
Tom Noonan
Department: Acting
Biography
Tom Noonan (April 12, 1951 – February 14, 2026) was an American actor, director, and screenwriter, 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), Kelso the hacker in Heat (1995), Sammy Barnathan in Synecdoche, New York (2008), Mr. Ulman in The House of the Devil (2009), Reverend Nathaniel in Hell on Wheels (2011–2014), the Pallid Man in 12 Monkeys (2015–2018) and as the voice of everyone else in Anomalisa (2015). Noonan is also a writer and director of theatre and film. His debut feature film What Happened Was (1994) won the Dramatic Grand Jury Prize and Screenwriting Award at the Sundance Film Festival. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Noonan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For

Heat
1995

The Astronaut's Wife
1999

The Man with One Red Shoe
1985

Heaven's Gate
1980

Synecdoche, New York
2008

RoboCop 2
1990

The Pledge
2001

Knockaround Guys
2001

Manhunter
1986

The House of the Devil
2009

Seraphim Falls
2007

The Roost
2005

The Monster Squad
1987

Phoenix
1998

Snow Angels
2007

Gloria
1980

Easy Money
1983

Tom Goes to the Bar
1985

What Happened Was...
1994

The Wife
1996

Collision Course
1989

The Photographer
2000

The 10 Million Dollar Getaway
1991

The Opportunists
2000

They're Made Out of Meat
2005

Ice Cream Ants
2006

Inside 'Manhunter'
2001

Late Phases
2014

F/X
1986

The Making of 'Heat'
2005

Hair High
2004

Mystery Train
1989

Stoney
2010

Wang Dang
1999

Last Action Hero
1993

Wonderstruck
2017

Corporate Wars: The Making of 'RoboCop 2'
2017

Eddie Macon's Run
1983

Uncovering Wolfen
2015

Bullet in the Brain
2001

A Constant Forge
2000

The Shape of Something Squashed
2014

Stephen King's Monster Stories
1988

Rage!
1980

Wolfen
1981

Eight Legged Freaks
2002

A Buck's Worth
2005

Willie & Phil
1980

The Alphabet Killer
2008

Monster Squad Forever!
2007

Anomalisa
2015

Best Defense
1984

None of Them Are You: Crafting Anomalisa
2016

Bone Daddy
1991

Madness and Genius
2003

Doris and Inez Speak the Truth
1984

Tales from the Darkside
1984

Hell on Wheels
2011

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000

Kidnapped
2006

Early Edition
1996

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999

Jonny Zero
2005

The X-Files
1993

Damages
2007

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001

The Jury
2004

The Blacklist
2013

North and South
1985

The Cape
2011

Horace and Pete
2016

Quarry
2016

The Leftovers
2014

12 Monkeys
2015

Monsters
1988

Bright Falls
2010

Louie
2010

The Beat
2000

Roadside Picnic
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Dimension 404
2017

The Equalizer
1985