Movie Credits
Heavens Fall	(2005)
[ Timothy Hutton ][ David Strathairn ][ Anthony Mackie ][ Elijah Kelley ]
Seven Times Lucky	(2004)
[ Kevin Pollak ]
The Silent Speaker: Part 2	(2002)
[ Timothy Hutton ]
The Silent Speaker: Part 1	(2002)
[ Timothy Hutton ][ Joe Flaherty ]
Help Wanted, Male	(2002)
[ Timothy Hutton ]
Too Many Clients: Part 2	(2002)
Wings	(1999)
Dragon House: Part 2	(1997)
[ Jeffrey Donovan ]
Love in Ambush	(1997)
[ Gary Sweet ]
Underworld	(1996)
[ Denis Leary ][ Abe Vigoda ][ Joe Mantegna ]
Top Gun: Fire at Will	(1996)
[ Carlos Alazraqui ]
Robo Warriors	(1996)
[ James Remar ][ Kyle Howard ]
Sketch Artist II: Hands That See	(1995)
[ Jeff Fahey ][ Brion James ][ Jonathan Silverman ][ Glenn Morshower ]
Beyond Betrayal	(1994)
[ Richard Dean Anderson ]
River of Stone	(1994)
[ George Kennedy ][ Philip Michael Thomas ][ James Doohan ]
Boiling Point	(1993)
[ Dan Hedaya ][ Dennis Hopper ][ Viggo Mortensen ][ Wesley Snipes ][ Tobin Bell ]
Bloodfist IV: Die Trying	(1992)
Sketch Artist	(1992)
[ Collin Bernsen ][ Jeff Fahey ]
Problem Child 2	(1991)
[ Bryan Adams ][ Iggy Pop ][ John Ritter ][ Jack Warden ][ Zach Grenier ]
Hangfire	(1991)
[ Collin Bernsen ][ Grant Cramer ][ Brad Davis ][ George Kennedy ][ Peter Lupus ]
Driving Me Crazy	(1991)
[ Grant Cramer ][ George Kennedy ][ Dom DeLuise ][ Tommy 'Tiny' Lister ][ Billy Dee Williams ]
Dick Tracy	(1990)
[ Warren Beatty ][ James Caan ][ Dustin Hoffman ][ Al Pacino ][ Mandy Patinkin ]
Back to the Future Part III	(1990)
[ Michael J. Fox ][ Steven Spielberg ][ Christopher Lloyd ][ Thomas F. Wilson ][ Flea ]
Sunset Beat	(1990)
[ George Clooney ][ David Paymer ][ Michael DeLuise ][ Jack McGee ]
Opportunity Knocks	(1990)
[ Ron Jeremy ][ Dana Carvey ][ Robert Loggia ]
Family Business	(1989)
[ Matthew Broderick ][ Sean Connery ][ Dustin Hoffman ][ B.D. Wong ][ Sidney Lumet ]
Ministry of Vengeance	(1989)
[ George Kennedy ][ John Schneider ][ Ned Beatty ][ Yaphet Kotto ]
Back to the Future Part II	(1989)
[ Michael Jackson ][ Jason Scott Lee ][ Billy Zane ][ Michael J. Fox ][ Steven Spielberg ]
Second Sight	(1989)
[ Bronson Pinchot ][ John Larroquette ][ Stuart Pankin ][ Dominic Chianese ]
True Blood	(1989)
[ Jeff Fahey ][ Chad Lowe ][ Billy Drago ]
The Case of the Hillside Stranglers	(1989)
[ Billy Zane ][ Dennis Farina ][ Richard Crenna ]
Split Decisions	(1988)
[ Jeff Fahey ][ Gene Hackman ][ Craig Sheffer ][ Eddie Velez ][ Tom Bower ]
Leap of Faith	(1988)
[ Sam Neill ][ Stephen Gyllenhaal ]
Viper	(1988)
[ Chris Robinson ]
Weekend War	(1988)
[ Daniel Stern ][ Stephen Collins ]
Made in Heaven	(1987)
[ Timothy Hutton ][ Don Murray ][ Robert Knepper ][ Timothy Daly ][ David Rasche ]
Masters of the Universe	(1987)
[ Frank Langella ][ Dolph Lundgren ][ Billy Barty ]
The Steele That Wouldn't Die: Part 2	(1987)
Remington Steele: The Steele That Wouldn't Die	(1987)
[ Pierce Brosnan ][ Jack Scalia ]
Bonds of Steele	(1986)
Little Spies	(1986)
