Tom Lillard was an actor, known for Dream Lover, Outrageous Fortune, Escape from New York, and The Brig. Other film credits include Eye for an Eye, Hit Me, Saving Souls, and The Frisco Kid.

Theatre credits include Off-Broadway, as Prisoner Number Two in The Brig and a Soldier in Man is Man (Living Theatre); and Fabrice in Nude With Violin, 202 in Darkness at Noon, and his Best Actor Award-winning role as Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire (Civic Theatre).