FAMILY

TOM JOURDEN (DAD)


TOM JOURDEN is originally a "southern boy" from Louisville (Loo-a-vul), Kentucky. He was an avid tennis player throughout his youth and was ranked consistently at the top of his age group in Kentucky and as high as 35th in the USA. His parents were happy that all those tennis lessons paid off when Tom graduated high school at 16 and put himself through college by being a tennis pro in the summers.

After graduating with a Bachelors of Business Degree in Finance, he worked over the next seven years with two different Fortune 500 companies and rose to the level of District Sales Manager over North Carolina and Georgia. After secretly studying acting at night while wearing a suit to work every day, Tom escaped the corporate rat race to become an actor.

He moved from Atlanta to Los Angeles in 1990 and has been fortunate enough to make his living as an actor ever since.

Tom met his wife Claudia in the spring of 1994 while working together on a shoot (he swears he had never tried to pick up a fellow actor on a set before or after) and they married April 19, 1997. They had their beautiful baby daughter Lexi on Dec. 30, 2000 and Daddy Tom was proud of her impeccable timing in giving him a tax deduction that year.

CLAUDIA GOLD (MOM)


Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Claudia received her BFA from Indiana University. After graduation, she moved to New York City where she began her acting and voiceover career. She was also the on camera spokesperson for both Ethan Allen and Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals for over three years.

Upon moving to Los Angeles, Claudia was cast as a voiceover artist on the Fox hit comedy "King of the Hill" in which she is currently enjoying her 10th season. She lives with two other professional actors–her husband Tom Jourden and their 6 year-old daughter Lexi. Visitors should be willing to run lines.

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