Tom Welling, net worth, wife or girlfriend, his role in Smallville and Lucifer

Tom Welling is one of Hollywood’s brightest stars and talents. he is not just an actor but also a producer, director and model. Tom is best known as Clark Kent on the superhero series Smallville that aired from 2001 to 2011 as Lt. Marcus Pierce/Cain on the Fox drama series Lucifer. In addition to the television series, Welling has also appeared in feature films and advanced his career by taking director and producer positions.

Tom’s Bio

Tom was born in Putnam Valley, New York on April 26, 1977 as Thomas John Patrick Joseph Welling III. Welling is the third of his parents and four children. he has a younger brother named Mark, who is also an actor and two older sisters, Rebecca and Jamie

The Welling family moved quite often, so as he grew up, Tom Welling lived in several US states, such as Delaware, Wisconsin, and Michigan, where the family eventually settled long enough for Tom to attend high school. . He attended Okemos High School, in Okemos, Michigan, where he was not only a member of the school drama group, he was also active on the school sports team; he played football, baseball and basketball.

After high school, he took a job as a construction worker, before he was discovered by a catalog scout at a party in Nantucket. The scout convinced Tom to try modeling. He signed with the Louisa Modeling Agency, which he modeled until 2000, when he moved to LA. his range of emotions, as he called it, when he featured in Angela Via’s music video “Picture Perfect” as Vía’s love interest.

Welling began playing minor intermediary roles and continued to perform occasionally. In 2008, he appeared in Vogue ‘s May issue called Superhero Question. His starring role was Rob Meltzer (karate teacher) on the second season of the CBS legal drama. Judge Amy. He originally signed on for just three episodes, but the producers kept him on longer after receiving rave reviews from his fans. He also had a minor role in the UPN science fiction sitcom Special Unit 2, as well as the FOX pilot episode Undeclared

Tom Welling made his film debut in 2003 as Charlie Baker in the family comedy. Cheaper by the dozen alongside Bonnie Hunt and Steve Martin. In 2005 he played Nick Castle in the horror film The Fog, the same year he reprized the role of Charlie Baker in Cheaper by the Dozen 2. In 2013, he was part of the all-star cast of Peter Landesman historical drama Parkland and in 2014 he starred in Ivan Reitman’s sports drama Draft Day alongside Frank Langella, Kevin Costner, Denis Leary and Jennifer Garner.

His role in Smallville and Lucifer

Tom’s breakthrough came with his role as ClarkKent on the superhero series Smallville that aired from 2001 to 2011. Welling revealed in an interview that he turned down the lead role twice before agreeing to take it back, just like Christopher Reeve. Tom Welling hadn’t been a Superman fan before, but he knew little that playing Kent would change his career forever. He has discovered himself an alien with superhuman abilities which he in turn uses to save people in danger. He lives his life keeping his abilities a secret and tries to live as normally as possible, like any other human being.

His role in the series earned him several nominations and awards. In 2001, he was one of the magazine’s Breakthrough Star People of the Year and In 2002, he won the Teen Choice Award as the Male’ Choice Choice for the Year. In 2009, he won another Teen Choice Award in the “Actor Choice TV (Action Adventure)” category for his role in Smallville. . While filming Smallville ‘s ninth season, Tom worked behind the scenes as a co-executive producer, and while filming the final season in the fall of 2010, he worked as a full-fledged executive producer.

Tom Welling also made his directorial debut in 2006 in a Season 5 episode of Smallville titled Fragile and other episodes like Hydro, Apocalypse, Injustice, Absolute Justice, Patriot, and Booster. In 2017, he was cast as Lieutenant Marcus Pierce/Cain in the third season of the Fox drama series, Lucifer 

In Lucifer, he plays a respected police lieutenant overseeing the work of Detective Chloe Decker (played by Lauren German), Detective Daniel “Dan” Espinoza (played by Kevin Alejandro, and Ella Lopez (LAPD forensic scientist played by Aimee Garcia) the immortal Cain, the world’s first murderer.

He was also involved behind the camera as executive producer and director of the CW television series Hellcats, which aired on the network between 2010 and 2011.

His net worth

From his career as a model, actor, producer and director, Tom Welling has made a fortune. He may be among the richest in the industry, but with an estimated net worth of between $14-16 million, the actor is sure to be living a great fortune.

Tom Welling’s wife or girlfriend

The Smallville actor is currently engaged to his girlfriend Jessica Rose Lee. He was previously married to model Jamie White. The couple married at Martha’s Vineyard in 2002, before their family members and friends. In October 2013, White filed for divorce which was finalized in November 2015.

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