Thom Bierdz is an actor most known for The Young & The Restless (as Phillip Chancellor III off and on since 1986), other TV roles (Melrose Place, etc.) and is also an entrepreneur (president of www.AmericanArtAwards.com), a bold fine artist, human rights trailblazer and award-winning author (10 books). Bierdz’s first memoir, Forgiving Troy, recounting his journey to forgive his schizophrenic brother for killing their mother, won many awards and was revered by critics:

“…gripping story of family, murder, insanity, and forgiveness leaps off the pages…” “…haunting and painfully honest…” “…gut-punching…” “…terror and triumph…” “…substance, power…” “…redemption…” “…hope abides and family triumphs…” “…likened to A BEAUTIFUL MIND and RAINMAN, his story will both break your heart and heal your spirit…”

      CLICK HERE for FORGIVING TROY Book Awards and Reviews

In 2019,  about 20 million Investigation Discovery channel viewers saw EVIL LIVES HERE, The Soap Star’s Secret  and were riveted and inspired by Thom Bierdz forgiving his brother Troy (as Thom emotionally retold the dramatic events [along with documentary footage]).

Now those 20 million viewers and his 20 million soap opera fans want to see a movie made:

CLICK HERE for SCREENPLAY: FORGIVING TROY The Thom Bierdz Story

 THOM  BIERDZ  FULL  BIO:

Thom Bierdz is an American actor best known for his portrayal of legacy character Phillip Chancellor III on the daytime drama The Young and the Restless, recurring from 1986 to 2011. He was a repeat guest star (1995) on Melrose Place , guest starred twice (1994, 1995) on Murder She Wrote and once (1994) on Matlock and Robin’s Hoods. Other TV and movie roles include Highway To Heaven, St. Elmos Fire, The Last Place On Earth, The Gladiator, Warm Texas Rain, Hungry For Love, The Cavanaughs, The Takedown, Win Lose Or Draw and The New Hollywood Squares.

Bierdz played Bobby Burton on the web series Old Dogs New Tricks in 2012, 2013 and 2016.

In 1997, young filmmaker Bierdz’s first art film, Heart Of The Oak, won Best Experimental Film at Philadelphia International Film Festival and Best Experimental Film at University of California Davis snagging the coveted Golden Calf Award.

His 2009 memoir, Forgiving Troy, recounting the murder of his mother by paranoid schizophrenic brother Troy, gained many book awards, including:

USA Book News – National Book Awards: WINNER: Autobiography/Memoir category.

USA Book News – International Book Awards: GRAND PRIZE: Spirituality “Sacred Light” Award, WINNER: Autobiography/Memoir category, WINNER: Non-Fiction Narrative category, WINNER: True Crime: Non-Fiction category.

TV interviews on Forgiving Troy book subject matter include Entertainment Tonight, CBS News, NBC News, FOX News, SoapTalk with Lisa Rinna, Brunch and Joan Quinn Profiles.

His Forgiving Troy book also spawned a documentary of the same name, directed by Warren Hohmann of KTLA News.

Also a painter, in 2005 he won the Out Magazine Best Emerging Artist of Los Angeles and in 2006, for raising a great deal of money for charities through his paintings, was awarded the Key to the Light Award from The Thalians. The art world embraced Bierdz when Scarlett Johansson hosted his Soicher-Marin gallery show.

Being the first openly gay soap actor in a contract role, he was honored in 2009 by the Human Rights Campaign and gave this speech in Minnesota: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTuxWpJDEt0&t=304s

In 2019,  over 10 million viewers were riveted and inspired by Bierdz forgiving brother Troy as he retold the events on EVIL LIVES HERE, The Soap Star’s Secret  on the Investigation Discovery channel.

Today, in addition to painting portraits from his secluded forest home, Bierdz is president and co-founder of www.AmericanArtAwards.com. Every year the online fine art site honors the best 25 American galleries or museums, which in turn award breakthrough artists in 60 countries.

“Bierdz is able to paint on that instinctual level.” GENRE MAGAZINE, Mitch Rustad.

“Scarlett Johannson launches him amid the A-list celebrity art-collecting scene.” THE ADVOCATE, Anne Stockwell.

CHRONOLOGY

2016-2020 Writes: BIERDZ ART, VOLUME ONE: EXTERIORS, SEASCAPES, LANDSCAPES, LUMBERJACKS, STRUCTURES, CENTAURS, SHEEP and BIERDZ ART, VOLUME TWO: THE BLUE X PAINTINGS AND EARLIER EXPRESSIONISM and BIERDZ ART, VOLUME THREE: THE COMPLETE COLOR ‘NUDES IN TREES’ COLLECTION and BIERDZ ART, VOLUME FOUR: PORTRAITS AND THE REALISTIC FIGURE and 100 BLACK AND WHITE MALE NUDE PRINTS + 100 BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOS OF THE ARTIST and YOUNG, GAY & RESTLESS and THEY WANT TO HELP US and THE BLUE X CARDS + 200 DIVINATION READINGS and HOW MEN REALLY FEEL ABOUT BEING SEXUALLY ASSAULTED.

