- He now travels the country painting live for various charities. To date he has helped raise over $100,000.00 for non profit organizations through his inspiring art.
- In 1989, Thom left his popular role of Philip on the number one daytime serial "The Young and the Restless" to pursue big screen stardom, but a horrific tragedy occurred when his paranoid schizophrenic brother Troy killed their mother with a baseball bat. His brother is serving life in prison. His other brother Craig, in a deep depression, shot himself in 2000. It was then Thom decided to come out as a gay man and share his experiences with the world through his paintings and autobiography, "Forgiving Troy".
- Bierdz's self-published memoir "Forgiving Troy" has garnered nine awards thus far.
- Promoting his published autobiography "Forgiving Troy" about his paranoid schizophrenic brother Troy who killed their mother in 1989, and selling his many paintings. (February 2007)
- In 2009, Bierdz made history as the first openly gay actor to be hired in a contract role on a daytime soap opera.
- Thom's West Coast premiere hosted by Scarlett Johansson at the Soicher Marin Fine Art Gallery in Los Angeles. (November 2004)
- In 2005, he received the 2005 Best Emerging Artist Los Angeles award from Out Magazine.
- In 2006, he received the Key to the Light award from Debbie Reynolds at the 51st Annual Thalians Evenet in Los Angeles.
- In 2007, he received the Best Indie Autobiography award for his powerful and inspirational memoir "Forgiving Troy" from USA Book News.
- He claims that when he was on the The Young and the Restless (1973), he would receive thousands of fan letters from teenage girls.
- Created an official website and auditioned for "Big Brother 3" in hopes of getting his non-fiction book published. (June 2002)
- In 2004, he came back to The Young and the Restless (1973) as Philip for one episode in a dream sequence.
- Bierdz hosts The Online American Art Awards.
- He never took art classes prior to becoming an professional artist.
- He was named after his father Tom Bierdz, but he changed his name from Tom Jr. to Thom to distinguish himself.
- When he was an unknown actor, he once ran into star Tom Cruise and said to him, "You're Tom Cruise! People say we look alike." Cruise smiled politely and continued walking.
- His father Tom Bierdz wrote and published several books independently. Thom followed in his footsteps and wrote and self-published some books when major publishers told him that his books weren't commercial enough.
- He had one line in the hit movie St. Elmo's Fire (1985) which was cut, but he did receive a screen credit. He had a line in the blockbuster film Back to the Future (1985) that was also cut, but he didn't get screen credit.
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