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Thomas McClary

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Thomas McClary was born on 6 October 1949 in Eustis, Florida, USA. He is an actor, known for Gone in 60 Seconds (2000), Undercover Brother (2002) and Tropic Thunder (2008). He is married to Beryl Thompson. They have six children.
BornOctober 6, 1949
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      • 8 nominations total

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    Gone in 60 Seconds
    6.5
    • Soundtrack
    • 2000
    Denise Richards, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, and Eddie Griffin in Undercover Brother (2002)
    Undercover Brother
    5.9
    • Soundtrack
    • 2002
    Robert Downey Jr., Ben Stiller, and Jack Black in Tropic Thunder (2008)
    Tropic Thunder
    7.1
    • Soundtrack
    • 2008
    Julia Roberts and Clive Owen in Duplicity (2009)
    Duplicity
    6.1
    • Soundtrack
    • 2009

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    Actor

    • Commodores: Lady (You Bring Me Up)
      Music Video
      • Thomas McClary
      • 1981
    • Commodores: Saturday Night
      Music Video
      • Thomas McClary
      • 1981
    • Lionel Richie, William King, Ronald La Pread, Thomas McClary, Walter Orange, Milan Williams, and The Commodores in The Commodores: Three Times a Lady (1978)
      The Commodores: Three Times a Lady
      Music Video
      • Thomas McClary
      • 1978
    • Lionel Richie and The Commodores in The Commodores: Three Times a Lady (Live) (1978)
      The Commodores: Three Times a Lady (Live)
      Music Video
      • Thomas McClary
      • 1978
    • Scott Joplin (1977)
      Scott Joplin
      6.5
      • The Minstrel Singers (as The Commodores)
      • 1977

    Additional Crew

    • American Music Awards 2022 (2022)
      American Music Awards 2022
      6.6
      TV Special
      • archive source
      • 2022

    Soundtrack

    • Kerry Washington and Omar Sy in Shadow Force (2025)
      Shadow Force
      4.7
      • writer: "Brick House"
      • 2025
    • Cocaine Bear (2023)
      Cocaine Bear
      5.9
      • writer: "Too Hot ta Trot"
      • 2023
    • South Park: The Streaming Wars (2022)
      South Park: The Streaming Wars
      6.7
      TV Special
      • writer: "Slippery When Wet"
      • 2022
    • Patton Oswalt, Felicia Day, Baron Vaughn, Jonah Ray, and Hampton Yount in Mystery Science Theater 3000 (2017)
      Mystery Science Theater 3000
      8.1
      TV Series
      • writer: "Brick House" (uncredited)
      • 2022
    • Eddie Murphy, Wesley Snipes, Mike Epps, Craig Robinson, Keegan-Michael Key, Tituss Burgess, Toni Duclottni, and Da'Vine Joy Randolph in Dolemite Is My Name (2019)
      Dolemite Is My Name
      7.2
      • writer: "Slippery When Wet"
      • 2019
    • Rose McIver in iZombie (2015)
      iZombie
      7.8
      TV Series
      • writer: "Brick House"
      • 2019
    • Julianne Moore, Billy Crudup, Michelle Williams, Vir Pachisia, and Abby Quinn in After the Wedding (2019)
      After the Wedding
      6.3
      • writer: "Brick House"
      • 2019
    • Trey Wingo and Mike Golic in Golic and Wingo (2017)
      Golic and Wingo
      5.4
      TV Series
      • writer: "Brick House"
      • 2018
    • Jeremy Sisto, Renato Falcão, Anthony Anderson, Robert L. Baird, Laura Bayonas, Ron Burch, Jordi Caballero, Bobby Cannavale, Thomas Cardone, Brad Copeland, John Davis, Johnny Gidcomb, Richard Gould, Harry Hitner, Gabriel Iglesias, David Kidd, Boris Kodjoe, Robert Lawson, Munro Leaf, Kate McKinnon, Belita Moreno, Tim Nordquist, James Palumbo, Sally Phillips, John Powell, Carlos Reig-Plaza, Don Rhymer, Carlos Saldanha, Lisa Marie Stetler, David Tennant, John Cena, Nazanin Homa, Alvaro Mendoza, Bruce Anderson, Juanes, Peyton Manning, Raúl Esparza, Cindy Slattery, Jason Fricchione, Gina Rodriguez, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Mile Kekin, Bernardo De Paula, Flula Borg, Luis Carlos de La Lombana, Andreas A. Esparza, Susana G. Esteban, Adrian Javier, Carter Sand, Jet Jurgensmeyer, Ana Patricia González, Jerrod Carmichael, Andre Robinson, Daveed Diggs, Julia Scarpa Saldanha, Maria Peyramaure, Andrea Lareo, Susana Ballesteros, Anna Clols, Jack Gore, Julian Zane, Rafael Scarpa Saldanha, Karla Martínez, Tim Federle, Colin H. Murphy, Lily Day, and Nile Diaz in Ferdinand (2017)
      Ferdinand
      6.7
      • writer: "Brick House"
      • 2017
    • Dwayne Johnson in Ballers (2015)
      Ballers
      7.6
      TV Series
      • writer: "Slippery When Wet" (uncredited)
      • 2016
    • Sofía Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Sarah Hyland, Ed O'Neill, Eric Stonestreet, Beatrice the Dog, Ariel Winter, Nolan Gould, Rico Rodriguez, Reid Ewing, Frances Anderson, and Jeremy Maguire in Modern Family (2009)
      Modern Family
      8.5
      TV Series
      • writer: "Brick House" (uncredited)
      • 2016
    • Leslie Mann, Dakota Johnson, Alison Brie, and Rebel Wilson in How to Be Single (2016)
      How to Be Single
      6.1
      • writer: "Slippery When Wet"
      • 2016
    • LL Cool J and Chrissy Teigen in Lip Sync Battle (2015)
      Lip Sync Battle
      7.2
      TV Series
      • writer: "Brick House"
      • 2015
    • Lauren Laverne and Jo Whiley in Glastonbury 2015 (2015)
      Glastonbury 2015
      7.1
      TV Series
      • writer: "Brick House"
      • 2015
    • Brooke Shields, Daryl Hannah, Virginia Madsen, and Wanda Sykes in The Hot Flashes (2013)
      The Hot Flashes
      5.1
      • writer: "Brick House"
      • 2013

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    • Alternative names
      • The Commodores
    • Born
      • October 6, 1949
      • Eustis, Florida, USA
    • Spouse
      • Beryl Thompson? - present (6 children)

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      He was one of the original Commodores and left the group in 1983.
    • Nickname
      • T-Mac

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