Actor and comedian Thom Sharp is from Dearborn, a suburb of Detroit,
Michigan. He is well known for his voice-over work and as "that bald
guy in the ad for...". He went to Dearborn's Sacred Heart High. Thom
later attended Henry Ford Community College and received a bachelor's
degree in marketing from Eastern Michigan University and a master's
degree in communication from Wayne State. As of this writing he lives in Sherman
Oaks, California.
Thom has worked for the D.W. Doner advertising agency (along with
"Cathy" comic strip creator Cathy Guisewite) in Detroit and later for
BBDO's office in Los Angeles.
He had a local hit in Detroit in 1977 with the song "They Don't Make
Nun Names Like That No More" and also he wrote "I Don't Know Whether to
Kill Myself or Go Bowling."
Thom is well known for his ads for Goodyear tires in Canada, Ziploc
bags, GE, Buick, and the CompUSA ads he did with fellow comedian Jack
Riley. He was so popular with the Goodyear ads that he was used to
cover promotions, PR, dealer relations, training, and internal
communications.
Thom is a big fan of the Detroit Tigers and tries to make it back to
Detroit a few times a year to see them play.
In 1996, Thom received an Arts Achievement Award from Wayne State
University.