About

Known credits:
92
Birthday:
1952-11-29
Place of birth:
Englewood, New Jersey, USA
Website:
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Tom Wright

Overview

Harold Thomas Wright is an American television and theatre actor. Wright has appeared in over 40 stage productions on and off Broadway. He began his acting career as an original member of The People's Light and Theater Company outside of Philadelphia. Wright also spent four years at the National Playwrights Conference and two summers at the Sundance Institute. On Broadway, he performed in A Taste of Honey which received two Tony Award nominations. Some of the notable theaters in which he has appeared include the American Place Theater, Manhattan Theater Club, New York Theater Workshop, Actors Theater of Louisville, Center Stage, Yale Repertory Theater, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Hartford Stage, Los Angeles Stage and Film, and Theatre De La Jeune Lune in Minneapolis starring in Farthest From The Sun with Steve Guttenberg. In 1987, he played a hitchhiker in the horror film Creepshow 2. Wright co-starred in the feature films Barbershop and Barbershop 2: Back in Business with Ice Cube. He also co-starred with Angela Bassett as her ex-lover in Sunshine State, his fifth film with writer/director John Sayles. The other four Sayles films include: Passion Fish, City of Hope, Matewan and The Brother from Another Planet. Since then he co-starred in another Sayles feature, Honeydripper. In 2000, Wright won the Best Actor Award at the Santa Monica Film Festival for his portrayal of John Shed in the indie film Dumbarton Bridge. He has played roles on several television programs but is best known for playing Mr. Morgan, Yankees co-worker of character George Costanza (Jason Alexander) on Seinfeld; and the hybrid alien Tuvix in the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Tuvix".

Known for

Acting

2024 Summer Camp Actor Mike 58
Average
2023 Daisy Jones & the Six Actor Teddy Price 76
Good
2023 The Locksmith Actor Chief Stern 58
Average
2022 That's Amor Actor Henry 57
Average
2019 A Brother's Honor Actor Ben Bradford 59
Average
2019 #Truth Actor Donald Cooper 58
Average
2019 The Divorce Party Actor Sacks 58
Average
2018 Spell Actor Edmund 58
Average
2018 Higher Power Actor Tom Davis 57
Average
2017 Inhumans: The First Chapter Actor George Ashland 57
Average
2017 Transformers: The Last Knight Actor Military Attache 60
Fair
2017 Message from the King Actor Waylon 60
Fair
2016 Within Actor Detective Pascal 57
Average
2016 South32 Actor Sgt. Kake N/A
N/A
2016 The Last Bid Actor Harris 58
Average
2016 Rebirth Actor The Expert 55
Average
2015 The Diabolical Actor Curtis (as Thomas Wright) 56
Average
2015 Stockholm, Pennsylvania Actor Detective Timms 58
Average
2014 Starting from Scratch Actor Homeless Stan 59
Average
2014 Beyond the Lights Actor Reverend Brown 63
Fair
2013 Things Never Said Actor Daniel 59
Average
2011 Rift Actor Lietenant Neal 58
Average
2010 Burning Palms Actor Maxwell Barron 58
Average
2010 The Cursed Actor Willie Gar 58
Average
2008 The Imposter Actor Popeye 59
Average
2008 Bohica Actor Horowitz 59
Average
2007 Honeydripper Actor Cool Breeze 59
Average
2007 Sinner Actor Officer Thomas 58
Average
2006 World Trade Center Actor Officer Reynolds 60
Fair
2006 Striking Range Actor John Hatem 58
Average
2006 Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders Actor Bryant 58
Average
2005 Chasing Ghosts Actor Tom Shields 58
Average
2005 American Fusion Actor Dr. Lee / Lethal Killah 59
Average
2004 In Your Eyes Actor Phil N/A
N/A
2004 Barbershop 2: Back in Business Actor Detective Williams 59
Average
2003 Hangman's Curse Actor Dan Carillo 58
Average
2003 Betrayal Actor Detective Stan 58
Average
2002 The Keyman Actor Popeye 59
Average
2002 Sunshine State Actor Flash Phillips 59
Average
2002 Contagion Actor Tom Brenner 58
Average
2002 Barbershop Actor Detective Williams 61
Fair
2002 P.S. Your Cat Is Dead! Actor Fred Gable 58
Average
2001 Layover Actor Detective Mills 58
Average
2001 The Prime Gig Actor Marvin Sanders 59
Average
2001 Alex in Wonder Actor Sebastian 58
Average
2001 Pursuit of Happiness Actor Thom 58
Average
1999 Funny Valentines Actor Dr. Thomas Holder 59
Average
1998 Martial Law Actor Capt. Benjamin Winship 70
Good
1998 The Pentagon Wars Actor Major William Sayers 59
Average
1998 Palmetto Actor John Renick 59
Average
1997 Murder at 1600 Actor Cooper 59
Average
1996 My Fellow Americans Actor Jim 59
Average
1996 Playing Dangerous 2 Actor Alton Broom 59
Average
1995 White Man's Burden Actor Lionel 57
Average
1995 Excessive Force II: Force on Force Actor Grant Thompson 58
Average
1995 Tales from the Hood Actor Martin Moorehouse (segment "Rogue Cop Revelation") 59
Average
1995 Forget Paris Actor Tommy 59
Average
1995 Extreme Actor Farley Potts N/A
N/A
1994 Men of War Actor Jamaal 57
Average
1994 Vault of Horror I Actor Mitch 59
Average
1993 Amityville: A New Generation Actor Morgue Attendant 56
Average
1993 Acting on Impulse Actor Dave Byers 58
Average
1993 Weekend at Bernie's II Actor Charles 55
Average
1992 Passion Fish Actor Luther 59
Average
1992 Past Midnight Actor Lee Samuels 58
Average
1991 Dead in the Water Actor Hotel Clerk 58
Average
1991 City of Hope Actor Malik 59
Average
1990 Street Hunter Actor Riley 59
Average
1990 Reversal of Fortune Actor Jack 61
Fair
1990 Marked for Death Actor Charles 59
Average
1990 Murder in Black and White Actor Walt Payne N/A
N/A
1989 Troop Beverly Hills Actor James Shakar 58
Average
1989 Troop Beverly Hills Actor Shakar 58
Average
1989 Vietnam War Story: The Last Days Actor Captain Berry (segment "The Last Outpost") N/A
N/A
1988 I'm Gonna Git You Sucka Actor Brothel Man 60
Fair
1987 Matewan Actor Tom 61
Fair
1987 Creepshow 2 Actor The Hitchhiker 60
Fair
1985 Streetwalkin' Actor Henchman #1 58
Average
1984 Exterminator 2 Actor Youth 57
Average
1984 The Brother from Another Planet Actor Sam 60
Fair
1984 Delta Pi Actor Party Heckler 58
Average
1984 Alphabet City Actor Chauffeur 58
Average
1983 OK Today Tomorrow Actor N/A
N/A
1982 The Soldier Actor Faux Businessman 58
Average
1981 Subway Riders Actor On the Waterfront 59
Average
1980 Underground U.S.A. Actor Frank 58
Average
1977 Tomcats Actor Old Man 58
Average

Directing

2020 Walkaway Joe Directing Director 59
Average
2009 Digital Theatre: The Container Directing Director N/A
N/A

Crew

1989 See No Evil, Hear No Evil Crew Stunts 64
Fair
1987 The Secret of My Success Crew Stunts 62
Fair
1987 Outrageous Fortune Crew Stunts 59
Average