Tommy Hinkley

Tommy Hinkley is an American actor. He made his feature film debut in the comedy Back to the Beach (1987), and subsequently appeared in the Academy Award-winning short film Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall (also 1987). The same year, he appeared as a lead character opposite Bill Maher in the short-lived Showtime series Hard Knocks.

Tommy Hinkley
Hinkley in Hard Knocks, 1987
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1986–Present
Spouse	Tracey Needham ​ (m. 1995)​
Children	1

Hinkley later had supporting roles in Men at Work (1990), the horror film Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation (also 1990), and the comedy The Little Vampire (2000).

Life and career

Hinkley attended Culver High School in Culver, Oregon.^[1][2]

Hinkley's on-screen career began in the 1980s, including television guest roles, and periodic regular turns on TV series, including the short-lived Showtime series Hard Knocks (1987), that also featured Bill Maher. Having appeared in the Academy Award-winning Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall, he has also been known for his roles in such popular box office draws as The Cable Guy (1996), The Little Vampire (2000), Ocean's Thirteen (2007) and Leatherheads (2008).

He also made several appearances in the first season of the sitcom Mad About You as Jay Selby, the best friend of Paul Buchman (played by Paul Reiser). He also voiced Earl Grunewald on the animated series Life with Louie. In 1995, he co-starred in the short-lived Fox TV sitcom The Preston Episodes with David Alan Grier.

That same year, Hinkley married actress Tracey Needham.^[3] In 1999, Needham gave birth to their daughter.^[4]

As of 2010, Hinkley worked as a teacher, teaching theatre arts to children in Boulder, Colorado.^[5]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1987	Back to the Beach	Michael		[6]
1987	Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall	Andrew Northfield	Short film	[6]
1989	The Terror Within	Neil		[6]
1989	Lethal Weapon 2	Cop #2		[6]
1990	Watchers II	Lab Assistant
1990	Men at Work	Jeff		[6]
1990	Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation	Hank		[6]
1990	Naked Obsession	Mitch		[6]
1990	Angel of Death	Rak Slade	Television film
1991	Earth Angel	Val Boyd	Television film
1991	L.A. Story	Ted		[6]
1991	The Human Shield	Ben Matthews		[6]
1992	Maid for Each Other	Ted Knowland	Television film	[6]
1994	Star Trek Generations	Journalist #1		[6]
1996	The Cable Guy	Basketball Player		[6]
1997	Buried Alive II	Sheriff Jim Puller	Television film	[6]
1998	Anarchy TV	Ralph Greed		[6]
1999	Dirt Merchant	Mort Huskins
1999	Pinot Grigio
2000	Escape Under Pressure	Carl
2000	Fail Safe	Senior Master Sergeant Collins	Televised play
2000	The Little Vampire	Bob Thompson		[6]
2002	Confessions of a Dangerous Mind	Hambone Man		[6]
2003	Save It for Later	Rick O'Connor		[6]
2004	Angel in the Family	Joe
2007	Ocean's Thirteen	Roulette Dealer		[6]
2008	The Flyboys	John McIntyre
2008	Leatherheads	'Hardleg'		[6]
2009	Bob Funk	Over Eaters Anonymous Guy

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1987	Brothers	Jim Grant / Jim Dintzman	3 episodes
1987	Hard Knocks	Nick Bronco	13 episodes
1988	Empty Nest	The Bartender	Episode: "Harry's Vacation"	[7]
1989	Something Is Out There	Ricky	Episode: "A Hearse of Another Color"
1989	Who's the Boss?	Kyle Fletcher	Episode: "In Search of Tony"	[7]
1990	China Beach	Simon	Episode: "Warriors"
1990	Get a Life	Morgan	Episode: "A Family Affair"	[7]
1991	The Golden Girls	Andy	Episode: "Melodrama"	[7]
1991	Night Court	Curtis	Episode: "Harry's Fifteen Minutes"	[7]
1991	Jake and the Fatman	Eddie	Episode: "Street of Dreams"
1991	MacGyver	Neil	Episode: "Deadly Silents"	[7]
1992–1993	Mad About You	Jay Selby	13 episodes	[7]
1993	Murphy Brown	Tucker	Episode: "Ben Humboldt"	[7]
1994	Ellen	Steve	Episode: "The Boyfriend Stealer"
1994–1995	The 5 Mrs. Buchanans	Jesse Buchanan	4 episodes
1995	Robin's Hoods	Chad Owens	Episode: "If Looks Could Kill"
1995	The Preston Episodes	Derek Clooney	2 episodes
1997	Tracey Takes On...	Randy Amsterdam	Episode: "Movies"
1995–1997	Life with Louie	Earl Grunewald	11 episodes
1997	The Secret World of Alex Mack	Mr. Carrington	2 Episode: "The Creeper" & "24 Hours"
1998	Teen Angel	Casey Beauchamp	6 episodes	[7]
1998	ER	Mr. Ellis	2 episodes
1999	Martial Law	Don Turlington	Episode: "Call of the Wild"
2000	Judging Amy	Mr. Saunders	Episode: "The Wee Hours"	[7]
2000	Angel	C. Mulvill	Episode: "Are You Now or Have You Never Been"
2000	That '70s Show	Cop	Episode: "Ice Shack"	[7]
2001	The Division	Alan DeLorenzo / Paul DeLorenzo	4 episodes	[7]
2002	Boomtown	Mr. Flannery	Episode: "Reelin' in the Years"	[7]
2003	NCIS	Deer Hunter	Episode: "The Curse"
2004	Cold Case	Billy Berkenpass Sr. (1987)	Episode: "The Lost Soul of Herman Lester"
2004–2006	The Shield	Captain Steve Briggs	2 episodes
2005	The Inside	Detective Douglas Price	Episode: "Everything Nice"
2010	Zeke and Luther	Agent	Episode: "Old Nasty"

Notes

References

1. Hinkley, Tommy (October 17, 2013). "Culver High ID". Archived from the original on December 29, 2019.
2. Hinkley, Tommy (September 26, 2013). "Oregon. Culver H.S. Junior Year 76-77 Varsity Basketball". Archived from the original on December 29, 2019.
3. "Amy Yasbeck is a Movie Veteran". Orlando Sentinel. Orlando, Florida. November 26, 1995. p. 177 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Needham Fans Need Patience". Orlando Sentinel. Orlando, Florida. August 27, 2000. Archived from the original on December 29, 2019.
5. Heckel, Aimee (October 2, 2011). "Ex-Hollywood film actors teach kids how to get real". Daily Camera. Boulder, Colorado. Archived from the original on December 24, 2011.
6. "Tommy Hinkley". AllMovie. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
7. "Tommy Hinkley Credits". TV Guide. Archived from the original on December 29, 2019.

External links

• Tommy Hinkley at IMDb