
Tom Wright
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1952-11-29 (72 years old)
Place of Birth
Englewood, New Jersey, USA
Tom Wright
Biography
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
as Mike
(2023)
The Locksmith
as Chief Stern
(2022)
That's Amor
as Henry
(2021)
Gully
as Principal West
(2020)
(2019)
The Divorce Party
as Sacks
(2019)
A Brother's Honor
as Ben Bradford
(2019)
Still Happy
as George Haliday
(2019)
#Truth
as Donald Cooper
(2018)
Higher Power
as Tom Davis
(2018)
Spell
as Edmund
(2017)
Transformers: The Last Knight
as Military Attache
(2017)
Inhumans: The First Chapter
as George Ashland
(2017)
Message from the King
as Waylon
(2017)
The Neighborhood
as Jim Beam, Bourbon
(2016)
Within
as Detective Pascal
(2016)
Rebirth
as The Expert
(2016)
The Last Bid
as Harris
(2016)
South32
as Sgt. Kake
(2016)
The Secrets of Emily Blair
as Detective Gorodetsky
(2015)
The Diabolical
as Curtis (as Thomas Wright)
(2015)
Runaway Island
as Raymond Tepper
(2015)
Stockholm, Pennsylvania
as Detective Timms
(2014)
Beyond the Lights
as Reverend Brown
(2014)
Starting from Scratch
as Homeless Stan
(2013)
Things Never Said
as Daniel
(2012)
A Beautiful Soul
as Brother Anthony Clark
(2011)
Rift
as Lietenant Neal
(2010)
Burning Palms
as Maxwell Barron
(2010)
Breakdance Academy
as Pete
(2010)
The Cursed
as Willie Gar
(2008)
Bohica
as Horowitz
(2008)
The Imposter
as Popeye
(2007)
Live!
as Dr. Raymond Boyd
(2007)
Honeydripper
as Cool Breeze
(2007)
Sinner
as Officer Thomas
(2006)
(2006)
World Trade Center
as Officer Reynolds
(2006)
Striking Range
as John Hatem
(2005)
Chasing Ghosts
as Tom Shields
(2005)
American Fusion
as Dr. Lee / Lethal Killah
(2004)
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
as Detective Williams
(2004)
In Your Eyes
as Phil
(2003)
Betrayal
as Detective Stan
(2003)
Hangman's Curse
as Dan Carillo
(2002)
Contagion
as Tom Brenner
(2002)
Barbershop
as Detective Williams
(2002)
The Keyman
as Popeye
(2002)
Sunshine State
as Flash Phillips
(2002)
P.S. Your Cat is Dead!
as Fred Gable
(2001)
The Prime Gig
as Marvin Sanders
(2001)
Pursuit of Happiness
as Thom
(2001)
Alex in Wonder
as Sebastian
(2001)
Layover
as Detective Mills
(1999)
Funny Valentines
as Dr. Thomas Holder
(1998)
The Pentagon Wars
as Major William Sayers
(1998)
Palmetto
as John Renick
(1997)
Murder at 1600
as Cooper
(1997)
Menno's Mind
as Jor Norwell, executed rebel (uncredited)
(1997)
Weapons of Mass Distraction
as Marvel Sears
(1997)
Gridlock'd
as Koolaid
(1997)
Gun
as Mickey
(1996)
Playing Dangerous 2
as Alton Broom
(1996)
My Fellow Americans
as Jim
(1995)
Tales from the Hood
as Martin Moorehouse (segment "Rogue Cop Revelation")
(1995)
Forget Paris
as Tommy
(1995)
White Man's Burden
as Lionel
(1995)
Excessive Force II: Force on Force
as Grant Thompson
(1994)
Vault of Horror I
as Mitch (archive footage)
(1994)
Men of War
as Jamaal
(1993)
Amityville: A New Generation
as Morgue Attendant
(1993)
Weekend at Bernie's II
as Charles
(1993)
Acting on Impulse
as Dave Byers
(1992)
Past Midnight
as Lee Samuels
(1992)
Passion Fish
as Luther
(1991)
City of Hope
as Malik
(1991)
Dead in the Water
as Hotel Clerk
(1990)
Street Hunter
as Riley
(1990)
Marked for Death
as Charles
(1990)
Reversal of Fortune
as Jack
(1990)
Murder in Black and White
as Walt Payne
(1989)
Troop Beverly Hills
as Shakar
(1989)
Troop Beverly Hills
as James Shakar
(1989)
Vietnam War Story: The Last Days
as Captain Berry (segment "The Last Outpost")
(1988)
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
as Brothel Man
(1987)
Creepshow 2
as The Hitchhiker
(1987)
Matewan
as Tom
(1986)
Johnny Bull
as Paulie
(1985)
Streetwalkin'
as Henchman #1
(1984)
Delta Pi
as Party Heckler
(1984)
Exterminator 2
as Youth
(1984)
Alphabet City
as Chauffeur
(1984)
(1983)
(1982)
The Soldier
as Faux Businessman
(1981)
Subway Riders
as On the Waterfront
(1980)
Underground U.S.A.
as Frank
(1977)
Tomcats
as Old Man
Crew
(2020)
Walkaway Joe
Director
(2009)
The Container
Director
(1989)
(1987)
The Secret of My Success
Stunts
(1987)
Outrageous Fortune
Stunts