Tom Welling as Clark Kent

Tom Welling as Clark Kent

        Tom Welling, familiar to television audiences from a recurring role on "Judging Amy," makes his series starring debut in "Smallville" as a teenage Clark Kent struggling to come to grips with his emerging superpowers.

        Thomas John Patrick Welling was born on 26 April 1977, in Putnam Valley, West Point, New York. He spent his very early years in Wisconsin, before moving to Hockessin, Delaware, in third grade. He lived there until just after his freshman year, when he and his family moved to Okemos, Michigan. There he grew up living with his father, a retired executive for General Motors, his mother, a 'home engineer,' and his three siblings, two elder sisters and a younger brother.
        In his early years at school, Tom showed a little of the acting ability he would later use to great acclaim, when he appeared in several school plays and pageants up until the sixth grade. A jock during high school, he developed a passion for Basketball, which he still plays whenever the opportunity arises, dabbled with baseball, and excelled at soccer, where he played as third string goalkeeper in the high school Varsity team during his senior year.
       Never particularly studious, he did no better than "fair" in High School, and on graduation from Okemos High School, in Okemos, Michigan, on June 8th, 1995, he decided that pursuing a College education was not really an option for him.
      Instead he chose a more physically demanding occupation, and became a construction worker at a warehouse, living at home with his parents for a few more years, and hanging out with friends. During this time Tom also took a part-time job at the Abercrombie and Fitch store in Okemos.

      On a spring day in 1997, Tom and a few friends were on vacation in Nantucket, and were hanging out in a bar when the then 20 year old was approached by an Abercrombie and Fitch catalogue shoot scout, working for the famous photographer Bruce Weber.
Tom returned home to weigh up his options, before heading to Lake George, New York, to do the shoot and begin his new career, in the process making a few thousand dollars.

·                                 Birth date: 26 April 1977

·                                 Birth sign: Taurus

·                                 Birthplace: West Point, New York

·                                 Hometown: Los Angeles, California

·                                 Height: 6'3"

·                                 Eye Color: Green Hazel

·                                 Hair Color: Dark Chestnut Brown

·                                 Shoe Size: 14

·                                 Siblings: 2 elder sisters, 1 younger brother

·                                 Interesting Facts: Part Michigan Native American, likes blackberries

·                                 Favourite Quote: "There you go!"

·                                 Marital Status: Married (Jamie A. White on July 5, 2002)