Released in cinemas almost forty years ago, Miloš Forman’s Amadeus is a true classic of the seventh art. And if this film, crowned with 8 Oscars, was such a success, it is largely thanks to the brilliant performance of Tom Hulse as Mozart. But what happened to the American actor after this film that made him famous in the world?
Before Miloš Forman played Mozart in front of the camera, a role that could have been played by one of the stars of the Star Wars saga, Tom Hulse had not done much for the movies. The one who started his acting career playing opposite Anthony Hopkins in a play Equus In fact, he only appeared in the September 30, 1955 drama and the John Landis comedy American College. So we imagined that his impersonation of Mozart would be the detonator of a career in the spotlight. However, this was not the case…
After Amadeus, one of those films that introduces you to Latin, Tom Hulse keeps a low profile. You have to wait Thriller Slam Dance in 1987, followed by the feature film Nikki and Gino, which earned him a Golden Globe nomination, made him heard again.
Tom Hulse’s career has been split between several appearances on stage and the big screen. These include Ron Howard’s Model Family Portrait, Peter Weir’s Second Estate, Kenneth Branagh’s Frankenstein and Guillaume, and Frenchman Jean-Jacques Anne’s Wings of Courage.
Tom Hulse is also notable in the dubbing world for voicing the character of Quasimodo for the Disney animated film The Hunchback of Notre-Dame. Having starred in the TV movie The Hyde Chronicles alongside Jamie Lee Curtis, she retired from acting in the mid-90s.
But while Tom Hulce may no longer appear on screen (except for a cameo in SF Jumper), he’s still working behind the scenes. Now, at the age of 69, he has become a well-known theater producer who directs, for example, plays. Spring AwakeningWinner of eight Tony Awards and Not too proudNamed eleven times. More surprisingly, we owe Tom Hulse’s stage adaptationAmerican idiot, an album by the punk band Green Day. Mozart is far away!
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