Tom Hulce Biography
Born: December 06, 1953
American stage actor Tom Hulce made his film debut in September_30,_1955 (1977) -- the title referred to the day James_Dean died -- and attained his first starring role as Larry Kroger in National_Lampoon's_Animal_House (1978). The sincerity of his portrayal was somewhat lost in the enthusiasm over co-star John_Belushi, but Hulce was impressive enough to be cast in Those_Lips,_Those_Eyes (1980), a heartfelt tribute to summer theater actors. Four years later, Hulce was selected over several possible candidates to play Mozart in Amadeus (1984), earning an Oscar nomination for his virtuoso portrayal of the outrageous, immature musical genius. Again, however, the honors went to a co-star, in this case F._Murray_Abraham, who won an Oscar for his performance as Mozart's vindictive nemesis Salieri. Few of Hulce's subsequent roles took as full advantage of his gifts as did Amadeus, though the actor had some good moments as a family "black sheep" in Ron_Howard's Parenthood (1989) and a sleazy, ambulance-chasing lawyer in Peter_Weir's Fearless (1993). Hulce has also occasionally shown up on television, notably in Murder in Mississippi, a 1990 TV movie about three martyred civil rights workers. Hal Erickson, Rovi
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