
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)
#Truth
as Donald Cooper
(2019)
A Brother's Honor
as Ben Bradford
(2019)
Still Happy
as George Haliday
(2018)
Higher Power
as Tom Davis
(2018)
Spell
as Edmund
(2017)
Transformers: The Last Knight
as Military Attache
(2017)
Message from the King
as Waylon
(2017)
Inhumans: The First Chapter
as George Ashland
(2017)
The Neighborhood
as Jim Beam, Bourbon
(2016)
Rebirth
as The Expert
(2016)
Within
as Detective Pascal
(2016)
The Last Bid
as Harris
(2016)
The Secrets of Emily Blair
as Detective Gorodetsky
(2016)
South32
as Sgt. Kake
(2015)
Stockholm, Pennsylvania
as Detective Timms
(2015)
The Diabolical
as Curtis (as Thomas Wright)
(2015)
Runaway Island
as Raymond Tepper
(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)
The Cursed
as Willie Gar
(2010)
Burning Palms
as Maxwell Barron
(2010)
Breakdance Academy
as Pete
(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)
World Trade Center
as Officer Reynolds
(2006)
(2006)
Striking Range
as John Hatem
(2005)
American Fusion
as Dr. Lee / Lethal Killah
(2005)
Chasing Ghosts
as Tom Shields
(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)
Barbershop
as Detective Williams
(2002)
Contagion
as Tom Brenner
(2002)
Sunshine State
as Flash Phillips
(2002)
P.S. Your Cat is Dead!
as Fred Gable
(2002)
The Keyman
as Popeye
(2001)
The Prime Gig
as Marvin Sanders
(2001)
Layover
as Detective Mills
(2001)
Alex in Wonder
as Sebastian
(2001)
Pursuit of Happiness
as Thom
(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)
Gridlock'd
as Koolaid
(1997)
Weapons of Mass Distraction
as Marvel Sears
(1997)
Menno's Mind
as Jor Norwell, executed rebel (uncredited)
(1997)
Gun
as Mickey
(1996)
My Fellow Americans
as Jim
(1996)
Playing Dangerous 2
as Alton Broom
(1995)
Forget Paris
as Tommy
(1995)
Tales from the Hood
as Martin Moorehouse (segment "Rogue Cop Revelation")
(1995)
White Man's Burden
as Lionel
(1995)
Excessive Force II: Force on Force
as Grant Thompson
(1994)
Men of War
as Jamaal
(1994)
Vault of Horror I
as Mitch (archive footage)
(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)
Marked for Death
as Charles
(1990)
Reversal of Fortune
as Jack
(1990)
Street Hunter
as Riley
(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)
(1984)
Exterminator 2
as Youth
(1984)
Alphabet City
as Chauffeur
(1984)
Delta Pi
as Party Heckler
(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