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James Tolkan is a Hollywood actor known for his role in the ‘Back to the Future’ franchise films that became super hits in the mid-1980s. He served in the US Navy for a year before he began acting. He is famous for his portrayal of tough characters, including dangerous criminals, mean bosses, strict cops, and mobsters.
Sep 22, 2012 · Tolkan was cast in the lead and he hasn’t looked back. Though best known for his work in “Top Gun” and the “Back to the Future” trilogy, I knew him best for his theatre work. In 1984 Mr. Tolkan originated the role of quick-tempered real estate salesman Dave Moss in the Pulitzer Prize winning drama “Glengarry Glen Ross,” a role I ...
An immediately recognizable if not always identifiable character actor for over a half-century, James Tolkan provided volume and venom as hot-wired authority figures in such popular films as...
July 3rd, 1985 - a day that a little time travel movie produced by Steven Spielberg and directed by Robert Zemeckis called Back to the Future was released to...
Mar 9, 2010 · Average: 5 (1 vote) CHICAGO – Whenever we hear the term “Slacker,” it does harken back to a certain movie called “Back to the Future.” And the actor that interpreted that famous invective is none...
Overview. Filmography. Other Appearances. Share on. facebook. twitter. Biography by AllMovie. Upon leaving the Midwest where he was born, raised, and educated (University of Iowa), James Tolkan headed for New York, where he studied acting with Stella Adler.
Mar 24, 2021 · Veteran actor of stage, screen and TV and former US Navy sailor James Tolkan has spent a career playing the hard man. He is known to audiences around the world for his performances in Back to the Future , Top Gun and Problem Child 2, and many more films and TV shows for playing his no-nonsense style of characters, who seem to come from an ...
