Tom Wolfe

Biography

Thomas Kennerly Wolfe Jr. was an American author and journalist widely known for his association with New Journalism, a style of news writing and journalism developed in the 1960s and 1970s that incorporated literary techniques.

Career Overview

Tom Wolfe has 25 screen credits in a career dating back to 1962. Signature works include The Right Stuff, The Right Stuff, The Bonfire of the Vanities. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Writing

Gender

male

Known Credits

25

Birth Date

1930-03-02 00:00:00

Birth Place

Richmond, Virginia, USA

Known For

• 

  The Right Stuff
• 

  The Right Stuff
• 

  The Bonfire of the Vanities
• 

  The Last American Hero

Frequent Collaborators

• Donald Moffat (2 collaborations)
• Jake McDorman (1 collaborations)
• Patrick J. Adams (1 collaborations)
• Colin O'Donoghue (1 collaborations)
• Eloise Mumford (1 collaborations)
• James Lafferty (1 collaborations)
• Nora Zehetner (1 collaborations)
• Eric Ladin (1 collaborations)
• Patrick Fischler (1 collaborations)
• Aaron Staton (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (21 credits)

  • Forever Endeavor

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • Radical Wolfe

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2023
  • The Real Right Stuff

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • Salinger

    Self - Writer

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • Homevideo

    Erik

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • Bill Cunningham New York

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens

    Self - Writer (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • Tom Snyder's Electric Kool-Aid Talk Show

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • Tales of the Rat Fink

    Tom Wolfe's Car (voice)

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • The Real Men with 'The Right Stuff'

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • The Daily Show

    - Tom Wolfe (2004) ... Self actor actors
    1996
  • Bauhaus in America

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • Annie Leibovitz 1993 Phaidon Documentary

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media

    Self (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1990
  • The Simpsons

    - Moe'N'a Lisa (2006) ... Tom Wolfe (voice) actor actors
    1989
  • Apostrophes

    - Episode 33 (1988) ... Self actor actors
    1975
  • Up Your Legs Forever

    actor

    actors
    1971
  • The Dick Cavett Show

    - Ralph Schoenstein, Harry Nilsson, Joyce Susskind, Tom Wolfe (1969) ... Self - Guest actor actors
    1968
  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    - Episode 63 (1980) ... Self actor actors

    - Episode 3 (1980) ... Self actor actors
    1962

• writing (4 credits)

  • The Right Stuff

    book

    writing

    - Flight (2020) ... book writing

    - Ziggurat (2020) ... book writing

    - Vostok (2020) ... book writing

    - The Kona Kai Séance (2020) ... book writing

    - Advent (2020) ... book writing
    2020
  • The Bonfire of the Vanities

    novel

    writing
    1990
  • The Right Stuff

    novel

    writing
    1983
  • The Last American Hero

    writer

    writing
    1973