Thomas Sadoski Is All Rugged Good Looks and Country Cool

'Life in Pieces’  Thomas Sadoski is enjoying the sweet simplicity of life at peace

- Kate Betts

IT’S A PICTURE-PERFECT SUMMER DAY IN COLD SPRING, New York, and a handsome young man in suspenders is doing what anyone would do when presented with a such a day, a clear lake and a handful of smooth rocks: He’s skipping stones. And he’s really good at it.

Thanks to those suspenders and the beautiful simplicity of the moment, this image could have easily come from 100 years ago. Instead, the stone skipper is modern-day heartthrob and Life in Pieces star Thomas Sadoski. His confidence and easygoing nature are palpable in both his manner and the casual grace with which he makes the stone dance across the water.

Born in Connecticut but raised in College Station, Texas, Sadoski isn’t afraid of much when it comes to life in the country. And in a profession where a vicious tweet, a beloved show’s cancellation or supposedly not wearing it best in a “Who Wore It Best?” public shaming can derail many actors, Sadoski’s sense of fearlessness serves him well.

“As an actor I’ve spent the last 15 years figuring out where the next paycheck is coming from,” he says. “And in some ways I’m very accustomed to that. It’s part of what you sign up for as an actor. Rejection is the first and most likely occurrence in this business. It’s like baseball; if you’re succeeding one in three times you’re a Hall of Famer.”

Take the analogy one step further and you could argue this professionally trained theater actor and star of both small and big screen has been batting a thousand, playing the irascible producer Don Keefer in Aaron Sorkin’s The Newsroom, starring opposite Reese Witherspoon in the film adaptation of Cheryl Strayed’s best-selling memoir Wild, and as the lover of alcoholic and drug-addicted housewife Sarah Silverman in I Smile Back.