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.

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

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