Tom noonan actor biography example
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Offbeat character actor Tom Noonan, born in Connecticut on April 12, 1951, started off his career in various theater troupes that utilized his skills as a guitarist and composer. A graduate from Yale's acting school, he founded the Paradise Theatre in 1983, which was instrumental later in his growth as an artist.
Gravitating toward film and TV in the 80s, he began appearing regularly in edgy, unsympathetic roles, most notably as the "Tooth Fairy" serial killer in Manhunter (1986) which was the first feature length film to introduce the infamous Hannibal Lector character. Most of his other work at this time was solid but unrewarding, including such looming parts in Easy Money (1983), Best Defense (1984), The Monster Squad (1987) and RoboCop 2 (1990), so he began to take classes in writing and directing in order to extend himself.
In the mid-90s, bygd appearing in a number of mainstream parts, he was able to finance his own first play-turned-art house film project What
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Noonan, Tom 1951-
(Richmond Arrley, Ludovico Sorret)
PERSONAL: Born April 12, 1951, in Greenwich, CT; son of a dentist and jazz musician; married Karen Young (an actress), c. 1988 (divorced); children: Wanda, one son. Education: Attended Yale University.
ADDRESSES: Office—Paradise Theatre Company, Genre Pictures, 64 East 4th St., New York, NY 10003-8903. Agent—HWA Talent Representatives, 220 East 3rd St., Suite 400, New York, NY 10010.
CAREER: Actor, director, producer, music composer, film editor, and writer. Columbia University, New York, NY, faculty of graduate rulle department, 2001-02. Paradise Theatre, New York, NY, executive director and instructor in acting, writing, and directing.
Actor in stage productions, including Michael Weller's Split (off-Broadway production), 1977; (as Tilden) Sam Shephard's Buried Child, Theatre for a New City, Theatre De Lys (now Lucille Lortel Theatre), 1978-79, Circle Repertory Theatre, New York, NY, 1979; (as Sepp) F. X. Kr
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Biography
Tom Noonan (born April 12, 1951) is an American actor, director, and screenwriter. He is best known for his roles as Francis Dolarhyde in Manhunter (1986), Frankenstein's Monster in The Monster Squad (1987), Cain in RoboCop 2 (1990), The Ripper in Last Action Hero (1993), Sammy Barnathan in Synecdoche, New York (2008), Reverend Nathaniel in Hell on Wheels (2011–2014), the Pallid Man in 12 Monkeys (2015–2018) and as the voice of everyone but the two main characters in Anomalisa (2015).
Noonan is also a writer and director of theatre and film. His debut feature film What Happened Was (1994) won the Dramatic Grand Jury Prize and Screenwriting Award at the Sundance Film Festival.
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Tom Noonan (born April 12, 1951) is an American actor, director, and screenwriter. He is best known for his roles as Francis Dolarhyde in Manhunter (1986), Frankenstein's M