---
name: "Tom Finnegan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tom-finnegan"
fi1m_id: "tom-finnegan"
imdb_id: "nm0278223"
tmdb_id: 154713
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T23:42:38.021256+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Tom Finnegan

## Identity

Tom Finnegan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tom-finnegan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tom-finnegan
- **IMDb ID:** nm0278223
- **TMDB ID:** 154713
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0278223/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/154713

Actor. Born in Framingham, Massachusetts, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Active:** 1984–1990
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 83 (1), 1990s 72 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 70 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Science Fiction 2, Thriller 2, Action 1, Comedy 1, Fantasy 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $564m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0278223/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/154713

## Biography

Tom Finnegan is an American actor. Born in Framingham, Massachusetts, and raised in the Roxbury, South Boston and Dorchester sections of Boston, he served 21 years in the US Army, including two tours of duty in Vietnam, before retiring as a Chief Warrant Officer in 1973.

A late starter in acting, Finnegan began his stage career while attending Ohio Dominican College in Columbus, Ohio. He moved to Los Angeles in 1980 and within six months joined SAG, AFTRA and AEA. His film roles include Oly in *Repo Man* (1984), appearances in *Die Hard 2* (1990), *Ghost* (1990), *Predator 2* (1990), *Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult* (1994) and *Hoffa* (1992), and the part of Franklin in *Charmed* (2002). In 1992 he featured in a FedEx commercial selected as the best of the year by Entertainment Weekly. He received a Master's degree in Theatre Arts from California State University, San Bernardino, in 2013.

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Ghost* (1990), Fi1m 80, as Bank Guard — [page](https://film.one/film/ghost.md)
- *Predator 2* (1990), Fi1m 63, as Officer — [page](https://film.one/film/predator-2.md)
- *Repo Man* (1984), Fi1m 83, as Oly — [page](https://film.one/film/repo-man.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Repo Chick* (2009), as Senator Fletcher
- *Lucky 13* (2005), as Ice Cream Man
- *Weeping Shriner* (1999), as Stocky Shriner
- *Charmed* (1998), series, as Franklin
- *Menno's Mind* (1997), as Milton
- *7th Heaven* (1996), series, as Security Guard
- *Cosmic Slop* (1994), as General Wright (segment 'Space Traders')
- *Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult* (1994), as Priest
- *Love Matters* (1993), as Bill
- *Hoffa* (1992), as Teamster President
- *The Distinguished Gentleman* (1992), as Ethics Committee Chair
- *Newsies* (1992), as Bunsen
- *Ricochet* (1991), as Desk Sergeant
- *Blue Desert* (1991), as Ed O'Donnell
- *Predator 2* (1990), as Officer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/predator-2.md)
- *Beverly Hills, 90210* (1990), series, as Georgie — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/beverly-hills-90210.md)
- *Ghost* (1990), as Bank Guard — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/ghost.md)
- *Die Hard 2* (1990), as Engineer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/die-hard-2.md)
- *Dick Tracy* (1990), as Uniform Cop at Ritz
- *TV 101* (1988), series, as Louie
- *The Incredible Hulk Returns* (1988), as Capt. Brills
- *Big Bad Mama II* (1987), as Bank Manager
- *Repo Man* (1984), as Oly — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/repo-man.md)
- *Falcon Crest* (1981), series, as Bradford
- *Knots Landing* (1979), series, as Bartender
- *Tales of the Unexpected* (1979), series, as Barfly

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