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Thomas Earl Petty
in Gainesville, Florida, USA
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2013 The Office (TV series)
– Finale (2013) (writer: "Here Comes My Girl" - uncredited)
 
2013 Californication (TV series)
– The Abby (2013) ("Time to Move On")
 
2008-2013 De wereld draait door (TV series)
– Episode dated 1 March 2013 (2013) (writer: "Heb ik het op film" Handle me with care - uncredited)
– Episode #4.43 (2008) (writer: "I Won't Back Down" - uncredited)
 
2013 Sound City (documentary) (writer: "Refugee", "Don't Do Me Like That", "Anything That's Rock 'n' Roll", "Here Comes My Girl", "Don't Come Around Here No More", "You Wreck Me", "Cabin Down Below", "You Don't Know How It Feels" / performer: "You Wreck Me", "Cabin Down Below", "You Don't Know How It Feels" / courtesy: "Anything That's Rock 'n' Roll")
 
2011-2013 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
– Episode #21.75 (2013) (writer: "Runnin' Down a Dream" - uncredited)
– Episode #21.63 (2012) (writer: "Runnin' Down a Dream" - uncredited)
– Episode #21.35 (2012) (writer: "Runnin' Down a Dream" - uncredited)
– Episode #21.1 (2012) (writer: "Runnin' Down a Dream" - uncredited)
– Episode #20.185 (2012) (writer: "Runnin' Down a Dream" - uncredited)
See all 11 episodes »
 
2012 Won't Back Down (writer: "I Won't Back Down")
 
2012 That's My Boy (writer: "American Girl")
 
2012 No me la puc treure del cap (TV series)
– Bon rotllo (2012) (writer: "Free Fallin'" / performer: "Free Fallin'")
 
2011 Parks and Recreation (TV series)
– Harvest Festival (2011) (writer: "American Girl" - uncredited)
 
2010 Coach Trip (TV series)
– Episode #5.14 (2010) (writer: "Learning to Fly" - uncredited / performer: "Learning to Fly" - uncredited)
 
2010 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
– Alec Baldwin/Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (2010) (writer: "I Should Have Known It", "Jefferson Jericho Blues")
 
2009 It's Complicated (writer: "Don't Do Me Like That")
 
2009 Guitar Hero 5 (Video Game) ("Runnin' Down a Dream")
 
2009 20 to 1 (TV series documentary)
– Rock 'n' Roll Anthems (2009) (writer: "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" / performer: "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around")
 
2009 Dancing with the Stars (TV series)
– Round Eight (2009) (writer: "Free Fallin'" - uncredited)
 
2009 Marie Brand - The Night of Retribution (TV movie) (writer: "Free Fallin'")
 
2004-2009 Cold Case (TV series)
– Breaking News (2009) ("Don't Come Around Here No More" - uncredited)
– Triple Threat (2008) (writer: "Free Fallin'")
– Bad Night (2005) (performer: "American Girl")
– Maternal Instincts (2004) (performer: "Free Fallin")
 
2009 The Marty Stuart Show (TV series)
– Episode #1.11 (2009) (writer: "Runnin' Down a Dream")
 
2008 Stargate: Atlantis (TV series)
– Vegas (2008) (performer: "Solitary Man")
 
2008 Four Christmases (writer: "Christmas All Over Again")
 
2008 My Best Friend's Girl (writer: "Don't Do Me Like That")
 
2008 Appaloosa (writer: "Scare Easy")
 
2008 Recount (TV movie) (writer: "I Won't Back Down" / performer: "I Won't Back Down")
 
2008 The Wire (TV series)
– Late Editions (2008) (writer: "Refugee")
 
2007 Saving Grace (TV series)
– Pilot (2007) (performer: "Saving Grace")
 
2006 The Eight (TV series)
– Alibi (2006) (performer: "One Headlight" - uncredited)
 
2006 Barnyard ("I Won't Back Down")
 
1996-2006 7th Heaven (TV series)
– And Thank You: Part 2 (2006) (writer: "You Got It")
– The Known Soldier (2002) (performer: "I Won't Back Down")
– Anything You Want (1996) (writer: "Anything You Want")
 
2006 What About Brian (TV series)
– Pilot (2006) (writer: "American Girl")
 
2000-2006 The Sopranos (TV series)
– Join the Club (2006) (writer: "American Girl" - uncredited)
– Funhouse (2000) (writer: "Free Fallin'" - uncredited)
 
2006/I Sleeping Dogs Lie (writer: "You Got It")
 
2005 The O.C. (TV series)
– The Chrismukkah Bar Mitz-vahkkah (2005) (performer: "Christmas All Over Again")
 
2005 Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost & Found (TV documentary) (writer: "Change of Heart" / performer: "Change of Heart")
 
2005 Saturday Night Live: The Best of David Spade (TV movie) (writer: "Free Fallin'")
 
2005 Elizabethtown (writer: "It'll All Work Out" 1987, "Jack" 2005, "Learning to Fly" 1991, "Square One" 2005 / performer: "Jack" 2005, "Learning to Fly" 1991, "Square One" 2005)
 
