Tom Wright
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Nov 29, 1952 (age 73)
- Place of birth
- Englewood, New Jersey, USA
- Credits
- 150
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
Filmography
Summer Camp
2024Movie
Mike
Daisy Jones & the Six
2023TV
Teddy Price
The Locksmith
2023Movie
Chief Stern
That's Amor
2022Movie
Henry
True Story
2021TV
Shelly
Gully
2021Movie
Principal West
The Beanfield
2020Movie
Medical Police
2020TV
Director Patten
A Brother's Honor
2019Movie
Ben Bradford
Still Happy
2019Movie
George Haliday
#truth
2019Movie
Donald Cooper
The Divorce Party
2019Movie
Sacks
The Rookie
2018TV
Colin Hall
Spell
2018Movie
Edmund
Higher Power
2018Movie
Tom Davis
Station 19
2018TV
Battalion Chief Gregory
9-1-1
2018TV
Buck's Doctor
Marvel's Inhumans
2017TV
George Ashland
Inhumans: The First Chapter
2017Movie
George Ashland
The Neighborhood
2017Movie
Jim Beam, Bourbon
Transformers: The Last Knight
2017Movie
Military Attache
Message from the King
2017Movie
Waylon
Shooter
2016TV
Jason Colby
Within
2016Movie
Detective Pascal
The Secrets of Emily Blair
2016Movie
Detective Gorodetsky
South32
2016Movie
Sgt. Kake
The Last Bid
2016Movie
Harris
Rebirth
2016Movie
The Expert
Rush Hour
2016TV
Holt
The Magicians
2015TV
Santa, