---
name: "Tom Nolan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tom-nolan-1652467"
fi1m_id: "tom-nolan-1652467"
imdb_id: "nm3101224"
tmdb_id: 1652467
wikidata_id: "Q106875450"
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 62
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T20:33:49.272592+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 Nolan

## Identity

Tom Nolan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tom-nolan-1652467
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tom-nolan-1652467
- **IMDb ID:** nm3101224
- **TMDB ID:** 1652467
- **Wikidata ID:** Q106875450
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106875450, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3101224/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1652467

Actor. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Active:** 1982–1988
- **Average Fi1m score:** 62, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 62 to 56 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Crime 2, Drama 2, Romance 2, Thriller 2, Comedy 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $150m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106875450, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3101224/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1652467

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Tequila Sunrise*](https://film.one/film/tequila-sunrise.md) (62)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Tom Nolan is an American actor born in Indianapolis, Indiana. His film credits include Dennis Taylor in *Fast Times at Ridgemont High* (1982), Leland in *Tequila Sunrise* (1988), Vance in *Pretty Woman* (1990), and supporting roles in *Dead Heat* (1988), *Pacific Heights* (1990) and *White Man's Burden* (1995). He has also appeared in television series such as *Out of This World* and *Harry and the Hendersons*.

Nolan has been employed at the Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences in Santa Monica, California, since 1985, progressing from teacher to Dean of Students and Dean of Faculty. He later focused on a music career as frontman of the Tom Nolan Band.

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Tequila Sunrise* (1988), Fi1m 62, as Leland — [page](https://film.one/film/tequila-sunrise.md)
- *The Falcon and the Snowman* (1985), Fi1m 54, as Undercover Cop — [page](https://film.one/film/the-falcon-and-the-snowman.md)
- *Fast Times at Ridgemont High* (1982), Fi1m 70, as Dennis Taylor — [page](https://film.one/film/fast-times-at-ridgemont-high.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *Miracle in Lane 2* (2000), as Baseball Coach
- *White Man's Burden* (1995), as Johansson
- *The Thing Called Love* (1993), as Desk Cop
- *Bed of Lies* (1992), as Larry Moore
- *Harry and the Hendersons* (1991), series, as Carl
- *Pacific Heights* (1990), as Bank Teller
- *Pretty Woman* (1990), as Vance — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/pretty-woman.md)
- *The Last of the Finest* (1990), as Travers
- *Sweet Bird of Youth* (1989), Actor
- *Tequila Sunrise* (1988), as Leland — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/tequila-sunrise.md)
- *Dead Heat* (1988), as Jonas
- *School Spirit* (1985), as Billy Batson
- *The Falcon and the Snowman* (1985), as Undercover Cop — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/the-falcon-and-the-snowman.md)
- *Jessie* (1984), series, as Hubbell
- *Up the Creek* (1984), as Whitney
- *Voyage of the Rock Aliens* (1984), as Absid (ABCD)
- *Fast Times at Ridgemont High* (1982), as Dennis Taylor — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/fast-times-at-ridgemont-high.md)
- *Simon & Simon* (1981), series, Actor
- *Yanks* (1979), as Tom

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