Tom Wright
Acting
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".
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tvDaisy Jones & the Six
2023
Teddy Price
movieThe Locksmith
2023
Chief Stern
movieThat's Amor
2022
Henry
tvTrue Story
2021
Shelly
movieGully
2021
Principal West
tvMedical Police
2020
Director Patten
movieA Brother's Honor
2019
Ben Bradford
movieStill Happy
2019
George Haliday
movie#truth
2019
Donald Cooper
tvThe Rookie
2018
Colin Hall
movieSpell
2018
Edmund
movieHigher Power
2018
Tom Davis
tvStation 19
2018
Battalion Chief Gregory
tv9-1-1
2018
Buck's Doctor
tvMarvel's Inhumans
2017
George Ashland
movieInhumans: The First Chapter
2017
George Ashland
movieThe Neighborhood
2017
Jim Beam, Bourbon
movieTransformers: The Last Knight
2017
Military Attache
tvShooter
2016
Jason Colby
movieWithin
2016
Detective Pascal
movieThe Secrets of Emily Blair
2016
Detective Gorodetsky
movieSouth32
2016
Sgt. Kake
movieThe Last Bid
2016
Harris
movieRebirth
2016
The Expert
tvRush Hour
2016
Holt
tvThe Magicians
2015
Santa / Santa Claus
movieRunaway Island
2015
Raymond Tepper
movieThe Diabolical
2015
Curtis (as Thomas Wright)
movieStockholm, Pennsylvania
2015
Detective Timms
movieStarting from Scratch
2014
Homeless Stan
movieBeyond the Lights
2014
Reverend Brown
tvRay Donovan
2013
Benito / Punch Hoffman
tv1600 Penn
2012
Interviewer
movieA Beautiful Soul
2012
Brother Anthony Clark
tvGrimm
2011
Spencer Harrison
tvFranklin & Bash
2011
Judge Gerald Whitman
movieRift
2011
Lietenant Neal
tvRizzoli & Isles
2010
Walt (Boston Pilgrims' attorney)
movieBurning Palms
2010
Maxwell Barron
movieThe Cursed
2010
Willie Gar
tvModern Family
2009
Security Guard
tvDark Blue
2009
Freddy
tvCastle
2009
Fats Shepherd
tvCrash
2008
Roger Paul
movieThe Imposter
2008
Popeye
tvThe Mentalist
2008
Kevin Rome
movieThe Onion Movie
2008
Kwame Roberts
Bohica
2008
Horowitz
movieLive!
2007
Dr. Raymond Boyd
movieHoneydripper
2007
Cool Breeze
tvSaving Grace
2007
Governor's Protection Agent
movieThe Darwin Awards
2007
Detective
movieSinner
2007
Officer Thomas
tvShark
2006
Deputy Police Chief George Martinson
movieWorld Trade Center
2006
Officer Reynolds
movieStriking Range
2006
John Hatem
tvGhost Whisperer
2005
Dave McKey
tvClose to Home
2005
Judge Jenkins
tvThe Inside
2005
Glenn Terry
movieChasing Ghosts
2005
Tom Shields
tvNumb3rs
2005
Coach Harry Streeling
movieAmerican Fusion
2005
Dr. Lee / Lethal Killah
tvHouse
2004
Dr. Pilcher
movieBarbershop 2: Back in Business
2004
Detective Williams
tvNCIS
2003
Sam Kelleher
movieHangman's Curse
2003
Dan Carillo
tvThe O.C.
2003
Paul Glass
movieBetrayal
2003
Detective Stan
tvNip/Tuck
2003
Detective Albert Chavies
tvL.A. Dragnet
2003
Jay Delmore
tvEverwood
2002
Carl's Lawyer
movieSunshine State
2002
Flash Phillips
movieBarbershop
2002
Detective Williams
movieP.S. Your Cat is Dead!
2002
Fred Gable
movieContagion
2002
Tom Brenner
tv24
2001
Admiral Kirkland / Rear Admiral Kirkland
movieLayover
2001
Detective Mills
movieThe Prime Gig
2001
Marvin Sanders
movieAlex in Wonder
2001
Sebastian
tvCSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Jake Daniels / Robert Harris
tvFamily Law
1999
Roscoe
movieFunny Valentines
1999
Dr. Thomas Holder
tvMartial Law
1998
Capt. Benjamin Winship
movieThe Pentagon Wars
1998
Major William Sayers
moviePalmetto
1998
John Renick
movieMenno's Mind
1997
Jor Norwell, executed rebel (uncredited)
movieWeapons of Mass Distraction
1997
Marvel Sears
movieMurder at 1600
1997
Cooper
movieGridlock'd
1997
Koolaid
moviePlaying Dangerous 2
1996
Alton Broom
movieExcessive Force II: Force on Force
1995
Grant Thompson
movieTales from the Hood
1995
Martin Moorehouse (segment "Rogue Cop Revelation")
Extreme
1995
Farley Potts
tvER
1994
Wharton
tvChicago Hope
1994
Charlie Barrett
movieMen of War
1994
Jamaal
movieVault of Horror I
1994
Mitch (archive footage)
tvViper
1994
Travis Parker
movieAmityville: A New Generation
1993
Morgue Attendant
movieActing on Impulse
1993
Dave Byers
moviePassion Fish
1992
Luther
moviePast Midnight
1992
Lee Samuels
movieDead in the Water
1991
Hotel Clerk
tvRoc
1991
David
movieMarked for Death
1990
Charles
movieMurder in Black and White
1990
Walt Payne
movieHeart of Dixie
1989
Black Man at Concert
tvSeinfeld
1989
Mr Morgan / Mr. Morgan
movieTroop Beverly Hills
1989
Shakar / James Shakar
movieVietnam War Story: The Last Days
1989
Captain Berry (segment "The Last Outpost")
movieI'm Gonna Git You Sucka
1988
Brothel Man
tvA Different World
1987
John Holtworth
movieCreepshow 2
1987
The Hitchhiker
tv21 Jump Street
1987
Judy's Date
tvL.A. Law
1986
D.A. Prentiss Scott
movieJohnny Bull
1986
Paulie
movieStreetwalkin'
1985
Henchman #1
movieDelta Pi
1984
Party Heckler
movieAlphabet City
1984
Chauffeur
movieThe Soldier
1982
Faux Businessman
movieI Ought to Be in Pictures
1982
Baseball Fan
movieSubway Riders
1981
On the Waterfront
movieTomcats
1977
Old Man
Directing4
movieWalkaway Joe
2020
Director
tvConstantine
2014
Director
movieThe Container
2009
Director
tvNCIS
2003
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