cuse. The show starred Don Johnson and Cheech Marin as two Inspectors with the San Francisco Police Department's Special Investigations Unit. The show ran for six seasons on CBS from March 29, 1996 to May 4, 2001 with a total of...

, and Walker, Texas Ranger
Walker, Texas Ranger
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. He also played a small role in the 2007 Steven Seagal
Steven Seagal
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 movie Urban Justice
Urban Justice
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. He's other smaller rolls include the TV show Our House 1986.

In 2010, Thomas Wilson Brown co-starred in the independent thriller The Mooring
The Mooring
The Mooring is an upcoming film starring Hallie Todd, Thomas Wilson Brown, and ten young actors from across the United States. The film is a suspense thriller scheduled for a 2012 release, and was directed by veteran actor Glenn Withrow. The film was shot on location in St...

. The film is expected to be released in 2011.

As of 2010 he is still acting in movies, on stage, and on television, but has expanded his role in the film industry to writer, director, and producer. He is also the co-managing member and co-owner of the independent film production company Thunder Basin Pictures.

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