Tom Wilson is a Hollywood actor who brilliantly plays supporting roles. Having become popular in the 80s after the "Back to the Future" trilogy, to this day he tries himself in a wide variety of creative roles.
Tom Wilson is an incredibly gifted actor. One gets the feeling that he succeeds in everything - working in the cinema as an actor, writing books, painting, dubbing films, releasing podcasts, and performing in stand-up shows. He easily takes on any sphere of creative expression and copes brilliantly with it. In the movie, Wilson was assigned the role of a supporting actor, but, as you know, the world cinema artist knows a lot of such artists who become the highlight of the picture. For two decades, Thomas has accumulated more than 50 vivid works in film, television and comedy shows. Of course, the actor is actively involved in other events (for example, entertainment shows, sharing the stage and screen with other celebrities, including Johnny Carson, Jay Leno, David Letterman, Katie Lee Gifford).
However, Wilson’s work does not end there: he is also known as a writer in several literary magazines, as well as an author of articles for Universal Studios, Disney, Fox, Film Roman Studios. It is amazing how with such a busy work, Thomas also has enough time for a hobby - painting and photography. His paintings adorn the homes of famous actors, and photographs are part of the California Museum of Photography's permanent collection.
Biography of Tom Wilson
Thomas Francis Wilson was born in 1959 in Philadelphia, PA. He received his secondary education at the local Radnor High School. It was during this period that he became interested in dramatic art. However, this did not prevent the young man from entering the Arizona State University at the faculty of international politics. But the love of art still took its toll, so after graduating, Wilson went to the New York Academy of Dramatic Arts. It was in New York that he was first up on the big stage as a stand-up comedian.
Even then, Wilson realized: to make a serious career in the film industry, you need to go straight to the Dream Factory, so in the early 1980s he moved to Los Angeles. Almost immediately, he began filming large-scale TV shows, including Knight Rider and The Facts of Life.
Tom Wilson is not one of those stars whose name is constantly appearing in the yellow press thanks to numerous novels. Wilson is a monogamous and exemplary family man. In 1985, he married his beloved girl Caroline, with whom she is married to this day. The couple has three daughters and a son. 1985 was a fateful year for Wilson, not only thanks to a happy marriage. It was then that he got his first big role in the movie.
Movie career
It was the sensational painting Back to the Future, where he brilliantly embodied the image of the tomboy and villain Biff Tannen. Ironically, Thomas himself in childhood was often subjected to ridicule and even bullying by his peers, so he successfully used his personal experience in working on the role.
After the legendary science fiction comedy by Robert Zemeckis, filming suggestions rained down Tomasuodno after another. In the eighties, these were:
- April Fool's Day;
- “Let's Save Harry” (Let's Get Harry);
- “Smart Alex” (Smart Alex);
- "Action Jackson" (Action Jackson).
These paintings were not particularly popular and, in fact, were a kind of warm-up before the continuation of the sensational franchise: in 1989 and 1990, Wilson starred in parts 2 and 3 of "Back to the Future." By the way, he played not only Biff Tannen in them, but also his grandson Grif Tannen and great-grandfather of Baford Tannen. In the last work, the actor received the Saturn Award for the best supporting role.
Despite such a resounding success, the next decade turned out to be very calm for Wilson in terms of film career development. In the 90s, he starred in several small films, and also worked on voice acting in films. In particular, he gave his voice to Tony Zucco in "Batman", Matt Vlyustone in the series "Gargoyles".
However, it was during this period that Wilson began to make notable success on television. He starred in the most popular American TV shows of those years - Sabrina, The Teenage Witch, Andersonville, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Duckman, Aaahh! Real Monsters, Fired Up, Pinky and the Brain, Men in White, Zoomate, Maggie, Angry Beavers, and Hughleys. This gave Wilson invaluable audience experience and tremendous improvisation skills.
