James Tolkan
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- 20 Haziran 1931 · Calumet, Michigan, USA
- 26 Mart 2026
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Fiery, forceful and intimidating character actor James Tolkan 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).
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Filmografi
- Val · Kendisi
- Kemik Balta · Pianist
- Back in Time · Kendisi
- Phil Spector · Judge Fidler
- Tales from the Future · Kendisi
- Looking Back to the Future · Kendisi, Teşekkür
- Leverage · Dean Chesny
- Heavens Fall · Thomas Knight, Sr.
- 7 Times Lucky · Dutch
- A Nero Wolfe Mystery · Special Agent In Charge Richard Wragg, Mr. Hackett
- Love in Ambush · Agent Price
- Robo Warriors · Quon
- Early Edition · Coach Philips
- The Pretender · FBI Special Agent Korkos
- Underworld · Dan 'Iceberg' Eagan
- Nowhere Man · Cyrus Quinn
- Sketch Artist II: Hands That See · Tonelli
- Beyond Betrayal · Joe Maloney
- Cobra · Dallas Cassel
- Boiling Point · Levitt
- Kanlı Yumruk 4:Ölümüne Mücadele · Agent Sterling
- Sketch Artist · Tonelli
- The Hat Squad · Mike Ragland
- Problem Çocuk 2 · Mr. Thron
- Driving Me Crazy · Vince
- Hangfire · Patch
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air · Dr. Oates
- Guns: A Day in the Death of America · Narrator
- Dick Tracy · Numbers
- Geleceğe Dönüş III · Marshal Strickland
- Sunset Beat · Ray Parker
- Şans Kapıyı Çalınca · Sal
- Aile Bağları · Judge
- Geleceğe Dönüş II · Strickland
- Second Sight · Coolidge
- Ministry of Vengeance · Colonel Freeman
- Tales from the Crypt · Sgt. McClaine ("segment "The Trap")
- Kanlı Geçiş · Det. Joseph Hanley
- Tepedeki Sapık · Lt. Ed Henderson
- Question of Faith · Doctor Siegel
- Boksör · Benny Pistone
- Weekend War · Dr. Alex Thompson
- The Wonder Years · Coach Silva
- Viper · William Tansey
- Made in Heaven · Mr. Bjornstead
- He-Man Dünyalar Hâkimi · Lubic
- Little Spies · Kennel Master
- Silahlı ve Tehlikeli · Lou Brackman
- Top Gun · Stinger
- Off Beat · Harry
- Mary · Lester Mintz
- Flanagan · Turner
- The Equalizer · Ruger
- Geleceğe Dönüş · Mr. Strickland
- Türk 182 · Hanley
- The River · Howard Simpson
- Miami Vice · Mason Mather
- Iceman · Maynard
- Savaş Oyunları · Wigan
- Wings · Billy
- Remington Steele · Norman Keyes
- Author! Author! · Lt. Glass
- Hanky Panky · Conferee
- American Playhouse · Billy
- Prince of the City · George Polito
- Kurtlar · Baldy
- Hill Street Blues
- Kuşku · Coroner
- Independence · Tom Paine
- Aşk ve Ölüm · Napoleon
- Serpiko · Steiger
- The Werewolf of Washington · Dark Glasses
- Eddie Coyle'un Arkadaşları · The Man's Contact Man
- They Might Be Giants · Mr. Brown
- Stiletto · Edwards
- The Three Sisters
- Naked City · Evan Humbolt, Mail Clerk
- The Wonderful World of Disney · The Kennel Master