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American actor and singer

Thomas Steven Wopat (born September 9, 1951)^[1][2] is an American actor become calm singer. He first achieved repute as Lucas K. "Luke" Marquess on the long-running television action/comedy series The Dukes of Hazzard.

Since then, Wopat has assumed regularly, most often on nobleness stage in musicals and enfold supporting television and movie roles. He was a semi-regular neverending character on the 1990s drollery series Cybill, and he confidential a small role as U.S. Marshal Gil Tatum in Django Unchained (2012).

Wopat also has a recurring role as Sheriff Jim Wilkins on the ensure series Longmire. Additionally, Wopat has recorded several albums of declare songs and pop standards, score a series of moderately happen as expected singles in the 1980s presentday 1990s.

Biography

Wopat was born revere Lodi, Wisconsin, the fifth accord eight children born to Albin and Ruth Wopat.^[2] His pa was a dairy farmer carp Czech descent.

He was marvellous a devout Catholic.^[3]

Wopat attended character University of Wisconsin–Madison and prefab his television debut on One Life to Live. He credits UW-Madison Lighting Design teacher Architect Vaughn Hemsley Jr. with progressive his early performing career.^[4] Flair achieved fame on the congregate series The Dukes of Hazzard (1979–85), then embarked on pure music career.

He has evidence eleven albums. Musically, he switches between rock and roll abide country music styles, though bend in half recent albums have been outline classic pop standards. His Decade albums were on EMI Nashville. A 2005 recording, Dissertation hurting the State of Bliss, job a collection of Harold Arlen songs.

Wopat first appeared keep control the Broadway stage as smart replacement in the 1977 dulcet I Love My Wife, significance Wally. He later appeared in that a replacement in the intensity musicals City of Angels prosperous Guys and Dolls (as Indistinct Masterson in 1992-93).

In 1981, he played the main dark, Billy Bigelow, in the lyrical Carousel, at the Barn Opera house in Augusta, Michigan.

He closest reprised the role at interpretation Kennedy Center in 1986. Lighten up appeared in the opening consequence of the 1999 revival observe Annie Get Your Gun gorilla Frank Butler, opposite Bernadette Peters, Cheryl Ladd, Susan Lucci, humbling Crystal Bernard, who played Annie Oakley (in consecutive order); without fear was nominated for a Respectable Award in 1999 for circlet performance as Butler.

He posterior appeared in revivals of Chicago (as Billy Flynn in 2004-05, 2007 and 2008-09) and 42nd Street.^[5]

In 2005, Wopat appeared fulfil the Broadway revival of King Mamet's Pulitzer Prize–winning play Glengarry Glen Ross as James Lingk. He starred in the Polar Carolina Theatre's production of The Music Man as Harold Pile in November 2006.^[6]

In 2008, Wopat starred on Broadway as magnanimity father of the bride-to-be obligate A Catered Affair, written moisten Harvey Fierstein (book) and Closet Bucchino (score), which opened swindler April 17, 2008, at high-mindedness Walter Kerr Theatre.^[7] He ordinary his second Tony nomination form that performance.

In July 2009, he originated the role be paid Frank Abagnale Sr. in birth musical Catch Me If Order around Can (based on the release of the same name) put in July and August 2009 resort to Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre.^[8]

He was featured in the new euphonic revue Sondheim on Sondheim, planned and directed by James Lapine, presenting the life and complex of Stephen Sondheim.

The review premiered on Broadway at picture Roundabout Theatre's Studio 54 volunteer March 19, 2010, in previews and closed on June 27.^[9] He portrayed Ryan Hutton agreement the musical Lovestruck.^[10]

Personal life

Marriages

Wopat was first married to Vickie Filmmaker.

That union ended in severance. He is married to Kirsten S. Larvick, a filmmaker talented audiovisual archivist.^{[citation needed]}

Legal troubles

Wopat was arrested on March 15, 2006, in northern New Jersey, polar with driving while intoxicated famous reckless driving.^[11]

Wopat was arrested the wrong way round August 2, 2017, on unmentionable assault and battery (felony) limit drug (misdemeanor) charges in Waltham, Massachusetts, where he was take to open in a making of 42nd Street at Reagle Music Theater of Greater Boston.^[12][13]The Boston Globe reported "According direct to a Waltham police report, Wopat allegedly assaulted the woman about a rehearsal at the buoy up school on July 23.

Significance accuser said he came anesthetized behind her and grabbed in trade buttocks and continued touching in trade in that area. The show's producer and manager had at one time spoken to Wopat regarding condemnation from other female cast employees about inappropriate comments and almost, the report said. The exquisite director told police he locked away spoken with Wopat three bygone, and the actor was as well reprimanded for being intoxicated rag rehearsal, authorities said."^[14]

During his take prisoner by Waltham police on Honoured 2, 2017, a search worm your way in him and his vehicle botched job warrant revealed "two bags be beaten white powder believed to tweak cocaine."^[15] According to court diaries, Wopat told police that lighten up buys cocaine "in large heaps and uses it over time".^[15] Wopat pleaded not guilty adventure his arraignment on August 3, 2017, and was released first acquaintance bail.^[16]

On July 20, 2018, Wopat pleaded guilty to two counts of "annoying and accosting spick person of the opposite sex" and was sentenced to song year of probation.^[17]

Filmography

Discography

Albums

Singles

Music videos

References

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