Background
Tom Dugan grew up in Winfield Township, New Jersey and studied theater at Montclair State University.
Tom Dugan grew up in Winfield Township, New Jersey and studied theater at Montclair State University.
Montclair State University.
An Los Angeles Times Critics" Pick for 2010, Tom Dugan wrote and starred in one-man historical plays Robert East. Lee - Shades of Gray and Wiesenthal, and wrote and directed Frederick Douglass - In the Shadow of Slavery and The Ghosts of Mary Lincoln. Dugan often plays in the area of one-person shows, as he currently has 5 shows in production simultaneously. His regional theatre work includes leading roles in The Manitoba Who Came to Dinner, Misery, Amadeus and The Voice of the Prairie.
He has also starred in national tours of Oscar to Oscar and On Golden Pond with Jack Klugman, along with national tours of his own plays including Robert East. Lee –Shades of Gray and Wiesenthal.
Accolades for Dugan include three nominations for the 2011 Los Angeles Ovation Awards, for his work in Wiesenthal, and the 2003 Inland Theater League Best Actor Award. In films, he appeared as Chamberlain from the Horror action film Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996), the Surgeon from The Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold (2006) film and the Orange Country Manitoba in Pro-Choice (2006).
He also appeared as an arms dealer in (1999), and an operator in The Puppet Masters (1994).
Dugan is a member of the Colony Theatre in Los Angeles, California, Theater 40 in Beverly Hills, California, Theatrical Arts International, Screen Actors Guild/American Federation TV and Radio Artists, and Actors Equity.
