Tom began performing at the age of 15. When he turned 19 he began his professional career. At age 20 he became one of the infamous “Outlaw Comics” and his comedy became dark and cutting edge. Tom began to challenge the audience’s core belief systems as well as his own. At this point Tom began to grow into an artist not just a stand-up comedian under the strong early influence of Bill Hicks and Sam Kinison.

He began polishing his stand-up routines by touring comedy clubs throughout the United States and in 1991 he won “Austin’s Funniest Person” and later the Austin Chronicles “Critic Choice Award.”

His recent work as a producer, writer, director and actor on the no-budget short film “A Fist Full of Pills” is a tribute to his stand-up piece also called “A Fist Full of Pills” which is currently the #1 requested bit on XM Satellite Radio off his lastest CD “Words Are All I Have.” The short film was accepted in the 2005 Just For Laughs International Comedy Festival. The film took just a short weekend to shoot with his fellow comedians Tom Rhodes, Slade Ham and Caroline Picard. The film cost no money and is a tribute to Tom’s resourcefulness as an artist. He was honored to receive a rare “special mention” at the Comedia 2005 Awards.

His recent trips to entertain troops stationed around the world is a testament to his courage and patriotism. Within weeks of 9/11 Tom was on a plane to Germany to lend his comedy to the troops fighting for his right to do it. Soon thereafter he traveled to South Korea, Japan, Italy and Bahrain. Tom performed more than 40 shows in six overseas tours. Tom also is inspired by lending his talent to the civic community and many charitable organizations in the past decade. His latest fundraiser was for The Tsunami Relief Fund at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio.