Tom Alter Age, Biography, Wiki, Wife, Family, Address, Hometown, Photos, Height, Net Worth

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Who Is Tom Alter

Tom Alter is a famous Indian actor who honored by the Padma Shri for his amazing contribution to the Bollywood industry. This sweet person family background comes from the teaching field, but he enters the cine field unexpectedly. In his long acting journey, he almost acted in myriad films for more than decades. Want to know how he died? Then continue your reading and learn more about Tom. 

Tom Alter Personal Information

Real NameThomas Beach Alter
Nick NameTom
ProfessionActor, Writer, Sports Journalist
Date Of Birth22 June 1950
Age67 Years (At the time of death)
Death Date29 September 2017
Death PlaceMumbai (at his residence)
Death CauseSkin Cancer
Marital StatusMarried
WifeCarol Evans
Marriage Date1977
ChildrenSon – Jamie Alter (Sport Writer and Editor)Daughter – Afshaan
NationalityIndian (Ancestors from America)
EthnicityEnglish and Scottish
Birth PlaceMussoorie, Uttar Pradesh, India
Current ResidenceMumbai, Maharashtra, India
ReligionChristianity
Zodiac SignCancer
SchoolWoodstock School, Mussoorie
CollegeStudies at Yale, US for a year and left Film and Television Institute of India in Pune (1972-1974, Under Roshan Taneja)
Educational QualificationGraduate
HobbiesReading Urdu Shayari, Playing and Watching Cricket
Tom Alter Biography

About Tom Alter Family, Relatives

His father and brother are a teacher and his sister Martha Chen works as a teacher at Harvard University. Tom’s cousin brother, Stephen Alter was an Author but did not know about his mother. 

Tom Alter Affairs, Boyfriend / Girlfriend, Marital Status

He married his classmate Carol Evans in 1977 and they blessed with two children.

Tom Alter Favourite Things

ActorRajesh Khanna
ActressSharmila Togore
FilmAradhana (1969)
SportCricket

Tom Alter Career

He came to a glamorous world inspired by legendary actor Rajesh Khanna. But before entering the entertainment industry, he used to work as a teacher and in other professions too. In 1975, he got a chance to appear in the Mrig Trishna movie as Colonel Lawrence. Following this, he starts to work in countless Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, English, and Assamese movies. Due to stage IV skin cancer, Tom died at his residence in front of his family members. He belongs to Scottish and Swiss German ancestry and lived in Mumbai along with Mishkat Varma like many eminent actors.  

Tom Alter Networth

According to the collected resource, he owns a $1 – $8 million net worth.

Tom Alter Car Collection

Tom does not have the interest to showcase his car collections, so this niche is unknown.

Tom Alter Filmography

Television DebutsRoleYear
Idhar UdharRonny Gonsalves1986
Bharat Ek KhojMultiple characters1988
The Sword of Tipu SultanRichard Wellesley1990-91
Ssshhhh…Koi HaiSwami Antaryami, Mritunjay2002-03
HatimKing of Paristan2003-04
SamvidhaanAbul Kalam Azad2014
Dard Ka RishtaDindyal Sharma
Khamosh Sa AfsanaHussain Baba2014-15
Wilderness DaysAnchor2018
SmokeMoshe Barak
FilmsRoleYear
Mrig TrishnaColonel Lawrence1975
CharasChief Custom Officer1976
Shatranj Ke KhilariCapt. Weston1977
Hum Kisise Kum NaheenJack
Saheb Bahadur
Ram BharoseTom
Kanneshwara Rama (Kannada film)British Superintendent of police
Chani (Marathi film)
GandhiDoctor at Aga Khan Palace1982
On Wings of FirePriest1986
Pahari Kanya (Assamese film)Doctor1991
Kailashey Kelenkari (Bengali film)Sol Silverstein2007
AvatarAdditional Na’vi people2009
KITAAB Short filmJohn2019

Tom Alter Physical Appearance

Height180 cm
Weight80 kg
Eye colorBlue
Hair ColorWhite

Tom Alter Social Media Information

His social media accounts do not remain in active status.

InstagramNot Known
TwitterNot Known

Tom Alter Awards

AwardsYear
Padma Shri2008

Few More Facts About Tom Alter

  • Apart from acting, he also worked as a journalist since the first time video interview introduced and interviewed Sachin Tendulkar in 1988.