He is the son of former Yukon premier Anthony David John Penikett
(Tony). A graduate of the Victoria Motion picture school, Tahmoh also
studied at the Lyric School of Acting in Vancouver. Tahmoh and his
family (his father, and his twin sisters Sarah and Stephanie) make
their home in Vancouver, British Columbia.
His father, John, is of British descent and his mother, Lulla, is an aboriginal Canadian from the White River First Nation in the Yukon.
His name is pronounced TAH-moe pen-ih-KET.
His character Helo in the Battlestar Galactica miniseries was not
supposed to return for the regular run of the show. Audience response
to Helo was so strong the producers created an entire subplot for the
character in the second series, set on the destroyed homeworld of
Caprica.
Has been connected to the DC universe in 3 different roles. Played Vince Davis in S03 E15 Resurrection and Wes Keenan in S06 E19 Nemesis. Then he appeared in Man of Steel 2013 movie as Jed Eubanks.