# Tom Atkins

Tom Atkins (Pittsburgh, Pensilvania, 13 de noviembre de 1935) es un actor estadounidense de cine y televisión que inició su carrera a comienzos de la década de 1960.

## Biografía

Atkis logró reconocimiento internacional especialmente por sus numerosas participaciones en películas de terror, habiendo trabajado con directores y escritores como John Carpenter, Stephen King, Shane Black, Fred Dekker y George A. Romero. Participó en dos películas de John Carpenter: The Fog (1980) y Escape from New York (1981), y en Creepshow (1982), dirigida por George A. Romero con guion de Stephen King. Otros de sus créditos en cine incluyen a Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982), Lethal Weapon (1987) y Drive Angry 3D (2011).

## Filmografía
### Cine

| Año | Título | Papel | Director (a) | Notas |
| 1968 | The Detective | Harmon | Gordon Douglas | |
| 1970 | Where's Poppa? | Agente de policía | Carl Reiner | |
| 1970 | The Owl and the Pussycat | Joven en el auto | Herbert Ross | No acreditado |
| 1976 | Special Delivery | Agente de policía | Paul Wendkos | |
| 1977 | Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo | Buddy | Stuart Hagmann | Telefilme |
| 1980 | The Fog | Nick Castle | John Carpenter | |
| 1980 | The Ninth Configuration | Sargento Krebs | William Peter Blatty | |
| 1981 | Escape from New York | Capitán Rehme | John Carpenter | |
| 1982 | Creepshow | Stan | George A. Romero | |
| 1982 | Halloween III: Season of the Witch | Dr. Dan Challis | Tommy Lee Wallace | |
| 1985 | The New Kids | 'Mac' MacWilliams | Sean S. Cunningham | |
| 1986 | Night of the Creeps | Ray Cameron | Fred Dekker | |
| 1987 | Lethal Weapon | Michael Hunsaker | Richard Donner | |
| 1988 | Lemon Sky | Douglas | Jan Egleson | |
| 1988 | Maniac Cop | Detective Frank McCrae | William Lustig | |
| 1990 | Two Evil Eyes | Detective Grogan | George A. Romero, Dario Argento | |
| 1992 | Bob Roberts | Dr. Caleb Menck | Tim Robbins | |
| 1993 | Striking Distance | Fred Hardy | Rowdy Herrington | |
| 2000 | Bruiser | Detective McCleary | George A. Romero | |
| 2001 | Out of the Black | Eugene Carter | Karl Kozak | |
| 2002 | Turn of Faith | Charlie Ryan | Charles Jarrott | |
| 2009 | My Bloody Valentine 3D | Jim Burke | Patrick Lussier | |
| 2009 | Shannon's Rainbow | Capitán Martin | Frank E. Johnson | |
| 2009 | Trapped | Detective Abbott | Ron Hankison, Gavin Rapp | |
| 2010 | The Chief | Art Rooney | Steve Parys | |
| 2011 | Drive Angry | Capitán | Patrick Lussier | |
| 2011 | Arriving at Night | Phil Redman | Andrew Ford | Cortometraje |
| 2013 | Fantasm | Él mismo | Kyle Kuchta | Documental |
| 2014 | Apocalypse Kiss | John Vogle | Christian Grillo | |
| 2014 | Judy's Dead | Roy | Dave Rodkey | |
| 2015 | Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini | Él mismo | Jason Baker | Documental |
| 2018 | Encounter | Profesor Westlake | Paul Salamoff | |
| 2019 | Trick | Talbott | Patrick Lussier | |
| 2020 | Polybius | Alguacil Atkins | Jimmy Kelly | Cortometraje |
| 2021 | The Collected | Clu | Marcus Dunstan | |

### Televisión

* 1963 The Doctors
* 1964 Look Up and Live
* 1974 Get Christie Love!
* 1974 Rhoda
* 1974 Harry O
* 1975 Miles to Go Before I Sleep
* 1975 The Rookies
* 1975 Hawaii Five-O
* 1976 Visions
* 1976-1977 Serpico
* 1974-1977 The Rockford Files
* 1977 Baretta
* 1977 Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo
* 1978 A Death in Canaan
* 1980 Skag
* 1980 Power
* 1981 Sherlock Holmes
* 1979-1981 Lou Grant
* 1982 M*A*S*H
* 1982 Desperate Lives
* 1982 Quincy, M.E.
* 1982 Skeezer
* 1983 St. Elsewhere
* 1983 Murder Me, Murder You
* 1984 T.J. Hooker
* 1985 The Fall Guy
* 1986 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
* 1986 Justicia ciega
* 1986 Stingray
* 1986 Spenser: For Hire
* 1987 A Stranger Waits
* 1986-1987 The Equalizer
* 1988 Lemon Sky
* 1989 Dead Man Out
* 1989 The Heist
* 1990 Against the Law
* 1991 Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann
* 1992 What She Doesn't Know
* 1993 Sworn to Vengeance
* 1993 Walker, Texas Ranger
* 1994 Fortune Hunter
* 1996 The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits
* 1996 Xena: Warrior Princess
* 1996 Dying to be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story
* 1998 Homicide: Life on the Street
* 1999 The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds ... It Leads
* 2003 Oz
* 2003 Law & Order: Criminal Intent
* 2004 The Jury
* 2016 Horror's Hallowed Grounds
* 2019 The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs