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American actors: 1970s to 1990s

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Tom Bosley

Tom Bosley (1927-2010), American character actor, Tony winner for Fiorello!, best known as Howard Cunningham in all 255 episodes of Happy Days (1974-84), later Sheriff Amos Tupper in Murder, She Wrote and Father Dowling.

Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise (Thomas Cruise Mapother IV, born 1962, Syracuse, New York) is an American actor and producer, star of Top Gun, Jerry Maguire, and the Mission: Impossible franchise, with four Oscar nominations and a 2025 Academy Honorary Award.

Tom Everett Scott

Tom Everett Scott (born 1970, East Bridgewater, Massachusetts) is an American actor known for his debut as Guy Patterson in That Thing You Do! (1996) and TV roles in Southland, Z Nation, The Summer I Turned Pretty, and Elle.

Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks (born 1956, Concord, California) is an American actor and filmmaker, star of Splash, Big, Forrest Gump, Apollo 13, and the Toy Story franchise, and winner of back-to-back Best Actor Oscars for Philadelphia and Forrest Gump.

Tom Hulce

Tom Hulce (Thomas Edward Hulce), American actor and theater producer born 1953 in Whitewater, Wisconsin; Oscar-nominated as Mozart in Amadeus, Pinto in Animal House, voice of Quasimodo; Tony-winning producer of Spring Awakening.

Tom Irwin (actor)

Tom Irwin (born 1956, Peoria, Illinois) is an American actor and Steppenwolf Theatre ensemble member since 1979, known for Graham Chase in My So-Called Life, Adrian Powell in Devious Maids, and Fred Micklen in The Morning Show.

Tom Laughlin

Tom Laughlin (Thomas Robert Laughlin Jr.) was an American performer and filmmaker known for inventing and starring as Billy Jack in films from the late 1960s to the mid-1980s.

Tom McGowan

Tom McGowan (born 1959, Belmar, New Jersey) is an American character actor, Tony-nominated for La Bete on Broadway in 1991, Obie winner for The Food Chain, known as Kenny Daly on Frasier, and a recurring Wizard in Wicked.

Tom Pelphrey

Tom Pelphrey (Thomas J. Pelphrey, born 1982, Howell, New Jersey) is an American actor, Rutgers-trained, a two-time Daytime Emmy winner for Guiding Light, known for Ozark's Ben Davis, Banshee, Iron Fist, Outer Range, and HBO's Task, for which he won the 2026 Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.

Tom Poston

Tom Poston (Thomas Gordon Poston, 1921–2007), American comic actor and 1959 Emmy winner as Steve Allen's man-on-the-street amnesiac; played George Utley on Newhart and Bickley on Mork & Mindy; married Suzanne Pleshette in 2001; died April 30, 2007, in Los Angeles.

Tom Selleck

Tom Selleck, born 1945 in Detroit, is the American actor behind Magnum P.I. (1980-1988, Emmy 1984), who declined Indiana Jones, starred in Three Men and a Baby, the Jesse Stone films, Friends, and Blue Bloods, and wrote the 2024 memoir You Never Know.

Tom Sizemore

Tom Sizemore (1961-2023), American character actor of Heat, Saving Private Ryan, and Black Hawk Down, whose tough-guy career was derailed by addiction and domestic violence convictions; died of a brain aneurysm.

Tom Skerritt

Tom Skerritt (Thomas Roy Skerritt, born August 25, 1933) is an American actor known for M*A*S*H, Alien's Captain Dallas, Top Gun's Viper, and Emmy-winning Sheriff Jimmy Brock on Picket Fences.

Tom Villard

Tom Villard (born 1953, died 1994) was an American actor; Tom Villard played Jay Bostwick on We Got It Made and Toby in Popcorn, died of AIDS-related pneumonia.

Tom Wopat

Tom Wopat (born 1951, Lodi, Wisconsin) is an American actor and singer, Luke Duke on The Dukes of Hazzard (CBS, 1979-1985), a two-time Tony-nominated Broadway performer, and a jazz and country recording artist.

