Thomas Dekker is a 30-year veteran of the film and television industry. He began his career at the age of 5 with a national commercial and a brief stint on the soap opera "The Young and the Restless". This led to guest starring and recurring roles on popular television series such as "Seinfeld", "ER", and "The Nanny" before landing his first leading role in John Carpenter's 1995 film "Village of the Damned" opposite Christopher Reeve.
At the age of 6, Dekker cemented his love and commitment to acting and began working in science fiction and genre fare. He also started his voice acting career, playing Littlefoot in "The Land Before Time" film series and Feivel in "An American Tail" film series for Universal Studios.
At the age of 9, Dekker was cast in his first series regular role as Nick Szalinski on Disney's "Honey I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show", which ran for three seasons from 1997 to 2000. He then played the lead role of Jason Calloway in FOX's unaired comedy pilot "The No. 1 Show" co-starring Tina Fey and directed by SNL's Beth McCarthy Miller.
In 2006, Dekker landed the role of Zac, best friend to Hayden Panettiere's cheerleader Claire, in the popular NBC show "Heroes". He left the series mid-season to portray the iconic character of John Connor on FOX's "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" opposite Lena Headey and Garret Dillahunt.
Between seasons of "Terminator", Dekker played the romantic lead in Nick Cassavete's "My Sister's Keeper" alongside Cameron Diaz, Joan Cusack, and Alec Baldwin. He also wrote and directed the expressionist drama "Whore" starring Megan Fox, Lena Headey, and Rumer Willis.
After completing "Terminator" in 2010, Dekker had lead roles in the cult film "All About Evil" with Natasha Lyonne, New Line's "A Nightmare on Elm Street" opposite Rooney Mara and Jackie Earle Haley, Gaby Dellal's ensemble drama "Angel's Crest" with Mira Sorvino, Jeremy Piven, and Elizabeth McGovern, and Gregg Araki's festival breakout "Kaboom" co-starring Haley Bennett, Roxane Mesquida, and Juno Temple.
Dekker has received accolades at various film festivals, including Toronto, Deauville, BFI London, San Francisco, Tribeca, and Sundance. He won the coveted role of the legendary Lance Loud in HBO's "Cinema Verite", a biopic about the Louds, the first family to receive a reality TV show based on their lives in the 1970s.
He has also returned to television as the male lead in Kevin Williamson's supernatural series "The Secret Circle" for the CW and has continued his film work with the festival hit "Enter the Dangerous Mind" starring Jake Hoffman and Nikki Reed, Catherine Hardwicke's erotic thriller "Plush" (which he also co-scored),"Squatters" with Gabriella Wilde, Luke Grimes, and Richard Dreyfuss, and "Lost in the White City", a Tel Aviv-set drama co-starring Haley Bennett.
In 2014, Dekker began his role as Rainn Wilson's right-hand man "Valentine" on FOX's dark comedy crime series "Backstrom" from "Bones" creator Hart Hanson. After the series, Dekker pivoted his attention back to his writing and directing interests and made his second feature film "Jack Goes Home", a semi-autobiographical thriller starring Rory Culkin, Lin Shaye, and Britt Robertson.
Next, Dekker made a cameo in Catherine Hardwicke's "Miss Bala" starring Gina Rodriguez and Ismael Cruz Cordova and appeared in "Body Brokers" with Melissa Leo, Michael K. Williams, Jack Kilmer, and Alice Englert.
Dekker's latest turn was the role of cut-throat executive "Travis Denton" in Lionsgate/Roku Channel's series "Swimming With Sharks" opposite Diane Kruger, Kiernan Shipka, Finn Jones, and Donald Sutherland. He will next appear in the film "Little Dixie" alongside Frank Grillo, Beau Knapp, Annabeth Gish, and Eric Dane.
Dekker is currently in pre-production on his third feature film as writer/director and has also released his fourth studio album "Tasma" in August last year. He resides in southern California.
