Choosing to follow his own career path rather than what might be expected of him, Tom Hulce has appeared shown a marked preference for stage roles over TV and films. But his screen work has often been of high quality, even if the projects have met with mixed critical reception.The auburn-haired Hulce has matured from a cute, seemingly lightweight actor into a mature, versatile character player. Raised in Michigan, he studied theatre at the North Carolina School of the Arts. Within a month of moving to NYC, he had been chosen to understudy Peter Firth in the Broadway production of Peter