Thomas F. Duffy
Biography
Thomas F. Duffy is an American actor who was raised in Woodbridge, New Jersey, and studied acting at Ohio University, where he earned a BFA after starting out in pre-law. He reached Hollywood in 1980 and soon co-starred as Dave Christian, an Olympic hockey player, in the miniseries Miracle on Ice, then made his feature debut as Charles Bronson's nemesis in Death Wish II (1982). Other films include State of Grace (1990), The Waterdance (1992), which won a Sundance audience award and an Independent Spirit best picture prize, Wolf (1994), The River Wild (1994) and Poodle Springs (1998). He played Dr. Robert Burke in The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), the football-loving father Sam Moxon in Varsity Blues (1999), and appeared in Rubber (2010). On television he guest starred on The Twilight Zone and MacGyver and took a recurring role on the comedy The Middle.
71years old
Turns 72 on November 9in 364 days
- Born Newark
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
- Also credited as Thomas Francis Duffy
Movie Career
- Films
- 12
- Career span
- 28 years1982 to 2010
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Getting ready for a role
Duffy prepared to play paleontologist Dr. Robert Burke in The Lost World: Jurassic Park by studying the real paleontologist Dr. Robert Bakker, on whom the character was based, and joining Bakker on a dig in Wyoming.
Early training
Duffy began at Ohio University as a pre-law student, playing football and ice hockey there, before auditioning for an opera, getting cast, and graduating with a BFA in acting.
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Thomas F. Duffy shares two films with John C. Reilly, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
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Mike NicholsDirector, 1 film, 1994
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