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Tom Wopat
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Tom Wopat (born September 9, 1951 in Lodi, Wisconsin) is an American actor.
He first achieved fame as Luke Duke in The Dukes of Hazzard. He also played Jeff, one of Cybill Shepherd's ex-husbands in the TV show Cybill.
In 2005, Wopat appeared in the Broadway revival of David Mamet's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Glengarry Glen Ross as the browbeaten customer, James Lingk (played in the film by Jonathan Pryce).
He is now embarking on a music career. Musically he switches between rock and roll and country music styles though his last two albums have been on the standard variety. The latter one, Dissertation on the State of Bliss, comprising of a collection of Harold Arlen tunes.
Wopat recently starred in a 2006 production of The Music Man, in the role of Harold Hill.
Wopat was nominated for a Tony Award in 1999 for his role in the revival of Annie Get Your Gun, opposite Bernadette Peters, Susan Lucci and Reba McEntire, who played Annie (in consecutive order).
- The only film project to date that Tom Wopat and John Schneider, have teamed up that does not include "The Dukes of Hazzard" is Christmas Comes to Willow Creek (1987)
- Tom Wopat had a guest role as a childhood friend of Jonathan Kent on the TV series Smallville. This was a nod to The Dukes of Hazzard, as Jonathan Kent is played by John Schneider who played Bo Duke. During the episode, Tom and John wore plaid shirts similar to the ones they wore in The Dukes of Hazzard; also, Wopat drove a Dodge Charger, and at one point entered the vehicle by jumping through the window.
- WOPAT is also the name of a student lecture series in the University of Chicago's department of Astronomy and Astrophysics.