2005 Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live (TV documentary) (writer: "Don't Do Me like That" / performer: "Don't Do Me like That")
 
2004 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Video Game) (writer: "Running Down a Dream" / as Thomas Earl Petty / performer: "Running Down a Dream")
 
2004 Ladder 49 (writer: "You and Me" / performer: "You and Me")
 
2004 Freddy VS Ghostbusters (short) (writer: "I Won't Back Down" - uncredited / performer: "I Won't Back Down" - uncredited)
 
2004 Chasing Liberty (writer: "American Girl")
 
2004 Shabatot VeHagim (TV series)
– Gesher Tzar (2004) (writer: "BeEmet Mazal Tov Congratulations")
 
2002 Mr. Deeds (writer: "You Don't Know How It Feels" / performer: "You Don't Know How It Feels")
 
2002 True Dreams ("Here Comes My Girl")
 
2002 Cherish (writer: "Breakdown" / performer: "Breakdown")
 
2001 Zwei Männer am Herd (TV series)
– Comeback für Conrad (2001) (performer: "Learning To Fly" - uncredited)
 
2001 Sugar & Spice (writer: "American Girl")
 
1998 Finding Graceland (performer: "Restless")
 
1997 The Simpsons (TV series)
– The Cartridge Family (1997) (writer: "The Waiting")
 
1997 Trojan War (writer: "American Girl")
 
1997 Gypsy Magic (writer: "California Blue")
 
1996 Jerry Maguire (writer: "Free Fallin'" / performer: "Free Fallin'")
 
1996 Jingle All the Way (writer: "Christmas All Over Again" / performer: "Christmas All Over Again" / courtesy: "Christmas All Over Again")
 
1996 She's the One (writer: "Walls Circus", "Walls No. 3", "Angel Dream", "California", "Grew Up Fast", "Hung Up & Overdue", "Hope You Never" / producer: "Walls Circus", "Walls No. 3", "Angel Dream", "California", "Grew Up Fast", "Hung Up & Overdue", "Hope You Never")
 
1995 Beavis and Butt-Head (TV series)
– Sexual Harrassment (1995) (performer: "It's Good To Be King")
 
1995 Party of Five (TV series)
– Ready or Not (1995) (performer: "You Wreck Me")
 
1995 Mad Love (writer: "Here Comes My Girl")
 
1995 Boys on the Side (writer: "You Got It")
 
1993 Judgment Night (writer: "Fallin" / performer: "Fallin")
 
1992 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (writer: "Christmas All Over Again" / performer: "Christmas All Over Again" / producer: "Christmas All Over Again")
 
1992 Melrose Place (TV series)
– Responsibly Yours (1992) (performer: "I Won't Back Down")
 
1991 The Silence of the Lambs (writer: "American Girl" 1976 / as T. Petty)
 
1989 Lethal Weapon 2 (lyrics: "Cheer Down")
 
1987 It's Garry Shandling's Show. (TV series)
– It's Garry Shandling's Christmas Show (1987) (performer: "We Wish You a Merry Christmas", "The First Noel", "White Christmas", "Garry Shandling's Coming to Town")
– No Baby, No Show (1987) (writer: "The Waiting" / performer: "The Waiting")
 
1987 Dolly (TV series)
– Episode #1.6 (1987) (performer: "One of These Days")
 
1986 Band of the Hand (producer: "Band of the Hand")
 
1986 Miami Vice (TV series)
– Little Miss Dangerous (1986) (writer: "Here Comes My Girl" - uncredited)
 
1986 Hard to Handle: Bob Dylan in Concert (video documentary) (performer: "Into The Garden", "Just Like A Woman", "Like A Rolling Stone", "Lenny Bruce Is Dead", "Ballad Of A Thin Man", "I'll Remember You", "When The Night Comes Falling From The Sky", "Knockin' On Heaven's Door")
 
1985 Live Aid (TV special documentary) ("American Girl", "Born As Angel", "Refugee")
 
1984 Streets of Fire (writer: "NEVER BE YOU")
 
1983-1984 Knight Rider (TV series)
– White-Line Warriors (1984) (writer: "Breakdown")
– Merchants of Death (1983) (writer: "Breakdown")
 
1982 Fast Times at Ridgemont High (writer: "American Girl" / performer: "American Girl")
 
1981 Taps (writer: "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around")
 
1978 FM (performer: "Breakdown", "American Girl")
 
Show ShowActor (5 titles)
2004-2009 King of the Hill (TV series)
Lucky / Mud Dobber
– The Boy Can't Help It (2009) … Lucky (voice) (uncredited)
– To Sirloin with Love (2009) … Lucky (voice)
– Uh-Oh Canada (2009) … Lucky (voice)
– Manger Baby Einstein (2009) … Lucky (voice)
– Serves Me Right for Giving General George S. Patton the Bathroom Key (2009) … Lucky (voice)
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2002 The Simpsons (TV series)
Tom Petty
– How I Spent My Strummer Vacation (2002) … Tom Petty (voice)
 
1997 The Postman
Bridge City Mayor
 
1996 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Musical Guest
– Episode #4.202 (1996) … Musical Guest
 
