KOPACHE, Thomas 1945–

(Tom Kopache)

PERSONAL

Born October 17, 1945, in Manchester, NH; son of Dorothy E. (maiden name, Sterling) Kopache. Education: San Diego State University, B.A., 1971; California Institute of the Arts, M.F.A., 1973; studied acting with Sam Schact.

Addresses:

Agent—Geddes Agency, 8430 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 200, West Hollywood, CA 90069.

Career:

Actor. Camera Obscura (touring company), Amsterdam, the Netherlands, founding member, 1973, and performer throughout Europe, 1973–76; Cleveland Playhouse, Cleveland, OH, guest artist, 1986–87. Teacher of acting classes at University of California, La Jolla, and San Diego City College. Military service: U.S. Navy, 1963–66; served in Vietnam; received Armed Forces Expedition Army Medal.

Member:

Actors' Equity Association, Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Warden, Hot Money (also known as Getting Centered, Going for Broke, The Great Madison County Robbery, Never Trust an Honest Thief, and Zen Business), Westfront Productions, 1979, 1983.

Police officer, Without a Trace, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1982.

Highway patrol officer, Strange Invaders, Orion, 1983.

(As Tom Kopache) Truck driver, Home Free All, Almi Classics, 1983.

Cory, Agent on Ice, 1985, Shapiro Entertainment, 1986.

Television station man, Loose Cannons, TriStar, 1990.

Dr. Parker, Liebestraum, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer/Pathe, 1991.

Geiger counter vendor, This Boy's Life, Warner Bros., 1993.

Mr. Wilson, Mr. Jones, TriStar, 1993.

Communications officer, Star Trek: Generations (also known as Star Trek 7), Paramount, 1994.

Mr. Simpson, Leaving Las Vegas, United Artists, 1995.

Thorn McIntyre, Ghosts of Mississippi (also known as Ghosts from the Past), Columbia, 1996.

Calhoun, Breakdown (also known as The Breakdown Mile), Paramount, 1997.

(As Tom Kopache) Captain Trent, Recoil, PM Entertainment Group, 1997.

Merv, One Night Stand, New Line Cinema, 1997.

Father Durning, Stigmata, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 1999.

Principal Evans, Catch Me If You Can, DreamWorks, 2002.

Student, Reality School (short film), Hypnotic Films, 2002.

Chief Neal, A Man Apart (also known as Extreme Rage), New Line Cinema, 2003.

Killian, Hard Scrambled, New Visions Fellowship, 2004.

Mr. Duke, Ten 'til Noon, 2005.

Frank Patton, 110%: When Blood, Sweat and Tears Are Not Enough, 2006.

Television Appearances; Series:

Bob Slattery, The West Wing, NBC, 2001–2004.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Mike O'Rourke, People Like Us, NBC, 1990.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Squad leader, The Red Spider, 1988.

Carl Fitzpatrick, A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story (also known as Till Murder Do Us Part), CBS, 1992.

Blood bank executive, And the Band Played On, HBO, 1993.

Dr. Mason, For Their Own Good, 1993.

Mason, Hart to Hart Returns, NBC, 1993.

Steve Dahlberg, A Case for Murder, USA Network, 1993.

(As Tom Kopache) Arlo Trask, Children of the Dark, 1994.

Ray Keyes, Breaking Through (also known as After the Silence and Breaking Free), ABC, 1996.

Arlo, All Lies End in Murder (also known as Behind Every Good Man), 1997.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Mr. Carter, Professor Willard, Constable Warren, and Farmer McCarty, "Our Town," Great Performances, PBS, 1989.

Janos, "Miss Rose White," Hallmark Hall of Fame, NBC, 1992.

Dr. Darrold Treffert, On Trial, NBC, 1994.

Jed, "Journey," Hallmark Hall of Fame, CBS, 1995.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Cab driver, Another World, NBC, 1983.

Carl, Guiding Light, CBS, 1985.

Grady, "On the Night He Was Betrayed," Spenser: For Hire, ABC, 1987.

