Tom Verica
Tom Verica is an American actor, director, and producer. As an actor, he's best known for his role as Sam Keating in the ABC drama How to Get Away with Murder. He also played Jack Pryor in the NBC critically acclaimed drama American Dreams from 2002 to 2004. As a director, he's known for Shonda Rhimes' dramas. He's currently an executive producer and director of the Netflix drama Bridgerton. From 2012 to 2018, Verica served as executive producer and director of ABC's Scandal.
Career
Acting
Verica was born on May 13, 1964, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to real estate agent parents. He is of Italian descent on his father's side and German descent on his mother's side. His first television role was on the ABC daytime soap opera All My Children in 1987. He later had a recurring role in L.A. Law, and guest-starred on Home Improvement, Picket Fences,''Seinfeld and NYPD Blue. In film, he appeared in Die Hard 2, Fathers' Day, Red Dragon, and Zodiac.He played astronaut Dick Gordon in the HBO miniseries From The Earth To The Moon, and appeared in The Naked Truth.
Verica was a regular cast member of the CBS primetime soap opera Central Park West from 1995 to 1996. and Providence, and from 2002 to 2005 starred opposite Gail O'Grady in the NBC family drama, American Dreams. After the series was canceled, Verica guest-starred on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, House, Boston Legal, Grey's Anatomy, and The Closer, and had recurring roles in The 4400 and The Nine.
In 2009 he played Joe Carter in Princess Protection Program.
In 2014, he was cast opposite Viola Davis in the Shondaland series, How to Get Away with Murder''.
Directing and producing
In 2003 Verica began his career as a director. He's directed episodes for over 20 television shows, such as American Dreams, Boston Legal, Dirty Sexy Money, Ugly Betty, Army Wives, The Mentalist, and Body of Proof.Since 2007 he's directed more than 60 episodes for most of Shonda Rhimes' Shondaland dramas. These include Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice, Scandal , Still Star-Crossed, For the People, Station 19, Bridgerton, Inventing Anna and Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story.