Tom Noonan (born April 12, 1951) is an American actor, director, and
screenwriter, perhaps best known for his roles as Francis Dollarhyde
in Manhunter (1986), Frankenstein's Monster in The Monster Squad
(1987), Cain in RoboCop 2 (1990), The Ripper in Last Action Hero
(1993), Sammy Barnathan in Synecdoche, New York (2008), Reverend
Nathaniel in Hell on Wheels (2011â€"2014), the Pallid Man in 12
Monkeys (2015â€"2018) and as the voice of everyone else in Anomalisa
(2015).Noonan is also a writer and film director, his debut feature
film What Happened Was (1994) won the Dramatic Grand Jury Prize and
Screenwriting Award at the Sundance Film Festival.Noonan was born in
Greenwich, Connecticut, the son of Rita (McGannon), a mathematics
teacher, and John Noonan, Sr., a jazz musician and doctor of dental
surgery. He had an older brother, John Ford Noonan, a playwright, and
two sisters, Barbara and Nancy.Noonan started working in theatre
(appearing in the original Off-Broadway production of Sam Shepard's
play Buried Child), but in the 1980s he began working in film. At 6
feet, 5 inches (196 cm), Noonan's imposing presence is probably
responsible for his tendency to be cast as menacing villains, as in
RoboCop 2, Last Action Hero, Manhunter, and The Pledge. His height was
used for comic effect in "The Moving Finger," the series finale of the
horror anthology Monsters (several episodes of which he also directed
and wrote).
screenwriter, perhaps best known for his roles as Francis Dollarhyde
in Manhunter (1986), Frankenstein's Monster in The Monster Squad
(1987), Cain in RoboCop 2 (1990), The Ripper in Last Action Hero
(1993), Sammy Barnathan in Synecdoche, New York (2008), Reverend
Nathaniel in Hell on Wheels (2011â€"2014), the Pallid Man in 12
Monkeys (2015â€"2018) and as the voice of everyone else in Anomalisa
(2015).Noonan is also a writer and film director, his debut feature
film What Happened Was (1994) won the Dramatic Grand Jury Prize and
Screenwriting Award at the Sundance Film Festival.Noonan was born in
Greenwich, Connecticut, the son of Rita (McGannon), a mathematics
teacher, and John Noonan, Sr., a jazz musician and doctor of dental
surgery. He had an older brother, John Ford Noonan, a playwright, and
two sisters, Barbara and Nancy.Noonan started working in theatre
(appearing in the original Off-Broadway production of Sam Shepard's
play Buried Child), but in the 1980s he began working in film. At 6
feet, 5 inches (196 cm), Noonan's imposing presence is probably
responsible for his tendency to be cast as menacing villains, as in
RoboCop 2, Last Action Hero, Manhunter, and The Pledge. His height was
used for comic effect in "The Moving Finger," the series finale of the
horror anthology Monsters (several episodes of which he also directed
and wrote).
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