Tommy was born the fourth child in a family of nine children. His life growing up included working paper routes as a young boy in Decatur, Illinois. The interactions with his customers and his siblings taught him to communicate and interact with people of varied age groups and social standing. As he developed a love for acting in high school, he soon realized that there were many nuances to the way people communicated and his life's interactions could play a major role in finding the heart of ch...