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| 1 | Tom Welling's one parent is a democratic and the other one is a Republican. When asked what he is, Tom answered, "No comment." He says 'politics effects him in a way', but he will never run for The White House!. |
| 2 | Tom Welling attended the premiere of "6 Bullets To Hell", on January 15th, 2015 to support his friend, Tanner Beard. |
| 3 | Tom Welling said he had a lot of jobs growing up including bartending, waiting tables, and construction. |
| 4 | While Tom was living in Vancouver shooting Smallville, he had three dogs. : A "Mixed Akita" named Bear; A pug named Cook; and a Boston Terrier named Maui. |
| 5 | Tom Welling's favorite designer is Tom Ford. Tom got married in a tuxedo designed by Ford for YSL. |
| 6 | Tom Welling did a whole press tour promoting his film "Draft Day" all across United States heading to Miami in Florida, Dallas in Texas, Denver in Colorado, as well as Los Angeles in California, and New York in New York City. |
| 7 | In 2002, Tom Welling had his honeymoon with his wife, Jamie, in Paris, France. |
| 8 | In baseball, Tom Welling played a short stop and pitcher. |
| 9 | When Tom was a kid he was a striker in soccer, but by the time he finished high school, he was a goal keeper. |
| 10 | He is the only actor to appear in all 217 episodes of Smallville (2001). |
| 11 | Moved from Vancouver, British Columbia, to Los Angeles in March 2011. |
| 12 | He is very good friends with his "Smallville" co-stars Allison Mack, Michael Rosenbaum and John Schneider. |
| 13 | Tom is good friends with Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki of the show Supernatural (2005), and has worked with both, separately. One of his visits to their sets ended up in an unofficial appearance of his on their show when they played a joke on the crew by having Tom get out of a car when Jared was supposed to. |
| 14 | His favorite show is Seinfeld (1989). |
| 15 | He has played the role of Clark Kent longer than any other actor. |
| 16 | Appeared in Angela Via's first music video, "Picture Perfect," as her love interest. It took place in a video game arcade and ended with them in a photo booth about to kiss. |
| 17 | Was on Stephenie Meyer's wish list to play Emmett Cullen before casting even began for the movie Twilight (2008). |
| 18 | His parents are both of German descent. His great-grandfather, Bernard Heinrich Welling, was born c. 1852 in Lingen, Germany, to Johann Heinrich Welling and Euphemia Maria Maier. On his father's side, Tom is the grandson of Louis H. Welling and Leora M. Poelker. On his mother's side, Tom is the grandson of Joseph W. Meitz. |
| 19 | Attended Salesianum School in Wilmington, Delaware, for his freshman year of high school. |
| 20 | Favorite movie: Mutiny on the Bounty (1935). |
| 21 | Favorite celebrities: Bob Saget, Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, Robert De Niro, Steve Martin and Jerry Seinfeld. |
| 22 | Can do a voice of Gollum (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)), and a pretty accurate Keanu Reeves impression. |
| 23 | Modeled alongside Ashton Kutcher. The two are good friends. |
| 24 | Played the role of Joseph/Josephine in "Some Like It Hot" in high school. |
| 25 | Older brother of actor Mark Welling. He also has two older sisters. |
| 26 | Father is a retired executive for General Motors and mother is a "home engineer." |
| 27 | Auditioned for the role of Tag Jones on Friends (1994). It eventually went to Eddie Cahill. |
| 28 | After seeing a woman being mugged, he ran over and fought off her attackers. The woman looked at him and said, "Wow, you really are Superman," after which he laughed. |
| 29 | Worked in construction after graduation until he became a model. |
| 30 | Received "fair" grades in high school and opted not to go to college. Instead, he chose to become a construction worker while continuing to live with his parents. |
| 31 | Played varsity soccer in high school. |
| 32 | Has a pug named Cook. |
| 33 | Turned down the role of the young Clark Kent twice before accepting it. |
| 34 | Named one of People Magazine's 'Breakthrough Stars of 2001'. |
| 35 | Like Christopher Reeve, was not a big Superman fan prior to being cast as Clark Kent, and in fact continues not to read Superman comics. |
| 36 | Graduated in 1995 from Okemos High School in Okemos, Michigan. |
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