Tom Broecker is an American

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and Emmy-award winning

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. Currently, he is the costume designer for ''

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'' (since 1994) and Flesh and Bone (Starz). He was the costume designer for

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's ''

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'', where he also played the recurring role of Lee the costume designer on the

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. Other TV credits include

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(Netflix), the first season of The Comeback and the second of season of In Treatment for HBO, The Big C (Showtime), The Beautiful Life on the CW and the pilot of Castle on ABC. His

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credits include

Will Ferrell John William Ferrell (; born July 16, 1967) is an American actor, comedian, and producer. He first established himself in the mid-1990s as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy show ''Saturday Night Live'', where he performed from 1995 to 200 ...

's '' You're Welcome America, A Final Night with George W Bush'',

David Mamet David Alan Mamet (; born November 30, 1947) is an American playwright, filmmaker, and author. He won a Pulitzer Prize and received Tony Award, Tony nominations for his plays ''Glengarry Glen Ross'' (1984) and ''Speed-the-Plow'' (1988). He first ...

's ''

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'', Side Man and Everyday Rapture. He has designed in dozens of theaters across the country including The Manhattan Theatre Club, the Public, Playwrights Horizons, Second Stage, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Hartford Stage, McCarter Theatre, Yale Rep., Shakespeare Theatre DC, Indiana Rep., CenterStage, Opera Theatre of St. Louis and Williamstown. He is a 1984 graduate of

Wabash College Wabash College is a private liberal arts men's college in Crawfordsville, Indiana. Founded in 1832 by several Dartmouth College graduates and Midwestern leaders, it enrolls nearly 900 students. The college offers an undergraduate liberal arts cur ...

and a graduate of the

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. He is a 1980 graduate of Carmel High School in Carmel, Indiana. He has been nominated for an

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six times winning in 2014 for

and for a CDG (Costume Designers Guild) award five times, winning in 2013 for the first season of

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* Living people Wabash College alumni Yale School of Drama alumni American costume designers Year of birth missing (living people) Primetime Emmy Award winners {{US-tv-bio-stub