Jay Thomas was married to Sally Michelson in 1987. They had two sons, Samuel and Jacob. Jay Thomas was born on July 12, 1948, in Kermit, Texas, United States of America.
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In 1997, Jay Thomas starred in the television film Killing Mr. Griffin, based on the eponymous novel. In films, he co-starred in Mr. Holland’s Opus (1995), and portrayed the Easter Bunny in The Santa Clause 2 (2002) and The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006).
Jay Thomas was also known for his annual Christmas story on “The Late Show with David Letterman,” where he would recount a humorous story about his life.
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Jay Thomas starred as the lead character of newspaper columnist Jack Stein on Love & War (1992–1995), and a repeat guest role as Jerry Gold on Murphy Brown.
Jay Thomas won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series in 1990 and 1991 for portraying Jerry Gold.
Jay Thomas was known from 1976–1979 on top-40 station 99X, and later on rhythmic CHR station 92KTU, and in Los Angeles beginning in 1986 on KPWR “Power 106”.
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