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Tom Wopat is an American actor and singer best known for playing Luke Duke on the TV series The Dukes of Hazzard. Since then, he has had a successful career on stage, television, and in film, while also recording several country and pop albums.
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Thomas Steven Wopatis an American actor and singer. He first achieved fame as Lucas K. “Luke” Duke on the long-running television action/comedy series The Dukes of Hazzard. Since then, Wopat has worked regularly, most often on the stage in musicals and in supporting television and movie roles. He was a semi-regular recurring character on the 1990s comedy series Cybill, and he had a small role as U.S. Marshal Gil Tatum in Django Unchained (2012). Wopat also has a recurring role as Sheriff Jim Wilkins on the television series Longmire. Additionally, Wopat has recorded several albums of country songs and pop standards, scoring a series of moderately successful singles in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Tom Wopat is an American actor and singer who first gained fame for playing Lucas K. ‘Luke’ Duke on the TV series The Dukes of Hazzard.
In addition to The Dukes of Hazzard, Tom Wopat has had recurring roles on the TV series Cybill and Longmire, and a small role in the film Django Unchained.
Tom Wopat has recorded several albums of country songs and pop standards, scoring a series of moderately successful singles in the 1980s and 1990s.
Tom Wopat was born on September 9, 1951.
Since his breakout role on The Dukes of Hazzard, Tom Wopat has worked regularly, most often on the stage in musicals and in supporting television and movie roles.
Tom Wopat has recorded several moderately successful country and pop albums, scoring a series of singles in the 1980s and 1990s.
Tom Wopat had a small role as U.S. Marshal Gil Tatum in the 2012 film Django Unchained, and has a recurring role as Sheriff Jim Wilkins on the television series Longmire.
15 Quotes by Tom Wopat
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I did I Love My Wife on Broadway in 1978, and then went into television land. Now things are starting to come together in the way I thought they might when I was a kid.
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I’m facing upstage, with my back to the audience, and the spotlight comes up on my back as I start singing.
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It’s amazing to hear, as a voice matures and then starts to decline, what kind of emotion is still conveyed by a really good vocalist.
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As I’ve gone along, I felt like I was discovering an aspect of my voice that I didn’t know was there: an ability to interpret a song in a way that makes it more accessible.
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There were a couple of years when I wanted to be a football player, but I really always wanted to be a singer.
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With Schubert, a lot of the melodies are very simple, but he’s in this groove. He’s in touch with his heart.
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There’s a guy at the record company who’s 30, and he says, I would not listen to these songs except in this context. Somehow the recording process, the arrangements, make it more accessible.
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I’ve made it clear to my agents that I want more interesting stuff.
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The country experience was more of a departure. When you consider my education and my upbringing, you can see that was more of country rock outgrowth of my popular music aspirations.
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I listen to Steely Dan. I really like Steely Dan.
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I sang opera, I sang show tunes. I got into a rock band for a while. I’ve sung a lot of different things.
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I think now I’m being taken a little more seriously. That’s pure conjecture on my part.
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I have no experience performing that music live in front of an audience. So that remains to be seen. I’m very excited to see what that’s going to be like.
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When you’re doing the traditional musicals, singing songs that are 40 and 50 years old, you realize there’s a reason why those musicals are hits. These are amazing songs!
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When Billie Holiday sings a song, I hear the song, but I always hear her and her truth.
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