Dr. Miles, "Spleen It to Me, Lucy," L.A. Law, NBC, 1991.

(As Tom Kopache) Sam Drucker, "Mushrooms," Law & Order, NBC, 1991.

Donald Bobeck, "Looking for Loans in All the Wrong Places," Roseanne, ABC, 1992.

Mirok, "The Next Phase," Star Trek: The Next Generation (also known as The Next Generation and Star Trek: TNG), syndicated, 1992.

Second reporter, "No Man Loyal and Neutral," Home-front, ABC, 1992.

Chief, "Dead–End for Delia," Fallen Angels (also known as Perfect Crimes), Showtime, 1993.

(As Tom Kopache) Hughes, "Friday the 13th," Sirens, ABC, 1993.

Sawyer, "Endangered Species," Bodies of Evidence, CBS, 1993.

Engineer, "Emergence," Star Trek: The Next Generation (also known as The Next Generation and Star Trek: TNG), syndicated, 1994.

Sal DalBazzo, "Dirty Deeds," The John Larroquette Show, NBC, 1994.

Tu'Pari, "The Parliament of Dreams," Babylon 5, syndicated, 1994.

"Family Values," Law & Order, NBC, 1994.

Dr. Leland O'Conner, "Chapter Three," Murder One, ABC, 1995.

Dr. Stevens, "And the Winner Is …," Melrose Place, Fox, 1995.

Dr. Stevens, "Melrose Impossible," Melrose Place, Fox, 1995.

General Thomas Callahan, "The Walk," The X–Files, Fox, 1995.

Leonard, "Nan's Ghost: Parts 1 & 2," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1995.

Viorsa, "The Thaw," Star Trek: Voyager (also known as Voyager), UPN, 1996.

Kaplinger, "The Last Five Pounds Are the Hardest," The Burning Zone, UPN, 1997.

Kira Taban, "Ties of Blood and Water," Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (also known as Deep Space Nine, DS9, and Star Trek: DS9), syndicated, 1997.

Terry Albright, "Citizen Canine," Total Security, ABC, 1997.

"Power Corrupts," Profiler, NBC, 1997.

Dr. Stanford Forsythe, "The Gettysburg Virus," 7 Days, UPN, 1998.

Kira Taban, "Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night," Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (also known as Deep Space Nine, DS9, and Star Trek: DS9), syndicated, 1998.

Mr. Schramm, "Body Count," The Practice, ABC, 1998.

Mr. Abbott, "See Dharma Run," Dharma & Greg, ABC, 1999.

Attorney, "The Getaway," Ally McBeal, Fox, 2001.

Denver, "Reprise," Angel, The WB, 2001.

Dr. Harold Manning, "Honor Code," The Practice, ABC, 2001.

Dr. Thompson, "Separation," Family Law, CBS, 2001.

Irwin Slater, "To Walk on Wings," JAG, CBS, 2001.

Mr. Purcell, "Hero," The Division, Lifetime, 2001.

Mr. Willoughby (some sources cite James Jasper), "You've Got Male," CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (also known as CSI), CBS, 2001.

Ellori, "Prophecy," Stargate SG–1, Sci–Fi Channel and syndicated, 2003.

Ike Gukor, "Babylon," Carnivale, HBO, 2003.

Judge Seymour, "Final Judgment," The Practice, ABC, 2003.

The alien, "Harbinger," Enterprise (also known as Star Trek: Enterprise), UPN, 2004.

Judge Dale Wallace, "Change of Course," Boston Legal, ABC, 2004.

Judge Dale Wallace, "A Greater Good," Boston Legal, ABC, 2004.

Creepy guy/God, "Jump," Joan of Arcadia, CBS, 2004.

Michael Wilkins, "Omissions," Strong Medicine, Lifetime, 2004.

Paul Danner, "American Dreamers," CSI: NY (also known as CSI: New York), CBS, 2004.

Vic Feldspar, "Living Will," Malcolm in the Middle, Fox, 2005.

