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Acting

Tom Atkins

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...
77/100

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

Rarely in their work

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

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Crime Thriller 3
Slasher Horror 2
1980s 2
Mystery 2
Practical Effects 2
Melancholy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

87

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

The Collected

as Arkin’s father

2020s

1 title

Polybius

as Sheriff Atkins

2010s

8 titles · average score 51

Trick

36

as Talbott

Creepshow

72

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

City on a Hill

76

TV show · as Joe Congemi

Encounter

43

as Professor Herbert Westlake

Judy's Dead

as Roy

Apocalypse Kiss

30

as Captain John Vogle

Drive Angry

47

as Cap

The Chief

as Art Rooney

2000s

8 titles · average score 56

My Bloody Valentine

55

as Burke

as Detective Abbott

Amazing Racer

56

as Captain Martin

The Jury

TV show · as Boyd Kingman

Turn of Faith

as Charlie Ryan

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

68

TV show · as Roy Monahan

Out of the Black

43

as Eugene Carter

Bruiser

60

as Det. McCleary

1990s

15 titles · average score 63

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

71

as Cmdr. Alex Diehl

The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits...

77

as Cmdr. Alex Diehl

Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story

63

as Henry Hart

Xena: Warrior Princess

71

TV show · as Atrius

Homicide: Life on the Street

89

TV show · as Grenville Rollins

Walker, Texas Ranger

53

TV show · as Wade

Striking Distance

41

as Uncle Fred

Sworn to Vengeance

48

as Ed Barry

Bob Roberts

72

as Dr. Caleb Mneck

Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann

57

as Jamieson

Kojak: Flowers For Matty

62

as Lt. Ian Conner

Two Evil Eyes

59

as Det. Grogan

1980s

29 titles · average score 62

Dead Man Out

55

as Berger

Maniac Cop

52

as Frank McCrae

Lemon Sky

64

as Douglas

Lethal Weapon

75

as Michael Hunsaker

A Stranger Waits

as Sheriff Collier

Night of the Creeps

68

as Det. Ray Cameron

Murder Me, Murder You

70

as Jack Vance

Halloween III: Season of the Witch

50

as Daniel Challis

St. Elsewhere

77

TV show · as Bob Lonnicker

T. J. Hooker

42

TV show · as Phil Parker / Tommy D'Amico

The Fog

66

as Nick Castle

Power

TV show · as Buck Buchanan

1970s

20 titles · average score 63

A Death in Canaan

60

as Lt. Bragdon

Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo

36

as Buddy

Lou Grant

73

TV show · as Frank Dunning / Jim Bronsky

Serpico

67

TV show · as Tom Sullivan

Quincy, M.E.

74

TV show · as John Todd / Gene Butler

Baretta

44

TV show · as Vic

Miles To Go Before I Sleep

as O'Dell

The Rockford Files

82

TV show · as Thomas Diehl / Alex Diel

Rhoda

65

TV show · as Vic Rhodes

Harry O

64

TV show · as Sgt. Frank Cole

M*A*S*H

78

TV show · as Major Weems

The Rookies

46

TV show · as Brad Gifford

1960s

4 titles · average score 56

Hawaii Five-O

48

TV show · as Koko Apaleka

One Life to Live

47

TV show · as Pike Buchanan

The Detective

62

as Harmon

The Doctors

67

TV show · as Dylan Levein

1950s

1 title

Look up and Live

TV show · as Doctor