Meet Joel Oulette, the Actor Behind Carrie's Tommy Ross
Mike Flanagan's eight-episode adaptation of Carrie is now streaming on Prime Video, with Joel Oulette playing Tommy Ross. Oulette's previous credits include Monkey Beach, Trickster, Avatar: The Last Airbender, and The Amazing Race Canada. In this version, Tommy is a steady influence for Sue Snell and acts like a protective older brother toward Carrie.
Joel Oulette's early screen work included an uncredited part in 2018's Alpha. He later portrayed Jimmy in Loretta Todd's feature debut Monkey Beach, led the supernatural thriller Trickster as Jared, and appeared in Tribal, Two Sentence Horror Stories, Abducted, and Ruby and the Well. In 2022 he was cast as Hahn in Netflix's live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender, then competed on The Amazing Race Canada's ninth season. He also voiced Thunder in Splinter Cell: Deathwatch.
In Flanagan's eight-episode Carrie, Tommy serves as a stabilizing figure for Sue and a brotherly protector for Carrie. This mirrors his role in King's novel, though adaptations vary. Oulette said he and Summer H. Howell explored a friendship-based dynamic, with Tommy watching out for Carrie. All episodes stream on Prime Video.
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