1. Thomas Steven Wopat was born on September 9,1951 and is an American actor and singer.
21 Facts About Tom Wopat
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Since then, Tom Wopat has worked regularly, most often on the stage in musicals and in supporting television and movie roles.
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Tom Wopat was a semi-regular recurring character on the 1990s comedy series Cybill, and he had a small role as US Marshal Gil Tatum in Django Unchained.
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Tom Wopat has a recurring role as Sheriff Jim Wilkins on the television series Longmire.
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Additionally, Tom Wopat has recorded several albums of country songs and pop standards, scoring a series of moderately successful singles in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Tom Wopat was born in Lodi, Wisconsin, the fifth of eight children born to Albin and Ruth Tom Wopat.
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Tom Wopat's father was a dairy farmer of Czech descent.
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Tom Wopat achieved fame on the television series The Dukes of Hazzard, then embarked on a music career.
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Tom Wopat first appeared on the Broadway stage as a replacement in the 1977 musical I Love My Wife, as Wally.
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Tom Wopat later appeared as a replacement in the stage musicals City of Angels and Guys and Dolls.
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Tom Wopat later reprised the role at the Kennedy Center in 1986.
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Tom Wopat appeared in the opening cast of the 1999 revival of Annie Get Your Gun as Frank Butler, opposite Bernadette Peters, Cheryl Ladd, Susan Lucci, and Crystal Bernard, who played Annie Oakley ; he was nominated for a Tony Award in 1999 for his performance as Butler.
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Tom Wopat later appeared in revivals of Chicago and 42nd Street.
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Tom Wopat starred in the North Carolina Theatre's production of The Music Man as Harold Hill in November 2006.
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In 2008, Tom Wopat starred on Broadway as the father of the bride-to-be in A Catered Affair, written by Harvey Fierstein and John Bucchino, which opened on April 17,2008, at the Walter Kerr Theatre.
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Tom Wopat received his second Tony nomination for that performance.
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Tom Wopat was featured in the new musical revue Sondheim on Sondheim, conceived and directed by James Lapine, presenting the life and works of Stephen Sondheim.
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Tom Wopat is married to Kirsten S Larvick, a filmmaker and audiovisual archivist.
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Tom Wopat was arrested on March 15,2006, in northern New Jersey, charged with driving while intoxicated and reckless driving.
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Tom Wopat was arrested on August 2,2017, on indecent assault and battery and drug charges in Waltham, Massachusetts, where he was about to open in a production of 42nd Street at Reagle Music Theater of Greater Boston.
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Tom Wopat pleaded not guilty at his arraignment on August 3,2017, and was released on bail.