American actor, writer, director and producer (born 1955)
Tom Wiggin
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Born
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1955-07-06
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July 6, 1955
(age 68)
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Occupations
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- Actor
- writer
- producer
- director
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Spouses
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Jennifer Dumas
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m.
2010)
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Children
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Tom Wiggin
(born July 6, 1955) is an American actor, writer, producer and director. He is best known for creating the role of nefarious businessman Kirk Anderson on the long-running
soap opera
As the World Turns
.
Early life, family and education
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Wiggin was born in New York City and raised in
Alexandria
,
Virginia
. He began acting in
community theater
at age eight.
He graduated from
St. Paul's School
in
Concord
,
New Hampshire
, where he continued to act while playing three varsity sports.
He attended
Columbia University
in New York for three semesters, then left to pursue his acting career.
Career
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Wiggin has acted professionally on stage, TV and in films. He has also written for two
soap operas
(
Another World
and
As the World Turns
) and had one screenplay optioned (
Gift of the Robin's Nest
).
Wiggin started his career in New York City. He landed the role of Danny Zuko in a national tour of
Grease
and eventually joined the Broadway cast. He left
Grease
to star in an
Off Broadway
production of the British play 'Class Enemy' during which he was cast as Mike, the ex-quarterback cutter, in the TV series
Breaking Away
. Wiggin went on to contract roles on two soap operas,
Texas
(Joe Foster) and
Another World
(Gil Fenton), acting with
Morgan Freeman
and
Joe Morton
. Between these two contracts, he joined the cast of the Broadway comedy
Breakfast with Les and Bess
. In the mid eighties, Wiggin joined the cast of the Off Broadway smash
The Foreigner
(Owen) and played Agent Foster in the TV movie
Izzy and Moe
, starring
Jackie Gleason
and
Art Carney
.
After moving to Los Angeles, Wiggin guest-starred in episodes of
Hotel
and
St. Elsewhere
,
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in addition to starring in the west coast premiere of the Australian play 'Down an Alley Filled with Cats' at the
Pasadena Playhouse
. He returned to New York in 1988 when he was cast in
As the World Turns
. He played Kirk Anderson for 10 years. In 1994 he appeared with
Sam Waterston
in the Lincoln Center production of
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
. Later he guest starred in an episode of
Law & Order
. He had non-contract roles on
All My Children
(Stan), and
Guiding Light
(Sam). He played Warden Whitakker in
Iron Jawed Angels
starring
Hilary Swank
,
Whitey Ford
in the mini series
The Bronx Is Burning
, starring
John Turturro
and he appeared again on Broadway, starring with
Farrah Fawcett
in
Bobbi Boland
, but the show closed in previews.
[2]
He played Lawrence Decker, a non-contract role on
Guiding Light
shortly before it went dark.
He has appeared in several independent films, 'Exposure',
Brother to Brother
(starring
Anthony Mackie
) and
Diggers
, starring
Paul Rudd
and
Maura Tierney
.
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In 2015 he guest starred on
Person of Interest
. In 2016, he appeared at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., in "City of Conversation" and "All the Way" and he guest starred on "Madam Secretary" in 2017. In 2018 he returned to Arena Stage to play Robert McNamara in "The Great Society".
He currently lives in Charleston and makes filmed content at
Atomic Focus Entertainment
. He is currently co-directing a feature film on book bans called "Banned Together" scheduled for a 2024 release.
Awards and nominations
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He has been nominated for two
Soap Opera Digest
awards. In 1990, he was nominated for Outstanding Comic Actor for
As the World Turns
. He was nominated again in 1996 for Outstanding Male Scene Stealer (for
As the World Turns
).
Personal life
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He and his first wife, Amy Forte Wiggin, are divorced. They have two daughters. He remarried in 2010 to Jennifer Dumas, a theater and film producer.
Filmography
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Film
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Television
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References
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External links
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