Tommy Bayiokos

Tommy Bayiokos is an actor, model, drummer and percussionist whose long list of credits include being a band member for his late friend, Grammy-nominated songstress Laura Branigan. He was born Athanasios Bayiokos to Panagiotis and Eleftheria Bayiokos on May 22, 1965 in Brooklyn, NY. His father owned the popular Sugar Bowl restaurant across the street from Brooklyn College--City University of New York for decades, and his mother was a former "Miss Greek Independence" beauty queen. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1987 from Brooklyn College, where he was a member of the Brooklyn College Conservatory Jazz Ensemble and a stage actor in BC's Walt Whitman Theatre. He also trained for eight years at the famed Drummers Collective School of Music in Manhattan, New York Acting School for Film & Television, SAG Conservatory and in later years with renowned acting coach Wynn Handman. His many music credits include playing drums for the prestigious Miss America pageant from 1998 to