Thom Michael Mulligan
Thomas Michael Mulligan is an American actor, film producer, executive director, and playwright. He appeared in two plays, True West and Burn This, and Sweet Taste of Souls, a 2020 horror movie. Mulligan is executive director of submissions at New Hope Film Festival, wrote the play Just Dirty Laundry and won Best Picture for Callous at the Oceanside International Film Festival in 2009.

Early life and education
Mulligan grew up in New York City as the son of Janet and John Mulligan. He became interested in acting at the age of seven, and played sports in high school and college. 

Mulligan attended Irvington High School. In 1967, he entered the United States Navy as an Electrician's mate 3rd class aboard the USS Luiseno stationed at Newport, Rhode Island. He later served in the Vietnam War from 1969-1970. Mulligan initially pursued a career as a Major League Baseball pitcher but by the time he was 30, he had taken up acting in full-time in New York City.

Career 
Mulligan appeared in a charity performance as a guest artist for Fantasies at New Oxford High School in 1983. In 1986, his first submitted play, Just Dirty Laundry, took place at Theatre on the Towpath in New Hope, Pennsylvania. He had his voice recorded in 1993 for educational purposes about artifacts at the Historical Museum in Clinton, New Jersey. In 1994, Mulligan moved to California to further his acting career.

Mulligan produced and acted in Callous which premiered at Riverside International Film Festival in 2009. In 2011, he directed a short play called Code 7 that tied for first place at New Vision Theatre Company's Summer Shorts program.

Since its inauguration in 2010, Mulligan has been the executive director of submissions of the New Hope Film Festival in New Hope, Pennsylvania and hosted their award ceremony in 2017. In 2020, he starred in Sweet Taste of Souls with Honey Lauren. Mulligan is based in Oceanside, California.

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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
20th-century American male actors
American male dramatists and playwrights
American film producers
Film festival directors
21st-century American male actors
Male actors from New York City
Male actors from San Diego
Male actors from Pennsylvania
American male film actors
American male stage actors
American male musical theatre actors
City College of New York alumni
Film producers from New York (state)
Film producers from Pennsylvania
Film producers from California
20th-century American dramatists and playwrights
Irvington High School (New Jersey) alumni
United States Navy personnel of the Vietnam War
Military personnel from New York City
People from Oceanside, California