1987 Made in Heaven
Stanky
 
Show ShowComposer (2 titles)
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2012 Mr Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO (TV documentary) (special thanks)
 
2009/I The Messenger (dedicatee)
 
Show ShowSelf (52 titles)
2013 The 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (TV movie)
Himself - Perfomer
 
2013 Sound City (documentary)
Himself
 
2012 Mr Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2012 Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 11 September 2012 (2012) … Himself
 
2012 The 54th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2011 George Harrison: Living in the Material World (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Tavis Smiley (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 15 June 2010 (2010) … Himself
 
2010 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Himself
– Alec Baldwin/Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (2010) … Himself
 
2010 Classic Albums: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes (video documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live (TV movie)
Himself
 
2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live: Light My Fire (video)
Himself
 
2008 The Big O in Britain (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Tribute This! (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Super Bowl XLII (TV movie)
Himself
 
2003-2008 Soundstage (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Live from Gatorville: Part 2 (2008) … Himself
– Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Live from Gatorville: Part 1 (2008) … Himself
– Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Part 1 (2003) … Himself
– Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Part 2 (2003) … Himself
 
2007 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 The True History of the Traveling Wilburys (video documentary short)
Himself (as Charlie T. Jr.)
 
1999-2006 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Musical Guest / Musical Guest
– Episode #14.137 (2006) … Himself/Musical Guest
– Episode #11.167 (2003) … Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode #11.137 (2003) … Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode #11.59 (2003) … Himself
– Episode #10.186 (2002) … Himself
See all 6 episodes »
 
2005 The 2005 Billboard Music Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2005 All We Are Saying (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Concert for George (video documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Live at the Olympic - The Last DJ and More (video documentary)
Singer, Guitar
 
2003 Elvis Lives (TV special)
Himself
 
2001 America: A Tribute to Heroes (TV special documentary)
Himself - Performer
 
2000 Testimony: 20 Years of Rock on MTV (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1999 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 8 July 1999 (1999) … Himself
 
1999 Later with Jools Holland (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #13.2 (1999) … Himself (as Tom Petty and the Hearbreakers)
 
1999 In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1999 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: High Grass Dogs, Live from the Fillmore
Himself (Vocals/Guitars)
 
1998 The Larry Sanders Show (TV series)
Himself
– Flip (1998) … Himself
 
1998 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Johnny Cash: The Man in Black (1998) … Himself
 
1997 Behind the Music (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers … Himself
 
1995 MTV Video Music Awards 1995 (TV special)
Himself
 
1995 The History of Rock 'N' Roll, Vol. 8 (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1995 The History of Rock 'N' Roll, Vol. 6 (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1994 Tom Petty: Going Home (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1994 MTV Video Music Awards 1994 (TV movie)
Himself - Performer/Video Vanguard Award Recipient (as Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers)
 
1993 Bob Dylan: 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1992 Tom Petty: Take the Highway (Live) (TV special)
Himself
 
1992 The 1992 Billboard Music Awards (TV special)
 
1992 Tom Petty: Full Moon Fever (video documentary)
Himself (Vocals/Guitars)
 
1991 Coca Cola Pop Music Backstage Pass to Summer (TV special)
Himself - Performer
 
1991 Portræt af Tom Petty (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1987-1989 It's Garry Shandling's Show. (TV series)
Himself
– Vegas: Part 2 (1989) … Himself
– Vegas: Part 1 (1989) … Himself
– It's Garry Shandling's Christmas Show (1987) … Himself
– No Baby, No Show (1987) … Himself
 
1989 Tom Petty: A Bunch of Videos and Some Other Stuff (video)
Himself (Vocals/Guitars)
 
1987 Dolly (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.6 (1987) … Himself
 
1986 Hard to Handle: Bob Dylan in Concert (video documentary)
Himself
 
1985 Solid Gold (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #5.37 (1985) … Himself
 
1980 Fridays (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.8 (1980) … Himself
 
1978 FM
Himself
 
1977 Disco (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.84 (1977) … Himself
 
1977 Top of the Pops (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 16 June 1977 (1977) … Himself (as Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (4 titles)
2009 Profiles in Philanthropy (TV series documentary)
 
2005 Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2001 George Harrison - Der sanfte Beatle (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
1995 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Playback (video documentary)
Himself (Vocals/Guitars)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Album: "Full Moon Fever", 1999 See more »

Publicity Listings:

7 Biographical Movies  | 2 Interviews  | 9 Articles  | 6 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Official Sites:

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Alternate Names:

Tom Petty and the Hearbreakers | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers | Charlie T. Jr.

Height:

5' 9¼" (1.76 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

On Howie Epstein's death: It's like you got a tree dying in the backyard. And you're kind of used to the idea that it's dying. But you look out there one day and they cut it down. And you just can't imagine that beautiful tree isn't there anymore. See more »

Trivia:

Teamed up with Bob Dylan, Beatle George Harrison, Jeff Lynne from Electric Light Orchestra and Roy Orbison in the band The Travelling Wilburys. See more »

Trademark:

Rickenbacker 660/12 Guitar See more »

Star Sign:

Libra