Ten fun facts about Tom Hulce

Fact 1
Thomas Edward "Tom" Hulce was born on December 6, 1953 in Detroit, Michigan.

Fact 2
He is popularly known for his Oscar-nominated role, playing Mozart in the film Amadeus and as Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

Fact 3
Apart from the Oscar nomination, Tom Hulce has won many acting awards included 4 Golden Globe nominations, 1 Emmy Award and 1 Tony Award nomination.

Fact 4
Tom Hulce retired from his acting career in the mid 1990s to work on his stage directing and production work and has won a Tony Award as a lead producer of the Broadway musical, Spring Awakening.

Fact 5
Even though he initially wanted to be a singer, he changed to acting after his voice altered during his teenage years.

Fact 6
Tom Hulce made his theater debut in 1975 in Equus on Broadway.

Fact 7
During the 1970s and early 1980s, he took mostly only theatre roles.

Fact 8
Hulce did 2 major projects: the 6 hour, 2 evening stage version of John Irving's The Cider House Rules and a festival of Alan Bennett's plays called Talking Heads, which got him 6 Obie Awards, 1 Drama Desk Award, 1 special Outer Critics Circle Award and 1 New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play.

Fact 9
He is also a main producer of the stage adaptation of American Idiot, the Green Day album.

Fact 10
Tom Hulce also produced A Home at the End of the World, the 2004 movie that is based on Michael Cunningham's novel.

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