Something Something about Thomas Tulak

Something Something about Thomas Tulak

From Something Something Podcast - A Creative Podcast by Something Something Podcast

February 23, 2026 · 1h 21m

About this episode

Thomas Tulak discusses his acting career, directing achievements, and personal life.

Thomas Tulak (Hook, Cheers) is known as Too Small, the youngest lost boy in Steven Spielberg's Hook (1991) (1991) with Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman. He followed up this role with 3 appearances in Cheers (1982) with Ted Danson and Kelsey Grammer, and an appearance in Mad About You (1992) with Helen Hunt. After which, Thomas took a break from acting to grow up away from the spotlight. He studied digital film and video production at the Art Institute of LA, and founded a production company called Easily Amused Group productions. Thomas is an award-winning director, and accomplished writer, cinematographer, and editor. To date, his directorial credits include 1 feature film, 19 short films, and three web series, one of which has over 300 episodes. In 2020, Thomas appeared as a series regular in seasons 1 and 2 of Real Acting (2019) (2020), with Sarah Williams and Gerard Marzilli . In 2021, at the height of the Covid pandemic, Thomas was married to Amelia Dufault. In 2022, Thomas' feature film directorial debut, Who Dunt Dunt Dunnit? : the movie (2023) premiered at Kevin Smith 's inaugural SModcastle Film Festival.

People in this episode

Guest: Thomas Tulak

Topics covered

  • acting career
  • film production
  • television appearances
  • directing
  • personal life

Keywords

  • Thomas Tulak
  • Hook
  • Cheers
  • film director
  • digital film production
  • SModcastle Film Festival
  • acting career

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Easily Amused Group productions, SModcastle Film Festival

Books & works: Hook, Cheers, Mad About You, Real Acting, Who Dunt Dunt Dunnit? : the movie

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