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Tom Wopat
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American actor
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Tom Wopat, born Thomas Steven Wopat on 9 September 1951 in Lodi, Wisconsin, is an American actor, television actor, singer and comedian. He studied at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. His work as a performer began in 1980. As a singer his instrument is voice, his genre is country music, and he recorded for the EMI label. Wopat speaks and writes in English.
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Film & TV
Lodi, Wisconsin, USA
Thomas Steven “Tom” Wopat (born September 9, 1951, in Lodi, Wisconsin) is an American actor, singer, and performer whose career has spanned television, film, and the Broadway stage. He first rose to fame as Lucas K. “Luke” Duke on the hit action-comedy The Dukes of Hazzard, a role he played for seven seasons and that made him a familiar face in American pop culture. After Dukes, Wopat broadened…
Known for
- Our Crossroads — Larry Mitchell2024
- County Line: All In — Alden Rockwell2022
- Hollywood Signs — Self2022
- County Line: No Fear — Alden Rockwell2022
- New Money — John Breckner2018
- Fair Haven — Richard Grant2017
- Lost Cat Corona — Jimmy Pipes2017
- County Line — Alden Rockwell2017
- All in Time — Dentist2016
- Lovestruck: The Musical — Ryan Hutton2013
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1951
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 15,108
- Total plays
- 104,399
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Thomas Steven Wopat (born September 9, 1951) is an American actor and singer. He first achieved fame as Lucas K. "Luke" Duke on the long-running television action/comedy series The Dukes of Hazzard. Since then, Wopat has worked regularly, most often on the stage in musicals and in supporting television and movie roles. He was a semi-regular guest on the 1990s comedy series Cybill, and had a small role as U.S. Marshal Gil Tatum in Django Unchained (2012). <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Tom+Wo
Key facts
- Born
- Thomas Steven Wopat , ( 1951-09-09 ) September 9, 1951 (age 74) , Lodi, Wisconsin , U.S.
- Occupations
- Actor, singer
- Years active
- 1977–present
- Known for
- Lucas K. "Luke" Duke in The Dukes of Hazzard
- Spouse s
- Vickie Allen (divorced), Kirsten S. Larvick
- Genres
- Country
- Instrument
- Vocals
- Labels
- Columbia , EMI , Capitol , Epic
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Thomas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Lodi
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- country music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- EMI
- Image
- Tom Wopat by Gage Skidmore.jpg
Show 7 more facts
- date of birth
- 1951-09-09
- nominated for
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical
- name in native language
- Thomas Steven Wopat
- Commons category
- Tom Wopat
- birth name
- Thomas Steven Wopat
- start of work period
- 1980-00-00
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Thomas Steven Wopat (born September 9, 1951) is an American actor and singer. He first achieved fame as Lucas K. "Luke" Duke on the long-running television action/comedy series The Dukes of Hazzard. Since then, Wopat has worked regularly, most often on the stage in musicals and in supporting television and movie roles. He was a semi-regular recurring character on the 1990s comedy series Cybill, and he had a small role as U.S. Marshal Gil Tatum in Django Unchained (2012). Wopat also has a recurring role as Sheriff Jim Wilkins on the television series Longmire. Additionally, Wopat has recorded several albums of country songs and pop standards, scoring a series of moderately successful singles in the 1980s and 1990s.
Biography
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