"To quote my favorite cookie, 'You never know what's around the next corner.'"

Achievements: USA Amateur Champion
Bay Area Regional Dance Champion (Latin)
Mississippi State Dance Championship Finalist

Style: Latin

Nationality: American

Based in: San Francisco

Celebrity Partner: Amy Rose

T.W. was born and raised in a small farming community in Mississippi. Never known for taking a huge risk, he spent most of his early years just like anybody else in the same situation. Going to school most of the day, and helping at home in the evening. Being in the lime light of Hollywood was never foremost on his mind until he became part of the choir at his church.

Upon discovering he not only liked the singing, but also the attention granted him as part of the production. He then made up his mind to find a way to the silver screen. He'd just have to figure out how to get there first; so he took a job at the local grocery store. There he bagged groceries and stocked shelves for minimum wage. He saved the bulk of his pay for a train ticket out of town, but he also found enough to fund the occasional weekend excursion into the closest city and watch a movie.

His plans were put on hold though, when his father became ill. Being the eldest of three brothers, T.W. had to take up the responsibilities of his father while he fought a long battle with chronic respiratory infections. It was almost ten years before he could leave for California without fear of leaving his family short handed. His problems didn't end in Hollywood though.

For another several years he made his way not in front of a film crew, but working at a Chinese restaurant called Wong Lee's near the docks. It was here and during this time he picked up a peculiar habit of taking the meaning of fortune cookie fortunes seriously, though he had always been a little superstitious.
When he did finally manage to get into the movies, it wasn't what he had expected it to be. During the first few years of his new career, he was restricted to bit parts and bad puns. Like most animals at the time, his name was never in lights and he was lucky to be in the credits at the end of the film. The meager pay from both his "acting" career and his job at Wong Lee's keep a roof over his head and bread on his table, but neither really gave him what he had come to find.
It wasn't until he happened to meet a certain tabby cat that he and a few of his friends managed to break into center stage. He was no longer an unknown in the entertainment world, and he could now truly pursue his dreams. T.W. starred in a number of movies including "Superman" and "Beetlejuice," but now prefers the stages of the San Francisco venue.