Meet the Howell New Jersey Native Making Waves in TV Dramas

If you think you know every celebrity from New Jersey, there may be one that has slipped under your radar.

The New Jersey Celebrity You May Not Know Is From New Jersey

We can all make a long list of celebrities from New Jersey. From Jack Nicholson to Queen Latifah, and from Ray Liotta to Meryl Streep, we think we know them all.

But there is one celebrity from New Jersey that might have slipped below your radar. He's a great actor, and we're going to give you some clues to see if you can guess who it is.

I first saw his amazing work in a great show called Banshee. He played a great character named Kurt Bunker.

This New Jersey Star Had A Role In Banshee

If you check out the show, you'll see that he joins midway through its four-season run and does an amazing job.

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If that didn't get you to the answer, here's another clue that may help. He also had a role in one of Jason Bateman's biggest hits, Ozark.

In that show, he portrayed Ben Davis, who didn't appear until season 3. In real life, this actor is from Howell, NJ. Have you figured it out yet?

Tom Pelphrey Is The Mystery New Jersey Celebrity

If not, we'll let you off the hook. We're talking about the multi-talented Tom Pelphrey. He's from Howell, a graduate of Howell High School, and has a degree in acting from Rutgers University.

Congratulations to Tom Pelphrey on all his successes so far in his career, and we wish him nothing but the best in the future.