Tom Welling Net Worth

Tom Welling's Quotes

• You know one of the things about going from modeling to acting is it's so much more fulfilling. With modeling, you get your picture taken, which is great, good for you, you know? But in acting, you're able to reach in and show a little bit more of yourself.
• [on having his own action figure]: I don't think one is ever prepared for something like that. But it's fun. I hope it's durable.
• To me, from the beginning, this show has always been about Clark before Superman. And for me, flying then brings you into the realm of Superman. I find it much more interesting to concentrate on the development of this character and show you what happened in his life to make him become this Superman that we all know him to be.
• [on Smallville (2001)'s "Homecoming" episode] It was a real exciting episode for us to shoot because it's a turning point, and I think from this episode on, the show is going to be very different from what it's been in the past. I also think we're finally going to get to what I believe the audience wanted the show to be.
• [on Smallville (2001)'s final season] It's a turning point. The episodes we're doing now are even better, I think, than what we've done in the past. From [here] on, the show is going to be very different from what it's been. We're finally going to be what the audience wanted the show to be.

Interesting Facts about Tom Welling

1. Graduated in 1995 from Okemos High School in Okemos, Michigan.
2. 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.
3. Named one of People Magazine's 'Breakthrough Stars of 2001'.
4. Turned down the role of the young Clark Kent twice before accepting it.
5. Has a pug named Cook.
6. Played varsity soccer in high school.
7. 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.
8. Worked in construction after graduation until he became a model.
9. 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.
10. Auditioned for the role of Tag Jones on Friends (1994). It eventually went to Eddie Cahill.
11. Father is a retired executive for General Motors and mother is a "home engineer."
12. Older brother of actor Mark Welling. He also has two older sisters.
13. Played the role of Joseph/Josephine in "Some Like It Hot" in high school.
14. Modeled alongside Ashton Kutcher. The two are good friends.
15. Can do a voice of Gollum (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)), and a pretty accurate Keanu Reeves impression.
16. Favorite celebrities: Bob Saget, Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, Robert De Niro, Steve Martin and Jerry Seinfeld.
17. Favorite movie: Mutiny on the Bounty (1935).
18. Attended Salesianum School in Wilmington, Delaware, for his freshman year of high school.
19. His father is of German descent. His mother is of German descent on her own father's side, and of Irish, and some English, Scottish, and Swiss-German, ancestry on her own mother's side. Tom's 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 and Geraldine A. Byington.
20. Was on Stephenie Meyer's wish list to play Emmett Cullen before casting even began for the movie Twilight (2008).