Appeared as Judge Boyle, Ally McBeal, Fox; as Ralph Pistone, Michael Hayes, CBS; as Judge Letts, The Practice, ABC; as Lawrence Mason, Six Feet Under, HBO; and in Civil Wars, ABC.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Tos, Enterprise: Broken Bow (also known as Star Trek Enterprise: Broken Bow), UPN, 2001.

Stage Appearances:

Conrade, Much Ado about Nothing, San Diego Shakespeare Festival, San Diego, CA, 1970.

The emperor, The Architect and Emperor of Assyria, La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, New York City, 1976.

Macbeth, Macbeth, La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, 1977.

Butcher, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (also known as Arturo Ui), La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, 1978.

Prospero, The Tempest, La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, 1978.

Scipio, Caligula, La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, 1978.

Wagner, Faust, La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, 1978.

Morris, The Bloodknot, Syracuse Stage, Syracuse, NY, then Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, PA, both 1979.

Recruiting officer, Mother Courage, Center Stage, Baltimore, MD, 1980.

George, Hunting Scenes from Lower Bavaria, Manhattan Theatre Club, Stage 73, New York City, 1981.

Harry Roat, Wait Until Dark, Wye Mills Theatre, 1981.

Rover, Hurrah for the Bridge, La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, 1981.

First presser, The Workroom, Center Stage, 1982.

Ioga, The Extravagant Triumph…, INTAR Hispanic American Theatre, New York City, 1982.

Kevin Morrow, Friends Too Numerous to Mention, Jewish Repertory Theatre, New York City, 1982.

Macduff, Macbeth, Shakespeare and Company, 1982.

Pedro, The Senorita from Tacna, INTAR Hispanic American Theatre, 1982.

Bob Cratchit, A Christmas Carol, Indiana Repertory Company, 1983.

The dark man, The Woman, Center Stage, 1983.

Deeley, Old Times, Indiana Repertory Company, 1983.

Morris, The Bloodknot, New Stage, 1983.

Westmoreland, Henry IV, Parts I and II, Indiana Repertory Company, 1983.

Coach, Baseball Play, Ensemble Studio Theatre, New York City, 1984.

Jack, Plainsong, Ensemble Studio Theatre, 1984.

Waiter, doctor, Kovacs, and barber, The Danube, American Place Theatre, New York City, 1984.

Jimmy, Cayuses, Ensemble Studio Theatre, 1985.

Polixenes, The Winter's Tale, Lincoln Center, Symphony Space, New York City, 1985.

Dr. Bailey, Buford Bullough, and Griswold Plankman, Laughing Stock, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1987.

Smith, The Last Temptation of Joe Hill, INTAR Hispanic American Theatre, Stage 2, New York City, 1988.

Titus Lartius, Coriolanus, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, Anspacher Theatre, New York City, 1988.

Mr. Carter, Professor Willard, Constable Warren, and Farmer McCarty, Our Town, Lyceum Theatre, New York City, 1988–89.

Mr. Dubinsky, first man and understudy for Jabe Torrance, Orpheus Descending, Neil Simon Theatre, New York City, 1989.

Julian, "The Encanto File," The Encanto File and Other Short Plays, Women's Project and Productions, Judith Anderson Theatre, New York City, 1991.

Karl Streber, Temporary Help, Long Wharf Theatre, 1991.

Karl Streber, Temporary Help, A Contemporary Theatre, Seattle, WA, 1999.

(As Tom Kopache) Creon, Antigone, Circus Theatricals Studio Ensemble, Odyssey Theatre, Los Angeles, 2003.

(As Tom Kopache) Duke Senior, As You Like It, Circus Theatricals Studio Ensemble, Lex Theatre, Hollywood, CA, 2003.

Major Tours:

The emperor, The Architect and Emperor of Assyria, European cities, 1976.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Cult Times, February, 1998; February, 1999; January, 2002.

TV Zone, February, 1997, pp. 40–43; January, 2002, p. 11.