Tom Phelan

Biography

After years spent acting with a local theater company, Tom Phelan’s affinity for the craft was obvious to his mother, who informed him of an audition for ABC Family’s popular show The Fosters. He landed the part of Cole, whose foster-kid hardships were amplified by the struggle of being a transgender teen. In the fall of 2015, Tom returned to his stage roots for his first Off-Broadway play, Hir.