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Tommy Irwin (born Thomas Andrew Irwin on December 20, 1912 in Altoona, Pennsylvania; died April 25, 1996 in Altoona, Pennsylvania) was a Major League Baseball player. An alumnus of the University of North Carolina, Irwin was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in 1938 and played three games for them in October of the 1938 MLB season. On December 15, 1938, he was traded to the Boston Red Sox with Denny Galehouse for Ben Chapman but did not play another Major League game.
Tom Irwin (born June 1, 1956) is an American film, television and stage actor.
A native of Illinois, Tom Irwin attended Illinois State University. After graduation, he joined the prestigious Steppenwolf Theatre Company of Chicago. The renowned ensemble of artists - among them Laurie Metcalf, John Malkovich, Gary Sinise and Joan Allen (I) - still work together as often as possible. Irwin has been involved in over 50 Steppenwolf productions as an actor or director. Highlights include: "The Grapes of Wrath", also Royal National Theatre; "Balm in Gilead", also Off-Broadway; "My Thing of Love", also Broadway; "Frank's Wild Years", with Tom Waits; "Space", also Off-Broadway. In the summer of 2002 he co-starred with Madonna (I) in "Up for Grabs" at the Wyndam's Theatre in London. He has been on the faculty of The Goodman School of Drama at Depaul University and Columbia College in Chicago. In addition to his filmography credits, he has starred in many telefilms and was a series regular on "My Life and Times" (1991) and "My So-Called Life" (1994). Tom makes his home in Los Angeles.




