Thom Christopher (October 5, 1940 – December 5, 2024) was an American actor.

Christopher attended Ithaca College and studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse.

[2] He was best known for his portrayal of villainous upstate Pennsylvania mob boss Carlo Hesser (1990–1992, 1996–1997, 2005, 2006, 2008) on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live[3][4] He also portrayed Hesser's meek twin Mortimer Bern (1992–1993, 1997) on One Life to Live as well.

[4] He is also known for playing Hawk, a half-man, half-bird warrior in the second season of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century in 1981,[5] Christopher also had roles on soap operas such as Loving and Guiding Light.

He created the role of Noel Douglas on the CBS soap opera The Edge of Night.