He was very good and had presence, but his first movie Platoon was probably his biggest and most prominent role, there should have been more!
sharePlatoon was not his first movie
Platoon was made in 1986 his first movie was The Sentinel in 1977
by the time he was in Platoon he had been in 12 movies
and i wouldn't call 99 credits something small time
Tom is actually very well known
He had a solid career. But having a lot of acting credits most certainly does NOT equal having a bigger (IE more successful) film career. I'm pretty sure the OP meant that he should have been a bigger "star" actor, with bigger roles, better films.
I guarantee you most people outside of film buffs have no idea who Tom is.
I still think he had a good career. He was also in Sniper, Hatfields and McCoys, Major League, etc. I am not saying he was as well known as George Clooney for example, but he did have a good career and is pretty well known. But I concur in that I wish he had bigger roles as I think he deserved them.
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I agree. Don't forget The Big Chill. Got an Emmy for H & M's. He was unrecognizable.
shareI always liked him, there are a few actors I feel should've been bigger than they were, he is one of them.
shareHe did have his share of major film roles from the late '80s into the mid-90s. It's not like he was one and done.
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