Thomas Duane "Tom" Arnold (born March 6, 1959) is an American actor and comedian.
Arnold was born in Ottumwa, Iowa, the son of Linda Kay Graham (née Collier) and Jack Arnold. He has six siblings, Lori, Johnny, Scott, Chris, Marla and Mark. Arnold attended Ottumwa High School and began doing stand-up comedy when he was 23. He met comedian Roseanne Barr when she saw his act in 1983. Their relationship was complicated by his drug and alcohol addicti...
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Thomas Duane "Tom" Arnold (born March 6, 1959) is an American actor and comedian.
Arnold was born in Ottumwa, Iowa, the son of Linda Kay Graham (née Collier) and Jack Arnold. He has six siblings, Lori, Johnny, Scott, Chris, Marla and Mark. Arnold attended Ottumwa High School and began doing stand-up comedy when he was 23. He met comedian Roseanne Barr when she saw his act in 1983. Their relationship was complicated by his drug and alcohol addiction, but eventually he became sober, and the two married. Arnold, who had Jewish ancestors named Cohen on his maternal grandfather’s side, converted to Judaism upon marrying Barr in 1990. In a April 2009 interview on Anytime with Bob Kushell Arnold discussed how when he divorced Barr, he did not take any alimony.
In August 2008, Arnold broke his scapula in a motorcycle accident on the Pacific Coast Highway.
On March 6, 2009, he became engaged to Ashley Groussman.
Arnold has been very outspoken about having been molested as a young child. His...
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