background and special skills: military, law enforcement, counter-terrorism, anti-terrorism, aviation, parachuting, weapons, languages (especially Korean and American Sign Language, along with Russian, Ukrainian, and Farsi), foot soldier, cavalry soldier, horses, motorcycles, aviation, courtroom

real-world qualifications: USAF law-enforcement supervisor, Class A Parachutist's License, paralegal certificate, Open Water SCUBA diver, rappelling, former horse wrangler on two trail ranches, heavy equipment operations, legislative task force experience

special theatrical qualifications: Cossack dancing, historical research, costume making, prop making.

Tom is versatile, for roles such as:

cowboy/wrangler/ modern-day sheriff	military/spy Chuck Norris and I did the same job in the Air Force.
Texas Ranger / US Marshall	settler / townsman
reporter/detective/agent/pilot (NOTE: I don't have a pilot's license, but I can fly in a pinch -- helos, too.)	biker/veteran (Yep, this one's real. I'm a member of Rolling Thunder.)
Nashville music star (or, MC / host at a concert or awards show)	Me with some real Nashville stars In studio with country-music superstar Aaron Tippin (The press pass is real. I was there to interviw him.) Singing group "Little Texas" at a Nashville "Sounds" baseball game They sang the Star-Spangled Banner, and I interpreted in Sign Language.
attorney/judge/govt. official	Or simply as... himself.

Film credits:

• 2009: A Pure Country Gift -- rodeo fan

Television credits:

• 2009: Tough Trade (pilot) -- extra ("invited guest")

Video credits:

• music video: "Hope", by country-music singer Stephen Cochran -- veteran, and Sign Langugage interpreter. (This video is part of the VA's National Salute to Hospitalized Veterans.)

Theatrical credits:

• 2005: Fiddler on the Roof -- actor ("The Constable"), Cossack dancer, choreographer, assistant director

Eventual acting goals:

• extra/actor in Nashville music videos
• historical re-enactor -- especially involving horses
• host of job-training or safety videos
• low-profile commercial modeling (e.g.: Western wear, "father of the bride" formal wear, etc.)
• inset-box ASL interpreter for TV or videos
• narrator/host of documentaries -- especially on Bible topics, military, Old West, or terrorism (as Kenny Rogers and Gerald McRaney did for the History Channel)
• a role (hopefully, recurring) on the TV series NCIS
• a role in a JAG reunion movie
• a role in almost any accurate, miltary-theme movie (examples: Platoon, 84-Charlie MoPic, Bat-21, Firebirds, Blackhawk Down, etc.)
• a role that portrays disabled veterans in a positive light
• a role in a historically-accurate Western movie alongside: Tom Selleck, Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Duvall, Chuck Norris, Mark Harmon, and/or Clint Eastwood
  (examples: Broken Trail, Lonesome Dove, Monte Walsh, Crossfire Trail, or a remake of the Rawhide TV series.)
• a role in a movie based upon the novel "The Cowboy and the Cossack" by Clair Huffaker
• the role that David Janssen played in the movie Birds of Prey, if there is ever a remake.

Other film/TV goals:

• script writing (two-part TV sample available) (NOTE: I have a concept and research for a fact-based Western movie about a little-known group of soldiers.)
• technical advisor (military)