2004年，出演美剧《越狱》而红极一时。
代表作品：《新成长的烦恼 第一季》、《实习医生格蕾 第七季》、《人人都爱雷蒙德 第一季》。
1959年3月，汤姆·阿诺德出生在爱荷华的Eldon，他第一次演出喜剧是在1983年爱荷华州立大学的露天演唱会上，大学毕业的他做过酒吧招待、保安等工作，此后几年中他的喜剧生涯有起也有落。
Armed with an acid dry wit and a full arsenal of sarcasm and sass, African-American character comedienne Marla Gibbs showed up on 70s TV with a bang in middle age (44). Landing the feisty maid role on the popular ground-breaking CBS comedy, The Jeffersons (1975), eventually led to her very own sitcom, 227 (1985), a decade later and international celebrity. A divorced mother with three children (Angela Elayne Gibbs, Dorian, Joseph) at the time of her initial success, it was a job transfer from Detroit to Los Angeles, while working as a United Airlines reservation clerk, that set up this more-than-welcome surprise and change of destiny.
