Ask American Profile 4/22/2007

Q I’m in love with Jack on Men in Trees! What can you tell me about this new TV hunk?
—Shelly Alvarez, Artesia, N.M.

James Tupper, 37, is making lots of hearts flutter in the hit ABC-TV series as a handsome fish and wildlife biologist in small-town Alaska who reels in newcomer Marin Frist (Anne Heche). He’s appeared in more than 50 stage plays, had small roles in the TV shows How I Met Your Mother, CSI: New York and Gilmore Girls, appeared in the movies Joe Dirt and Corky Romano, and in the TV movie Love’s Long Journey. Before settling down to become an actor, the native Canadian traveled extensively and once owned a coffee and tea farm in the foothills of Africa’s Mount Kenya.

Q What’s the name of the song at the end of the movie The Executioner’s Song? It’s played when the hearse is taking away the body of Gary Gilmore.
—Theodore Miller, East Hartford, Conn.

The late country superstar Waylon Jennings contributed several songs to the soundtrack of the 1982 TV movie about the final days of serial killer Gary Gilmore, portrayed by Tommy Lee Jones. The closing theme, “Defying Gravity (The Executioner’s Song),” was included on Jennings’ 1987 album Hangin’ Tough.

Q I see Sally Field doing a lot of commercials now. Has she quit making movies? We loved her in Steel Magnolias and many others. She is still such a beautiful lady.
—Gladys Clark, White Hall, Ark.

Field, 60, became a spokeswoman for the osteoporosis medication Boniva when she was diagnosed with the condition. No movie roles are on her horizon at the moment, but the Academy Award-winning actress, who has appeared in nearly 30 films, currently stars in the Sunday night prime-time ABC-TV drama Brothers and Sisters.

Q Could you give me some background on Hugh Laurie, who plays Dr. House on House M.D.?
—Dianna Arthur, West Baden Springs, Ind.

Laurie, 46, who plays the irreverent, cranky, miserable and anti-social maverick physician on the hit Fox-TV series, says he is not at all like the character—and even his American accent is fake. Until House M.D., the England-born actor’s highest-profile role in the United States was as the father in two Stuart Little movies. Married for 17 years, wife Jo stays in London with their three children while Laurie takes frequent breaks from his work to fly home.

Q What is David Hasselhoff doing these days?
—Terri Brown, Orlando, Fla.

The former Knight Rider and Baywatch star is appearing in a version of the Broadway musical comedy The Producers at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas. When Hasselhoff got the part of bumbling, cross-dressing director Roger DeBris, he recalls the choreographer saying, “David, you’re a great singer and you’re going to look fantastic in a dress.” Speaking of clothing, Hasselhoff has been creating his own line of T-shirts with funny sayings such as “Don’t Hassle the Hoff.” Last year he published his autobiography, Making Waves, and he’s recording a new CD. He’s also been going through a messy public divorce. “I don’t like talking about the negativity because I’m moving on,” he says. “My duty is to be the best father I can be, the best human being I can and do the best work I can,” says Hasselhoff, 54, who has two teenage daughters.

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