Craig Lee Thomas

Height: 189 cm

Craig will be recurring as Elvis Yeager in Season 3 of 'Jane the Virgin' alongside Gina Rodriguez, Justin Baldoni and Yael Grobglas, Mondays at 9/8C on The CW beginning February 20th.Craig g ...Show More

Craig will be recurring as Elvis Yeager in Season 3 of 'Jane the Virgin' alongside Gina Rodriguez, Justin Baldoni and Yael Grobglas, Mondays at 9/8C on The CW beginning February 20th.Craig grew up in a small town outside of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where he studied at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. During summers of college, he was a company member at the Tony award-winning Utah Shakespearean Festival, appearing in 8 productions over 3 seasons (and was also the Festival's youngest Fight Captain at age 20). Craig remained in New York City for a year after college, appearing in numerous off-off-Broadway world premieres, including David Ian Lee's 'Sleeper' and Colin McKenna's 'Parking Lot, Lonely Heart', which scored him a rave review in the New York Times.After moving to Los Angeles in 2009, Craig co-founded the sketch comedy group Pursued By Bear with fellow NYU alumni Lisa J Dooley and Kelly Landry. Their videos have over 100,000 views online on websites like Cracked.com, Jest.com, and Funny or Die, and have also been featured in nearly a dozen film festivals since 2012, including the Chicago Comedy Film Festival, Dam Short Fest, Atlanta Shorts Fest, and Quirk Fest LA.Craig has been seen as the Newspaper Man in the 2012 Budweiser Super Bowl Ad "Return of the King" directed by Jake Scott, CBS's 'The Young and the Restless' and 'How I Met Your Mother', where he played the role of Turk Grimsby opposite series star Neil Patrick Harris. You can hear his voiceover work in recent radio spots for Philips 66 and Cricket WirelessCraig recently co-wrote and appeared in the short horror film 'Persephone', available on Hulu Plus as part of the Fun Size Horror Year One anthology. 'Persephone' was also named an Official Selection of the Mile High Horror Film Festival in Denver, Colorado. Look for Craig in the second season of 'Keith Broke His Leg', created by '30 Rock's Keith Powell, and the upcoming feature film 'All The Creatures Were Stirring', directed by Rebekah McKendry.For professional inquiries, please contact Amber Raitz at Coast to Coast Talent Group. Hide