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Tom Hulce

Actor

Tom Hulce

Born December 6, 1953 in Detroit, Michigan, USA24 films

Thomas Edward Hulce (born December 6, 1953) is an American actor and theater producer. He is best known for his portrayal of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the Academy Award-winning film Amadeus (1984), as well as the roles of Larry "Pinto" Kroger in Animal House (1978), Larry Buckman in Parenthood (1989), and Quasimodo in Disney's animated film The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996). Awards include an Emmy Award for The Heidi Chronicles, a Tony Award for Spring Awakening, an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for Amadeus, and four Golden Globe nominations.

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He retired from acting in the mid-1990s to focus on stage directing and producing. In 2007, he won the Tony Award for Best Musical as a lead producer of Spring Awakening.

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Amadeus posterFirst watchAmadeus19848.0as Wolfgang Amadeus MozartDisciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young Salzburger composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.View film

Essential films

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The Hunchback of Notre Dame poster7.1The Hunchback of Notre Dame1996Stranger Than Fiction poster7.3Stranger Than Fiction2006Jumper poster6.2Jumper2008Animal House poster6.9Animal House1978Once Upon a Studio poster8.3Once Upon a Studio2023Mary Shelley's Frankenstein poster6.4Mary Shelley's Frankenstein1994Parenthood poster6.7Parenthood1989Fearless poster6.9Fearless1993

Filmography

24 films as actor
  1. 2023Once Upon a StudioQuasimodo (voice)
  2. 2008JumperMr. Bowker
  3. 2006Stranger Than FictionDr. Cayly
  4. 2002The Hunchback of Notre Dame IIQuasimodo (voice)
  5. 1996The Hunchback of Notre DameQuasimodo (voice)
  6. 1995The Heidi ChroniclesPeter Patrone
  7. 1995Wings of CourageAntoine de Saint-Exupery
  8. 1994Mary Shelley's FrankensteinHenry Clerval
  9. 1993FearlessBrillstein
  10. 1992The Inner CircleIvan Sanshin
  11. 1990Murder in MississippiMickey Schwerner
  12. 1989Black RainbowGary Wallace
  13. 1989ParenthoodLarry Buckman
  14. 1988Shadow ManDavid Rubenstin
  15. 1988Dominick and EugeneDominick Luciano
  16. 1987Slam DanceC.C. Drood
  17. 1986John HenryQuinn
  18. 1986The Rise and Rise of Daniel RocketDaniel Rocket
  19. 1985Echo ParkJonathan
  20. 1984AmadeusWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  21. 1980Those Lips, Those EyesArtie Shoemaker
  22. 1978Animal HouseLarry 'Pinto' Kroger
  23. 1977September 30, 1955Hanley
  24. 1975Forget-Me-Not LaneYoung Frank