[ Mickey Rooney ][ Jason Hervey ]
Armed and Dangerous	(1986)
[ Bruce Kirby ][ John Candy ][ Eugene Levy ][ Robert Loggia ][ Tommy 'Tiny' Lister ]
Top Gun	(1986)
[ Tom Cruise ][ Anthony Edwards ][ Whip Hubley ][ Michael Ironside ][ Adrian Pasdar ]
Off Beat	(1986)
[ Harvey Keitel ][ Chris Noth ][ Judge Reinhold ][ John Turturro ][ William Sadler ]
Back to the Future	(1985)
[ Billy Zane ][ Michael J. Fox ][ Steven Spielberg ][ Crispin Glover ][ Christopher Lloyd ]
Turk 182!	(1985)
[ Robert Culp ][ John Hamill ][ Timothy Hutton ][ Darren McGavin ][ Peter Boyle ]
Forged Steele	(1985)
Diced Steele	(1985)
Walls of Glass	(1985)
[ Brian Bloom ][ Joseph Dain ][ Patrick Stewart ][ Nathan Lane ][ Victor Garber ]
The River	(1984)
[ Mel Gibson ][ Scott Glenn ][ John Williams ]
Iceman	(1984)
[ Timothy Hutton ][ David Strathairn ][ Danny Glover ]
Nightmares	(1983)
[ Emilio Estevez ][ Lance Henriksen ][ William Sanderson ]
WarGames	(1983)
[ Matthew Broderick ][ Dabney Coleman ][ Michael Madsen ][ John Spencer ][ Barry Corbin ]
Wings	(1983)
Author! Author!	(1982)
[ Andre Gregory ][ Al Pacino ][ Richard Belzer ]
Hanky Panky	(1982)
[ Gene Wilder ][ William Sadler ][ Richard Widmark ][ Frankie Faison ][ Jay O. Sanders ]
Prince of the City	(1981)
[ Treat Williams ][ Lance Henriksen ][ Jerry Orbach ][ Sidney Lumet ][ Bob Balaban ]
Wolfen	(1981)
[ Albert Finney ][ Edward James Olmos ][ Reginald VelJohnson ][ Tom Noonan ][ Gregory Hines ]
The Amityville Horror	(1979)
[ James Brolin ][ Rod Steiger ]
Independence	(1976)
[ Eli Wallach ][ William Atherton ][ Pat Hingle ]
Love and Death	(1975)
[ Woody Allen ][ Tony Jay ][ Harold Gould ]
The Friends of Eddie Coyle	(1973)
[ Robert Mitchum ][ Peter Boyle ][ Richard Jordan ][ Alex Rocco ]
Serpico	(1973)
[ Al Pacino ][ F. Murray Abraham ][ Sidney Lumet ][ M. Emmet Walsh ][ Judd Hirsch ]
The Werewolf of Washington	(1973)
[ Dean Stockwell ]
They Might Be Giants	(1971)
[ George C Scott ][ George C. Scott ][ F. Murray Abraham ][ M. Emmet Walsh ]
Stiletto	(1969)
[ Raul Julia ][ Roy Scheider ][ Charles Durning ][ M. Emmet Walsh ]
The Three Sisters	(1966)
[ Robert Loggia ]

Upon leaving the Midwest where he was born, raised, and educated (University of Iowa), James Tolkan headed for New York, where he studied acting with Stella Adler. In movies since 1969, Tolkan has been seen in gritty urban character roles in such films as The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973), Author! Author! (1981), Off Beat (1985), and Made in Heaven (1987). In the first two Back to the Future films, Tolkan appeared as acerbic high school teacher Strickland; in Top Gun (1986), he was seen as Stinger; and in Dick Tracy (1990), he showed up as minor criminal Numbers. On television, James Tolkan appeared on the short-lived 1985 Mary Tyler Moore sitcom Mary as mobster Lester Mintz, and on both installments of the two-episode Sunset Beat (1990), in which he played Captain Parker.