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Tom Burlinson

Born February 14, 1956 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada15 films

Tom Burlinson (born 14 February 1956) is a Canadian-born Australian actor and singer His English parents had migrated to Canada after World War II. The family transferred to New Jersey in 1958, and Tom was the typical all-American youngster with the Little League baseball cap, striped T-shirt and turned-up jeans. In 1962 the family transferred to England with the father's job and young Tom went to school with a North American accent. In 1965, just before Tom turned 10, the family transferred again, this time to Australia. After six months his parents divorced and his mother and two younger sisters went back to England, leaving him with dad and his older sister. After graduating from NIDA in 1976, he appeared in several television shows before landing the title role in the big-budget movie, The Man from Snowy River (1982). Since then he has always put in fine performances, deviding his career between Australia and United States, on stage often performing his Frank Sinatra tribute show. He has been married to singer-dancer Mandy Carnie since 1996 and they have three children.

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The Man from Snowy River posterFirst watchThe Man from Snowy River19827.0as Jim CraigJim Craig has lived his first 18 years in the mountains of Australia on his father's farm. The death of his father forces him to go to the lowlands to earn enough money to get the farm…View film

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Filmography

15 films as actor
  1. 2026Dead HowlingThe Chairman
  2. 2011The CupDave Phillips
  3. 2003The Night We Called It a DayFrank Sinatra (singing voice)
  4. 1992LandslideHoward Matterson
  5. 1991Showdown at Williams CreekKootenai Brown
  6. 1988The Man From Snowy River IIJim Craig
  7. 1987The Time GuardianBallard (The Time Guardian)
  8. 1986WindriderStewart 'P.C.' Simpson
  9. 1986The Hunchback of Notre-DameQuasimodo (voice)
  10. 1986KidnappedAlan Breck (voice)
  11. 1986King Solomon's MinesSir Henry Curtis (voice)
  12. 198520,000 Leagues Under the SeaNed Land (voice)
  13. 1985Flesh + BloodSteven
  14. 1983Phar LapTommy Woodcock
  15. 1982The Man from Snowy RiverJim Craig