Tom Noonan

Biography

Tom Noonan (April 12, 1951 – February 14, 2026) was an American actor, director, and screenwriter, best known for his roles as Francis Dollarhyde in Manhunter (1986), Frankenstein's Monster in The Monster Squad (1987), Cain in RoboCop 2 (1990), The Ripper in Last Action Hero (1993), Kelso the hacker in Heat (1995), Sammy Barnathan in Synecdoche, New York (2008), Mr. Ulman in The House of the Devil (2009), Reverend Nathaniel in Hell on Wheels (2011–2014), the Pallid Man in 12 Monkeys (2015–2018) and as the voice of everyone else in Anomalisa (2015). Noonan is also a writer and director of theatre and film. His debut feature film What Happened Was (1994) won the Dramatic Grand Jury Prize and Screenwriting Award at the Sundance Film Festival. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Noonan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Heat

as Kelso

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Jake Berlin

The Blacklist

as The Stewmaker

The X-Files

as John Lee Roche

Last Action Hero

as Ripper / Tommy Noonan

RoboCop 2

as Cain

Anomalisa

as Everyone Else (voice)

Synecdoche, New York

as Sammy Barnathan

Manhunter

as Francis Dollarhyde

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Zephyr