He'll forever be remembered as strapping, good ol' boy Luke Duke, the virile, blue-eyed, dark-haired, plaid-shirted rascal , a tour that included Carnegie Hall.
Appeared on Broadway with Bernadette Peters in the revival of Annie Get Your Gun.
Enjoys fishing for bass, panfish and large carp.
Wopat and his seven siblings. grew up on a Wisconsin dairy farm.
Was nominated for Broadways 1999 Tony Award as best actor (musical) for a revival of Annie Get Your Gun.
Beat out Dennis Quaid and Gerald McRaney for the role of Luke Duke on "The Dukes of Hazzard" .
Reunited with John Schneider on an episode of Schneiders "Smallville" .
Once hosted his own show on TNN/The Nashville Network).
(August 2002) Performed in 42nd St. on Broadway.
(January 2004) Currently touring in "Chicago, the Musical" as Billy Flynn.
(August 2009) Currently starring in the play Catch me if you can in Seattle, Washington
(May 2005) Currently performing in the David Mamet play, "Glengarry, Glen Ross", with Alan Alda, at the Royale Theatre in New York.
(March 2010)... until June 13 at Studio 54 on Broadway, one of the star performers in Roundabout Theatre Companys Sondheim on Sondheim.
(September 2004) Performs in McCarter Theatres production of The Last Of The Boys at the Berlind Theater in Princeton, New Jersey.
Acting mentor was James Best.
Toms mother died in 1959 and his father died in 1983.
Tom is one of eight children, having six brothers and one sister.
As far as "The Dukes of Hazzard" (1979) goes, it was what it was.
[about his "The Dukes of Hazzard" (1979) days] From the time I,rolled out of bed until I was in the truck with a coffee mug in my hand,was seven minutes. All you had to do was get to the studio. They did,everything for you; hair, make-up, costumes. On Broadway you have to do,a little more for yourself.
I milked cows for eight years when I was a kid and I roofed for six or,seven years when I was in college. It gave me a point of reference for,all of the hard work that most people have to do. It keeps me humble.
