Biografia

He and his fellow Fogo Contra Fogo (1995) cast member, Ted Levine, have both played villains caught with the help of Hannibal Lecter. Noonan played Francis "Tooth Fairy" Dolarhyde in Caçador de Assassinos (1986), and Levine played Jame "Buffalo Bill" Gumb in O Silêncio dos Inocentes (1991).

Made a guest appearance in the third season of CSI: Investigação Criminal (2000). He and "CSI" star William Petersen starred together in Caçador de Assassinos (1986).

The play, "A Poster for the Cosmos", was written specifically for Tom by writer Lanford Wilson.

He is not related to the actor Tommy Noonan.

Auditioned for the role of 'Frank' in Veludo Azul (1986), before Dennis Hopper was cast.

[on alternative takes of his 'Francis Dollarhyde' role] We shot every 'shirtless' scene in Caçador de Assassinos (1986) both with tattoo and without. Michael Mann made the choice in the editing room to use the scenes without the tattoo. I remember him saying that it was 'too much' and it 'diminished' the character.

I've always been a know-it-all. I drive a lot people a bit crazy. But I can't seem to help it. When I was a little kid no matter what my parents told me I would always argue - even if I agreed with them. And I've always been a show-off. As I've gotten older I've found ways to be more subtle about it, but that's the way I am. I suppose that has something to do with why I write and direct.

I don't think you go to a play to forget, or to a movie to be distracted. I think life generally is a distraction and that going to a movie is a way to get back, not go away.

[on Portal do Paraíso (1980)] That was probably the worst experience I had in my adult life at that point. Michael Cimino's not a very nice person... He pointed a blank at my face once - which is really dangerous; you can kill somebody with a blank gun - like, threateningly. Like, "I want you to do this, and if you don't..." He was really crazy.

[on Michael Mann directing Caçador de Assassinos (1986)] Michael and I became very close during the shoot, but we almost never spoke to each other. He just sort of loved me, that's how I felt as a person. He used to send me Christmas cards - very fancy, with pieces of wax paper - but he stopped doing that. One time he was shooting, and I said something to him; it was not disagreeing, but I wasn't level. He took me outside and said, "You can say anything to me you want, but don't ever say anything in front of the crew." Other than that, he never talked to me. He would yell at people a lot. He would make Joan Allen cry sometimes. I thought she was really good. Sometimes she'd do a take, and he would say things "What the fuck? You think anybody's gonna believe that shit?" Maybe I'm exaggerating, it's been a while. There were probably 60 or 70 people on the crew, and there was turnover of like 80 jobs on the movie. The first scene I ever had was when I'm stting in this van and Joan is on the front steps. There was a little tiny imperfection in the van that wasn't even in the shot, you'd never have seen this in a million years. He complained to the producers. He was really upset, and the guy disagreed with him a little, and said "Michael, just calm down, they're gonna fix it." He said, "No, I'm telling you what's going to happen. When I turn around, they are not gonna be there. I'm never going to see anyone again in the art department." And the guy said, "OK, Michael," and all these people just left.[2015]