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Thomas Middleditch

Thomas Middleditch is known as a Canadian actor, comedian, and television writer. He is most famous for his role as Richard Hendricks in the HBO series Silicon Valley.

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Background and Age

Thomas Steven Middleditch was born on March 10, 1982 in Nelson, Canada. He was not an early developer as he was timid and hesitant generally during his adolescence. All that changed in the eighth grade when he got cast in a school play. Following that groundbreaking chance, Middleditch rehearsed and aced the art of improvisational theater while still in grade school, he turned into the toast of his whole school.

Middleditch had his college instruction at the University of Victoria after which he moved to Toronto. There, he tried out and got acknowledged into George Brown College yet oddly, he never went to classes. He rather figured out how to make improv shows without anyone else while acquiring a job at an attire store. He at last moved to Chicago where he studied and performed with The Second City and iO Theater sketch groups. While at it, he got the chance to try out for NBC's Saturday Night Live and regardless of not getting cast on the show, his performance at the tryout landed him a deal with the NBC which required him to move to New York City.

Career and Net Worth

Migrating to New York gave a noteworthy lift to Middleditch's showbiz career as he started in a few TV commercials and furthermore secured some small acting roles. He had his first lead role in the rom-com film Splinterheads in 2010 with Rachel Taylor pursued by a regular role on the web series Jake and Amir. He had roles in movies like The Campaign (2012) and Search Party (2014).

Thomas Middleditch's career changing occasion came in mid 2013 when he was thrown in the role of Richard Hendricks, the lead character of the HBO pilot series Silicon Valley. The character was explicitly based on Middleditch after the show makers discovered an underlying comedy routine which he had before produced.

In July 2019, the trailer for the sequel to popular zombie comedy, Zombieland was released in theaters and media outlets. Thomas Middleditch will play a small part in the film.

Marriage, Wife and Kids

Thomas Middleditch had to deal with gay rumors because of his dorky character on Silicon Valley. These rumors were false because Thomas Middleditch is right now married to costume designer Mollie Gates. The pair dated for around 3 years before getting engaged with each other in June 2015. A couple of months after their commitment, the couple got married on August 22, 2015.


Quick Facts
Birth Date: 10 Mar, 1982
Age: 38 yrs
Citizenship: Canada
Birth Place: Nelson
Gender: Male
Description: Canadian actor
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Net Worth 2021: 7 million
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Last Modified: Feb 19 2023
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