James Tolkan

James Tolkan

Fiery, forceful and intimidating character actor James Tolkan has carved out a nice little niche for himself in both movies and television alike as a formidable portrayer of fierce and flinty hard-boiled tough guy types. James Stewart Tolkan was born on June 20, 1931 in Calumet, Michigan. His father, Ralph M. Tolkan, was a cattle dealer. James attended the University of Iowa, Coe College and Eastern Arizona College. After serving a year-long stint in the United States Navy, Tolkan went to New York and studied acting with both Lee Strasberg and Stella Adler at the Actors Studio. Short and bald, with beady, intense eyes, a wiry, compact, muscular build, a gruff, jarring, high-decibel voice, and an aggressive, confrontational, blunt-as-a-battle-ax, rough-around-the-edges demeanor, Tolkan has been often cast as rugged, cynical no-nonsense cops, mean, domineering authority figures, and various ruthless and dangerous criminals. Tolkan first began acting in movies in the late 1960s and was highly effective in two pictures for Sidney Lumet: He was a rabidly homophobic police lieutenant in the superbly gritty Serpico (1973) and a sneaky district attorney in the equally excellent Prince of the City (1981). Best known as the obnoxiously overzealous high school principal Gerard Strickland in the Back to the Future films, Tolkan's other most memorable roles include Napolean in Woody Allen's Love and Death (1975), a ramrod army officer in WarGames (1983), mayor Robert Culp's mordant, wisecracking assistant in Turk 182 (1985), the hard-nosed Stinger in Top Gun (1986), the choleric Detective Lubric in Masters of the Universe (1987), meek mob accountant Numbers in Dick Tracy (1990), and Wesley Snipes' bullish superior in Boiling Point (1993).
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1931-06-20
Place of Birth: Calumet, Michigan, USA
Also Known As: James Tolkin, Jim Tolkan, James S. Tolkan, James B. Tolkan, James Stewart Tolkan, Джеймс Толкан

Movies List of James Tolkan

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Back to the Future

1985 Movie
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WarGames

1983 Movie
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Val

2021 Movie
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Top Gun

1986 Movie
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Family Business

1989 Movie
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Boiling Point

1993 Movie
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Opportunity Knocks

1990 Movie
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Iceman

1984 Movie
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Made in Heaven

1987 Movie
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Heavens Fall

2006 Movie
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Problem Child 2

1991 Movie
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Off Beat

1986 Movie
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7 Times Lucky

2004 Movie
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Little Spies

1986 Movie
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Split Decisions

1988 Movie
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True Blood

1989 Movie
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Phil Spector

2013 Movie
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Love and Death

1975 Movie
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They Might Be Giants

1971 Movie
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Hangfire

1991 Movie
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The Amityville Horror

1979 Movie
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Armed and Dangerous

1986 Movie
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Robo Warriors

1997 Movie
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Turk 182!

1985 Movie
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Second Sight

1989 Movie
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Weekend War

1988 Movie
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Serpico

1973 Movie
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Driving Me Crazy

1991 Movie
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Prince of the City

1981 Movie
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Viper

1988 Movie
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The River

1984 Movie
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Bone Tomahawk

2015 Movie
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Underworld

1996 Movie
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Hanky Panky

1982 Movie
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Dick Tracy

1990 Movie
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Back in Time

2015 Movie
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Ministry of Vengeance

1989 Movie
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Flanagan

1985 Movie
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The Three Sisters

1966 Movie
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Tales from the Future

2010 Movie
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Wolfen

1981 Movie
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Question of Faith

1988 Movie
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Author! Author!

1982 Movie
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Sketch Artist

1992 Movie
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Stiletto

1969 Movie
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Sunset Beat

1990 Movie
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Wings

1983 Movie