Tom Braidwood Biography

Fast Facts

• Joined the Tamahnous Theatre Workshop in 1972, where he worked as a resident actor, writer, musician, director and technician for six years
• Appeared in The Portrait, a 1992 feature film in which both of his daughters are also credited with small roles
• Stumbled serendipitously into the part of Melvin Frohike on The X-Files while working on the series as a first assistant director and during a casting session it was jokingly suggested they needed someone slimy "like Braidwood," at which point he was asked to do it
• Goes by the nickname "Trudy
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