Todoroff, Tom 1957–

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TODOROFF, Tom 1957–

PERSONAL

Full name, Thomas Craig Todoroff; born May 17, 1957, in Buffalo, NY. Education: Attended Beloit College and Juilliard School; studied acting with Alan Schneider, Edith Skinner, Mary McDonnell, Harold Guskin, Michael Shurtleff, Cicely Berry, and Stella Adler, and at the American Center for the Alexander Technique; studied singing with Keith Davis; studied voice with Kristin Linklater, Robert Neff Williams, and Deena Kaye; also studied at the American Film Institute and the Kripalu Center. Avocational Interests: Surfing, cycling, the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and drumming.

Addresses:

Office—c/o Tom Todoroff Studio, The Hollywood Film Institute, 1223 Olympic Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90404. Manager—Binder & Associates, 1465 Lindacrest Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

Career:

Actor, producer, director, dialect coach, and acting coach. Tom Todoroff Studio, Santa Monica, CA, acting teacher; Malibu Actors Studio, Malibu, CA, founder and artistic director; American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco, CA, voice and speech director and actor, 1988–89; artistic director of Jimmy Buffett's worldwide concert tours, 1988–94, and albums, 1989–94.

Member:

Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, Actors Equity Association, Producers Guild, Creative Coalition, Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

The running man, Leap of Faith, Paramount, 1992.

Second conductor, Ethan Frome, Miramax, 1993.

Hall of Fame announcer, Cobb, Warner Bros., 1994.

Second guy at bar, Tin Cup, Warner Bros., 1996.

Mr. Hollywood, Turbulence, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 1997.

Steve, No Vacancy, 1999.

Croupier, Play It to the Bone (also known as Play It), Buena Vista, 1999.

The man, Happy Holidaze from the Jonzes (short film), 2001.

Police dispatcher, Dark Blue, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 2002.

Internal Affairs detective Zino, Hollywood Homicide, Columbia, 2003.

Tom, the vegan S&M artist, Easy, Magic Lamp, 2003.

El padrino (also known as El padrino—Mexican Godfather), Laguna Productions, 2004.

Film Dialect Coach:

(Uncredited) The Honorary Consul (also known as Beyond the Limit), Paramount, 1983.

Leap of Faith, Paramount, 1992.

Ethan Frome, Miramax, 1993.

The Beans of Egypt, Maine (also known as Forbidden Choices), IRS Media, 1994.

Pooh's Great Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin (animated; also known as Winnie the Pooh's Most Grand Adventure), Buena Vista Home Video, 1997.

Return to Never Land (animated), Buena Vista, 2002.

(For Brendan Gleeson) Dark Blue, United Artists, 2002.

Film Acting Coach:

(Uncredited) The Honorary Consul (also known as Beyond the Limit), Paramount, 1983.

(Uncredited; for Rene Russo) Ransom, Buena Vista, 1996.

(Uncredited; for Lolita Davidovich) Jungle 2 Jungle (also known as Un indien a New York), Buena Vista, 1997.

(Uncredited; for Robert Wagner) Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (also known as Austin Powers—Das Schaerfste, was Ihre Majestaet zu bieten hat), New Line Cinema, 1997.

(Uncredited; for Robert Wagner) Austin Powers in Goldmember (also known as Austin Powers: Goldmember), New Line Cinema, 2002.

Film Work:

Associate producer, Cobb, Warner Bros., 1994.

(Uncredited) Vocal coach: Carmen Twillie, The Lion King (animated), Buena Vista, 1994.

Producer, No Vacancy, 1999.

Vocal coach: Robert Wagner, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (also known as Austin Powers 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me), New Line Cinema, 1999.

Director and producer, RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare, 2002.

Casting consultant, Dark Blue, United Artists, 2002.

Also worked as casting consultant, Hollywood Homicide; casting consultant, Play It to the Bone; casting consultant, Tin Cup; director, DELGO: A Hero's Journey.

Television Appearances; Series:

Doug O'Hara, All My Children, ABC, 1986–87.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Mr. Kenneth, a hairdresser (part II), A Woman Named Jackie, NBC, 1991.

Tuslow, Heaven & Hell: North & South, Book III (also known as John Jakes' "Heaven & Hell: North & South, Book III" and North and South III), ABC, 1994.

Television Appearances; Movies:

(Uncredited) Registrar, Monday After the Miracle, CBS, 1998.

The Swiss doctor and Nestor, Noriega: God's Favorite, Showtime, 2000.

The concierge, Second Honeymoon, CBS, 2001.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Shamus/robber, "When Irish Eyes are Killing," Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, ABC, 1995.

Darod, "Resistance," Star Trek: Voyager, UPN, 1995.

Pastor Thompson, "Life Before Death," Touched by an Angel, CBS, 2000.

Blaine MacAllister, "Hard Choices," Arli$$, HBO, 2001.

The anger management consultant, "Profiles in Agenting," Arli$$, HBO, 2002.

Television Work; Miniseries:

(Uncredited) Acting coach and dialect coach, A Woman Named Jackie, NBC, 1991.

(Uncredited) Acting coach and dialect coach, Heaven & Hell: North & South, Book III (also known as John Jakes' "Heaven & Hell: North & South, Book III" and North and South), ABC, 1994.

Television Executive Producer; Movies:

Borrowed Hearts (also known as Borrowed Hearts: A Holiday Romance), CBS, 1997.

Monday After the Miracle, CBS, 1998.

A Test of Love, 1999.

A Secret Life (also known as Breach of Trust), 2000.

Second Honeymoon, CBS, 2001.

Sons of Mistletoe (also known as Un Noel pas comme les autres), CBS, 2001.

The Survivors Club, CBS, 2004.

Television Work; Movies:

(Uncredited) Acting coach: Lolita Davidovich, Harvest of Fire, CBS, 1996.

Coproducer, Noriega: God's Favorite, Showtime, 2000.

Television Work; Episodic:

Worked as dialect coach: Joel Grey, "The Last Immigrant," Brooklyn Bridge, CBS; vocal coach: Bai Ling, "The Spirit of Liberty Moon," Touched by an Angel, CBS.

Stage Appearances:

Appeared in Oi! For England, Yale Cabaret Theatre; Savages, Baltimore Center Stage, Baltimore, MD;Godspell, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Stage Work:

Dialect coach, Seven Guitars, Walter Kerr Theatre, New York City, 1996.

Also worked as director for Lolita Davidovich and Nell Carter, The Vagina Monologues, Westside Arts Theatre, New York City; dialect coach, The Sum of Us, Cherry Lane Theatre, New York City, and Williamstown Theatre Festival; voice, text, and acting coach, Macbeth, York Theatre, New York City; speech and acting coach, Oi! For England, Yale Cabaret Theatre; dialect coach, Savages, Baltimore Center Stage, Baltimore, MD; dialect coach, Billy Bishop Goes to War, Pennsylvania Stage Company; dialect coach, The Foreigner, Spoleto Festival, USA at the Charles St. Theatre; director, Godspell, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland; resident acting, speech, and dialect coach, Peer Gynt, Citizen Tom Paine, Daniela Frank, Tale of the Wolf, and Henry IV, parts I and II, all Williamstown Theatre Festival; director, Spring Awakening, Williamstown Theatre Festival.