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He played the role of Billy Abbott on the CBS soap opera, The Young and the Restless, from June 1999 to August 2002. Tom received two Daytime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Younger Actor in 2000 and 2001, winning in the former year.
- David Tom Originated The Role of Adult Billy Abbott
- Here’s Why Tom Was Let Go from The Show
- What Has Tom Been Up to Since His Departure?
In 1999, David Tom stepped into the first adult role of Billy Abbott on The Young and the Restless. Until then, the role had been filled by child actors. In 2000, Tom won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series. Tom’s place as Billy would begin a chaotic journey for the character Around 2002, Tom departed to take on All...
With Tom claiming the first adult version of Billy Abbott, some wonder why the network re-cast him at all when there weren’t contract issues at play, or the enticement of other projects. The second time around, Tom said it caught him off-guard. “I think I was definitely well-liked there. As far as I knew, nobody knew about this. Not even the cast,”...
Tom took part in only a handful of projects since leaving The Young and the Restless in 2014. Some of those include NCIS: New Orleans and NCIS. In the most recent project (2019), D-Day: Battle of Omaha Beach, Tom plays Staff Sgt. Kuhn. The war film is described on IMDbas: “When an elite group of American soldiers are ordered to take out a series of...
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The character was originated in 1999 by David Tom until 2002 when the role was recast with Ryan Brown stepping in from 2002-2003. Scott Seymour briefly played Billy in 2006. The character was then played by Billy Miller who took over in 2008 and departed in 2014.
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After moving to Los Angeles and appearing in several reoccurring television shows, David soon landed the role of Whitey in the hit film Pleasantville (1998). He then booked the role of Billy in The Young and the Restless (1973), where he...
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May 4, 2022 · David Tom was the first grown Billy on the soap opera from 1999 to 2003. He also returned for a brief stint in 2014 and has two acting siblings, Heather and Nicholle Tom.
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Nov 19, 2013 · At The Young and the Restless, one Daytime Emmy-winning Billy is out, and another Daytime Emmy-winning Billy is in. David Tom, who originated the role of grown Billy Abbott on the...
Sep 20, 2023 · When Billy Abbott was aged, David Tom, brother of The Bold and the Beautiful star Heather Tom, stepped into the role in 1999. David left Y&R in 2002, and the character was written off...