2015 THE BLUE X PAINTINGS defined as “Top 100 Most Collectible Paintings” in Youtube exhibition movie.
2014 Writes screenplay adaptation of memoirs.
2013 Bierdz recurs as Bobby Burton on Old Dogs & New Tricks.
2012 Gallery show at Belsito-Roche in Long Beach, CA.
2012 Gallery show at Savage Gallery in Palm Springs, CA
2012 Bierdz stars as Bobby Burton in web series Old Dogs & New Tricks.
2011 Gallery show at Angel’s Gallery in Venice, CA.
2011 Bierdz’s ART-obiography, Forgiving Troy, hits #1 in its category at Amazon.
2011 Bierdz reprises his role as Phillip Chancellor III on The Young and the Restless.
2010 Bierdz’s memoirs, Forgiving Troy, wins 5 International Book Awards and “Sacred Light” award.
2010 Bierdz and 24 senators honored at Long Island Equality Gala.
2010 Gallery show at David Streets Gallery in Beverly Hills, CA.
2009 Bierdz receives Visibility Award from Human Rights Campaign
2009 Bierdz reprises his role as Phillip Chancellor III on The Young and the Restless.
2009 Gallery show at Jean Stephens Gallery in Minneapolis.
2008 Forgiving Troy is nominated for the esteemed Lambda Literary Award.
2008 Gallery show at Brown’s Gallery in Jacksonville, MI.
2007 Forgiving Troy wins Indie Excellence Book Award for Best Autobiography & USA Book News Non-Fiction and True Crime.
2007 Gallery show at Noho Gallery in North Hollywood, CA.
2006 Bierdz receives the Thalians’ first Key To The Light Award regarding his paintings raising money for charities.
2006 Gallery show on Queen Mary 2 across the Atlantic.
2006 Gallery show at Little Big Gallery in Palm Springs, CA.
2006 Gallery show at Leigh Gallery in Chicago, IL.
2005 For his paintings, Bierdz receives the VOX/Out Emerging Voices of Style & Design Award.
2005 Gallery show at Advocate & Gochis Gallery in West Hollywood, CA.
2004 Gallery show at Soicher-Marin Gallery in Hawthorne, CA.
2004 Gallery show at Exposed Gallery in Phoenix, AZ.
1997 HEART OF THE OAK wins Best Experimental Film at Philadelphia International Film Festival & International Golden Calf Awards.
1989 Young Artist Award nomination for Best Young Actor in a Daytime Drama Series.
1987 Young Artist Award nomination for Exceptional Performance by a Young Actor in a Daytime Series.

 NOTABLE COLLECTORS OF THOM BIERDZ PAINTINGS

Shan Albert: co-owner of Zed Laboratories.
Tim Aldrete: philanthropist and avid contemporary art collector of Warhol.
Terry Bean: philanthropist, real estate mogul, political contributor to Al Gore and Obama.
Lauralee Bell: soap opera star, 2 award wins and 3 more nominations.
Jim Bullock: movie and TV actor, comedian.
Phil Cannizzaro: co-owner of Zed Laboratories.
Dana Capri: newspaper columnist.
Tricia Cast: theater and soap opera star, 2 wins and 6 more nominations.
Kristin Chenoweth: Broadway, TV and movie star, nominated for Emmy and 3 other nominations.
Robert Cichocki: prominent Chicago lawyer.
Johnny Coppola: acting coach to stars, movie director.
Sandy Dennis: Oscar-winning actress…another 4 award wins and 3 nominations.
Dr. Donald D. Detsch: PhD, PsyD.
Carol Doyle: Hollywood screenwriter and producer.
Dr. Brigantino: head of Long Beach MRI department.
Dr. Cox: Beverly Hills anesthesiologist.
Dr. Kaplan: psychotherapist.
Dr. Mack: psychiatrist.
Dr. Montague King: world-renowned doctor of Beverly Hills of skin rejuvenation and repair.
Dr. Rossi: TV dentists to the stars.
Mayor John Duran: Mayor of West Hollywood.
KC Fox: set decorator.
Damian Ganczewski: TV movie producer.
Robert Gant: TV actor, winner of GLAAD Award.
Erica Goldman: TV correspondent, producer.
Hal and Patsy Hollister: founders of National Alliance of Research on Schizophrenia and Depression.
Rob Iscove: movie director, winner of 2 Emmys…1 more win and 1 more nomination.
Scarlett Johansson: movie star nominated for 14 Golden Globes…plus 14 other wins.
Martine Kaplan-Lewin: psychic.
Jeff Keen: President and CEO of JPX Media.
Gayle Levine: hospital donor with separate estate for her expansive art collection.
Tommy Lightfoot Garrett: Actor, journalist, author, Hollywood personality.
David Mixner: best-selling author, adviser and friend of Bill Clinton during his administration.
Kevin McDonald: movie comedian, 3 Emmy nominations…5 more wins and 6 more nominations.
Steve May: Arizona State Representative
Carl Moellenberg: Tony-winning producer.
Scott Nairne: owner of Penguin Foods.
Phillips Graduate Institute: Southern California College of diversity and psychotherapy.
Marcel Pariseau: publicist to the stars.
Jim Parriott: TV producer.
Marianna Sferrazza Freeborn: education, Ontario, Canada.
Jaason Simmons: Actor, Baywatch, Sharknado, etc.
Suzanne Somers: Actress, Author.
Connie Stevens: movie star…6 awards, nominated for 7 more. Star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame.
Rebecca Street: soap opera star, commercial and TV actress, theater star.
Alan Terry: movie director.
Lorraine Trousaint: TV actress, 5 nominations
David Tunkl: premier collector/dealer of Dali, Lichtenstein, Miro, Bacon, Picasso, Rothko, Pollock, Mondrian, Warhol…
Bruce Vilanch: writer, comedian, winner of 2 Emmys…another 2 wins and 6 nominations.
Grégory Westra: teacher in computing in an association for the blind, Lille, France.

14 Fantasy Gay Marriage Paintings available at www.ThomBierdz.com.

    CONTACT:  ThomBierdz@aol.com