Eric Toms

About Eric Toms

Raised in San Jose, California Eric Toms began his career when his sketch comedy troupe pitched and sold their late night sketch show to a local TV channel. Eric immediately dropped out of college and threw himself into the experience, taking on the role of head writer, performer, and video producer. Making the leap to stand-up comedy Eric traveled the world and by 25 had already worked with some of his comedy heroes, such as Kevin Pollak, Norm Macdonald, Lewis Black, Tracy Morgan and Bobby Slayton.In 2008, Toms was scouted and hired to host the comedy clip show Reality Binge on Fox. Working on Reality Binge later led to a guest appearance on Good Day LA and Last Comic Standing. Shortly after, show runner and fellow comedian, Steve Marmel, asked Eric to guest star as Gilroy Smith in Disney's Sonny With a Chance season 1 finale "Sonny: So Far" staring along side Demi Lovato.Since then Eric's writing has won recognition with The Academy of Arts and Sciences and The Austin Screenwriting Festival, and he has starred in independent feature films like disOrientation in which Eric was nominated for the Jury Award at the New Haven Film Festival. Eric has also written commercial campaigns for brands such as 7-11, Netflix, and Cholula Hot Sauce.::etoms
Toms was born in San Jose, California, to Dottie Toms, a florist and high school lunch lady, and James Toms, a mutual funds broker. His parents divorced when he was eight and although his parents had joint custody, Toms was primarily raised by his mother and two sisters, Stephanie and Nicole.Toms attended various schools, including Laurelwood Elementary, Peterson Middle School, and Wilcox High School, where his mother worked as a lunch lady. He excelled in high school and starred in a number of plays, but his grades and SAT scores were not very attractive to colleges, despite being in honors classes. Toms applied to but was rejected from UC Santa Cruz, UCLA, and Santa Clara University. At the suggestion of his father, Toms applied and gained entrée to San Jose State University. He attended classes for 9 months before dropping out.Career After dropping out of San Jose State University in 1998, Eric joined the theater group Big Lil's in downtown San Jose. Two years after joining, the group created a sketch troupe called "SUTN" and Toms became a cast member, head writer and video producer. The group was signed to a television deal with KRON4 and produced over 50 shows before moving to UPN in San Francisco to produce another 12. Making the leap to stand-up comedy Eric traveled the world and by 25 had already worked with some of his comedy heroes, such as Kevin Pollak, Norm Macdonald, Lewis Black, Tracy Morgan and Bobby Slayton. In 2008, Toms won the host role and became a story producer for the comedy clip show Reality Binge on Fox Reality Channel. Working on Reality Binge later led to a guest appearance on Good Day LA and a number of other panel shows. He guest starred as Gilroy Smith in the Sonny With a Chance season 1 finale "Sonny: So Far". Since then Eric's writing has won recognition with The Academy of Arts and Sciences. Eric has also written and performed commercial campaigns for brands such as 7-11, Netflix, and Cholula Hot Sauce.Film roles In 2001 Toms began his film career in the low-budget indie film Pins and Needles. He went on to perform in the historical drama Valley of the Heart's Delight with the late Pete Postlethwaite. In 2008 Toms performed in Growing Out, a film by childhood...

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