{{Short description|American actor (born 1981)}} {{Use American English|date=December 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = | name = | image = | caption = | birth_name = Thomas John Guiry | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|10|12}} | birth_place = Toms River, New Jersey, U.S. | occupation = Actor | yearsactive = 1992–present | spouse = {{marriage |Janelle Bloodsworth |June 21, 2009}} | children = 3 }} '''Thomas John Guiry''' (born October 12, 1981) is an American actor. He is best known for his lead performance as Scott "Scotty" Smalls in the coming-of-age film ''The Sandlot,''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ew.com/movies/2018/07/26/sandlot-stars-meet-fan-t-shirt/|title=You're killing me, Smalls! 'Sandlot' actors have amazing run-in with unsuspecting fan|website=EW.com|language=en|access-date=2019-01-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://doublegsports.com/patriots-to-host-the-sandlot-25th-anniversary-with-tom-guiry-appearance/|title=Patriots To Host The Sandlot 25th Anniversary With Tom Guiry Appearance • Double G Sports|last=Patriots|first=Somerset|date=2018-06-07|website=Double G Sports|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-20}}</ref> which was filmed when he was 12, and his role in NBC crime drama ''The Black Donnellys.''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/photo-gallery/45018152/image/45018162/Tom-Guiry-Now|title=Tom Guiry Now|last=Carhart|first=Rebecca|work=POPSUGAR Entertainment|access-date=2019-01-20|language=en-US}}</ref> Guiry has appeared in numerous high-profile films and television series, including ''U-571, Black Hawk Down, Mystic River,'' ''Black Irish'', and ''The Revenant''.

==Early life== Guiry was born in Toms River, New Jersey, and attended St. Gregory the Great school in Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey from kindergarten through eighth grade, and then high school at Notre Dame High School in Lawrenceville, New Jersey.<ref>{{Cite web|title=NDHS {{!}} Private Catholic High School in Lawrenceville NJ|url=https://www.ndnj.org/|access-date=2019-07-11|website=www.ndnj.org}}</ref>

== Career == Guiry's most notable appearances were in ''The Sandlot'' (1993), ''''Lassie'''' (1994), ''The Four Diamonds'' (1995), ''U-571'' (2000), ''The Mudge Boy'' (2003), ''Black Hawk Down'' (2001), ''Mystic River'' (2003), ''''Black Irish'''' (2007) and ''''The Revenant'''' (2015). He played Jimmy Donnelly on the NBC drama ''The Black Donnellys.''

== Personal life == In 2009, Guiry married his wife, Janelle, at the Crown Reef in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.<ref>{{cite web|title=Janelle and Tom Guiry|url=https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.308691734775.146568.49914484775&type=3|access-date=1 April 2019|website=www.facebook.com}}</ref> In August 2013, he was arrested at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas, for allegedly head-butting a police officer after he was told he was too drunk to board a flight.<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2013/08/07/showbiz/thomas-guiry-arrested/ 'Sandlot' actor Thomas Guiry head-butts officer, police say] (CNN.com)</ref> On June 2, 2024, Guiry was arrested in Horry County, South Carolina for throwing a dumbbell that weighed {{Convert|35|lb|kg}} onto a neighbor's Jeep.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Harrison|first1=Scoop|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tom-guiry-k-smalls-sandlot-151558275.html|title=Tom Guiry, A.K.A. Smalls from The Sandlot, Arrested After Throwing Dumbbell onto Neighbor’s Jeep|date=June 16, 2024|website=Yahoo}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last1=Nelson|first1=Kristen|url=https://www.wmbfnews.com/2024/06/20/sandlot-star-accused-throwing-dumbbell-neighbors-jeep-horry-county/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3dnK7xubRkPAN87dzOeeI7n8lc9UXcD5kyxPEveQqgZ4Bjym8koxgyZpU_aem_ZmFrZWR1bW15MTZieXRlcw|title=‘Sandlot’ star accused of throwing dumbbell at neighbor’s Jeep in Horry County|date=June 20, 2024|website=WMBF.com}}</ref>

==Filmography==

=== Film === {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |1993 |''The Sandlot'' |Scotty Smalls | |- |1994 |''Lassie'' |Matthew Turner | |- |1996 |''The Last Home Run'' |Young Jonathan | |- |1998 |''Wrestling with Alligators'' |Pete | |- |1998 |''All I Wanna Do'' |'Frosty' Frost | |- |1999 |''Ride with the Devil'' |Riley Crawford | |- |2000 |''U-571'' |Trigger | |- |2000 |''Tigerland'' |Pvt. Cantwell | |- |2001 |''Scotland, PA'' |Malcolm Duncan | |- |2001 |''Black Hawk Down'' |Yurek | |- |2003 |''The Mudge Boy'' |Perry Foley | |- |2003 |''Justice'' |The Red Anarchist | |- |2003 |''Mystic River'' |Brendan Harris | |- |2005 |''Strangers with Candy'' |P John | |- |2005 |''The Sandlot 2'' | Scotty Smalls | Flashback scene |- |2006 |''Steel City'' |PJ Lee | |- |2006 |''Bristol Boys'' |Little Man | |- |2007 |''Black Irish'' |Terry McKay | |- |2007 |''Prisoner'' |Bob | |- |2008 |''Yonkers Joe'' |Joe Jr. | |- |2011 |''The Bandit'' |Danny Wilson | |- |2012 |''The Fitzgerald Family Christmas'' |Cyril Fitzgerald | |- |2014 |''Mahjong and the West'' |Stewart | |- |2015 |''The Revenant'' |Billy Brother Trapper | |- |2016 |''Culling Hens'' |William | |- |2017 |''Brawl in Cell Block 99'' |Wilson | |- |2017 |''Sollers Point'' |Aaron | |- |2017 |''Wonder Wheel'' |Flirtatious Man at Ruby's | |- |2020 |''The Prom'' |James Cordon | |- |2021 |''Roe v. Wade'' |James T. McHugh | |- |2021 |''The Unforgivable '' |Keith Whelan | |- |}

=== Television === {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |1993 |''A Place to Be Loved'' |Gregory K | rowspan="2" |Television film |- |1995 |''The Four Diamonds'' |Christopher 'Chris' Millard |- |1998, 2008 |''Law & Order'' |Ryan Emerson / Kevin Stanton |2 episodes |- |2000 |''Songs in Ordinary Time'' |Norman Fermoyle | rowspan="2" |Television film |- |2002 |''We Were the Mulvaneys'' |Judd Mulvaney, Narrator |- |2002 |''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' |Gavin Sipes |Episode: "Disappearing Acts" |- |2004 |''Strip Search'' |Gerry Sykes |Television film |- |2004 |''The Jury'' |Carl Donner |Episode: "Memories" |- |2006 |''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'' |Marcus Randolph |Episode: "The Good" |- |2007 |''The Black Donnellys'' |Jimmy Donnelly |13 episodes |- |2009 |''CSI: Miami'' |Doug Benson |Episode: "Head Case" |- |2009 |''Kings'' |Ethan Shepherd |2 episodes |- |2011 |''Unforgettable'' |Ken Herbert |Episode: "Pilot" |- |2013 |''Elementary'' |Brent Garvey |Episode: "Dead Man's Switch" |- |2017 |''Chicago Justice'' |Eric Cates |Episode: "Fool Me Twice" |}

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