Tom Wolfe

Known for

Writing

Born

March 2, 1930

Birthplace

Richmond, Virginia, USA

Died

May 14, 2018 (aged 88)

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.

Best known work

The Simpsons

1989

The Right Stuff

1983

The Daily Show

1996

The Bonfire of the Vanities

1990

The Right Stuff

2020

Bill Cunningham New York

2011

A Man in Full

2024

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media

1992

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

Law & Order True Crime

2017

Filmography

TBA
Forever Endeavor
as Self
2024
A Man in FullTV
Novel
2023
Radical Wolfe
as Self (archive footage)
2020
The Real Right Stuff
as Self (archive footage)
2020
The Right StuffTV
Book
2018
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
as Self
2017
Law & Order True CrimeTV
Novel
2013
Salinger
as Self - Writer
2011
Homevideo
as Erik
2011
Bill Cunningham New York
as Self
2007
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
as Self - Writer (archive footage)
2006
Tom Snyder's Electric Kool-Aid Talk Show
as Self
2006
Tales of the Rat Fink
as Tom Wolfe's Car (voice)
2003
The Real Men with 'The Right Stuff'
as Self
1996
The Daily ShowTV
as Self (1 episode)
1995
Bauhaus in America
as Self
1993
Annie Leibovitz 1993 Phaidon Documentary
as Self
1992
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media
as Self (uncredited)
1990
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Novel
1990
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
as Self (archive footage)
1989
The SimpsonsTV
as Tom Wolfe (voice) (1 episode)
1983
The Right Stuff
Novel
1978
The South Bank ShowTV
1975
ApostrophesTV
as Self (1 episode)
1973
The Last American Hero
Writer