Tomas Arana

Tomas Arana (Thomas Clifford Arana), American character actor born 1955 in Auburn, California; trained at American Conservatory Theatre, worked at Lucio Amelio's Naples gallery and Falso Movimento theater; known for Quintus in Gladiator, The Bodyguard, The Hunt for Red October, The New Pope.

Tommy Lee Jones

Tommy Lee Jones (born 1946, San Saba, Texas) is an American actor; Al Gore's Harvard roommate, Emmy winner for The Executioner's Song, and Oscar winner for The Fugitive, also known for Men in Black and No Country for Old Men.

Tommy Lister Jr.

Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr. (1958–2020), also known as Zeus and Deebo, was an American actor and former wrestler, 6'5", 1982 NCAA Division II shot put champion, famous for Friday and No Holds Barred.

Tony Amendola

Tony Amendola, American character actor from New Haven, Connecticut; played Bra'tac on Stargate SG-1, Geppetto on Once Upon a Time, Kagame on Continuum; also films Lone Star, The Mask of Zorro, Blow, Annabelle, and voices Khadgar in World of Warcraft.

Tony Burton

Tony Burton (1937–2016), American character actor and former professional boxer from Flint, Michigan, best known as trainer Tony "Duke" Evers in the first six Rocky films; also Assault on Precinct 13, The Shining, Frank's Place.

Tony Danza

Tony Danza (born Anthony Salvatore Iadanza, 1951), American actor and former boxer; starred as Tony Banta on Taxi (1978-1983) and Tony Micelli on Who's the Boss? (1984-1992); later talk show host, Broadway performer, and Standards & Stories cabaret singer.

Tony Giorgio

Tony Giorgio (Joseph Anthony Giorgio, 1923-2012), Italian-American actor and magician, played Bruno Tattaglia in The Godfather (1972), Frank Palancio in Magnum Force, and was a Magic Castle close-up card magician.

Tony Lip

Tony Lip (Frank Anthony Vallelonga, 1930-2013), American character actor, Copacabana bouncer, Don Shirley's 1962 driver, Carmine Lupertazzi on The Sopranos, subject of Green Book.

Tony Lo Bianco

Tony Lo Bianco (Anthony Lo Bianco, 1936-2024), American actor from Brooklyn known for Sal Boca in The French Connection, Ray Fernandez in The Honeymoon Killers, Obie and Emmy winner, Tony nominee.

Tony Roberts (actor)

Tony Roberts (David Anthony Roberts, 1939-2025), American stage and screen actor, two-time Tony nominee, 24 Broadway shows, Woody Allen's best-friend foil in Play It Again, Sam and Annie Hall.

Tony Shalhoub

Tony Shalhoub (born 1953, Green Bay, Wisconsin) is a Lebanese-American actor and four-time Emmy winner, known for Adrian Monk on Monk, Antonio Scarpacci on Wings, and Abe Weissman on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.

Tony Sirico

Tony Sirico (Gennaro Anthony Sirico Jr., 1942–2022), American character actor who played Paulie "Walnuts" Gualtieri on The Sopranos; former stickup man arrested 28 times, Goodfellas and Woody Allen films.

Tony Todd

Tony Todd (1954–2024), American actor, Candyman title villain, William Bludworth in Final Destination, Kurn and adult Jake Sisko in Star Trek, Venom in Spider-Man 2; died November 6, 2024, aged 69.

Tori Spelling

Tori Spelling (Victoria Davey Spelling), American actress and reality TV personality, daughter of producer Aaron Spelling; played Donna Martin on Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990-2000), starred in Tori & Dean reality series, co-created BH90210, wrote sTORI Telling.

Tracey E. Bregman

Tracey E. Bregman (Tracy Bregman) is an American actress, born 1963 in Munich, Germany, known for Lauren Fenmore on The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful and for Donna Temple Craig on Days of Our Lives; 1985 Daytime Emmy winner.