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Tom Leslie Neilson is a fictional character on the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street. Part of the original cast Tom was portrayed by Adrian Keeling from the shows first episode up until May the following year when the character starred in a high profile storyline where Tom went missing. He returned later in the year to finish the storyline off.The character debuted as the patriarch of the original family unit on the show the Neilsons.