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| The Tin Woodman | |
|---|---|
| Oz character | |
 The Tin Woodman as illustrated by William Wallace Denslow (1900) | |
| First appearance | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) |
| Created by | L. Frank Baum |
| Portrayed by | Pierre Couderc (His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz) Oliver Hardy (The Wizard of Oz) Jack Haley (The Wizard of Oz) Nipsey Russell (The Wiz) Deep Roy (Return to Oz) Ne-Yo (The Wiz Live!) Gerran Howell (Emerald City) Alex Désert (Once Upon a Time) |
| Voiced by | Larry D. Mann (Return to Oz) Kelsey Grammer (Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return) J. P. Karliak (Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz) |
| In-universe information | |
| Alias | Nick Chopper, The Tin Man, Rusty Tin Man |
| Nickname | The Tin Woodman |
| Species | Tin humanoid Formerly human (in the novels, not in the 1939 MGM film The Wizard of Oz) |
| Gender | Male |
| Title | Emperor |
| Occupation | Ruler of the Winkies |
| Relatives | Chopfyt (made with some of his human parts) |
| Nationality | Munchkinland |
Nick Chopper, the Tin Woodman, is a character in the fictional Land of Oz created by American author L. Frank Baum. He first appeared in his 1900 book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and reappeared in many other subsequent Oz books in the series. In late 19th-century America, men made out of various tin pieces were used in advertising and political cartoons. Baum, who was editing a magazine on decorating shop windows when he wrote The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, was inspired to invent the Tin Woodman by a figure he had built out of metal parts for a shop display.