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Acting

Tom Atkins

Titles: 60movies35TV shows

Career: Active from 1975 to 2020, busiest in 1982 and 1987 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles: 14
top three billing

Average score: 58/100

Highest rated: The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits...
76/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 54 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Tom Atkins Catalog average

Crime
6.1average 3.7
Mystery
5.6average 4.1
Scare
4.0average 2.6
Contemporary Realism
6.7average 5.4
Violence
5.6average 4.2
Tension
7.2average 6.0
Nostalgia
4.9average 3.7
Uncanny
3.4average 2.5

Rarely in their work

Coming of Age
1.5, average 3.0
Wonder
2.0, average 3.4
Wholesome
2.0, average 3.3
Historical
1.3, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Drama 17
TV Movie 16
Thriller 12
Crime 12
Horror 9
Action 6
Mystery 6
Science Fiction 4

Recurring tags

Crime Thriller 3
Dark Satire 2
Body Horror Elements 2
Melancholy 2
1980s 2
Mystery 2
Slasher Horror 2
Practical Effects 2
Sci-Fi Horror 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

87

Group by

Newest first Oldest first

Upcoming

1 title

The Collected

as Arkin’s father

2020s

1 title

Polybius

as Sheriff Atkins

2010s

8 titles · average score 50

Trick

as Talbott

Creepshow

TV show · as Frank (segment "Something Burrowed, Something Blue")

City on a Hill

TV show · as Joe Congemi

Encounter

as Professor Herbert Westlake

Judy's Dead

as Roy

Apocalypse Kiss

as Captain John Vogle

Drive Angry

as Cap

The Chief

as Art Rooney

2000s

8 titles · average score 56

My Bloody Valentine

as Burke

as Detective Abbott

Amazing Racer

as Captain Martin

The Jury

TV show · as Boyd Kingman

Turn of Faith

as Charlie Ryan

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

TV show · as Roy Monahan

Out of the Black

as Eugene Carter

Bruiser

as Det. McCleary

1990s

15 titles · average score 64

The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads

as Cmdr. Alex Diehl

The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits...

as Cmdr. Alex Diehl

Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story

as Henry Hart

Xena: Warrior Princess

TV show · as Atrius

Homicide: Life on the Street

TV show · as Grenville Rollins

Walker, Texas Ranger

TV show · as Wade

Striking Distance

as Uncle Fred

Sworn to Vengeance

as Ed Barry

Bob Roberts

as Dr. Caleb Mneck

Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann

as Jamieson

Kojak: Flowers For Matty

as Lt. Ian Conner

Two Evil Eyes

as Det. Grogan

All 15 titles from the 1990s

1980s

29 titles · average score 62

Dead Man Out

as Berger

The Heist

as Det. Leland

Maniac Cop

as Frank McCrae

Lemon Sky

as Douglas

Lethal Weapon

as Michael Hunsaker

A Stranger Waits

as Sheriff Collier

Night of the Creeps

as Det. Ray Cameron

The Equalizer

TV show · as Detective Frank Standish / Demonstrator

Murder Me, Murder You

as Jack Vance

Halloween III: Season of the Witch

as Daniel Challis

St. Elsewhere

TV show · as Bob Lonnicker

The Fog

as Nick Castle

All 29 titles from the 1980s

1970s

20 titles · average score 63

A Death in Canaan

as Lt. Bragdon

Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo

as Buddy

Lou Grant

TV show · as Dr Sorensen / Jim Bronsky

Serpico

TV show · as Tom Sullivan

Quincy, M.E.

TV show · as John Todd / Gene Butler

Baretta

TV show · as Vic

Miles To Go Before I Sleep

as O'Dell

The Rockford Files

TV show · as Thomas Diehl / Alex Diel

Rhoda

TV show · as Vic Rhodes

Harry O

TV show · as Sgt. Frank Cole

M*A*S*H

TV show · as Major Weems

The Rookies

TV show · as Brad Gifford

All 20 titles from the 1970s

1960s

4 titles · average score 56

Hawaii Five-O

TV show · as Koko Apaleka

One Life to Live

TV show · as Pike Buchanan

The Detective

as Harmon

The Doctors

TV show · as Dylan Levein

1950s

1 title

Look up and Live

TV show · as Doctor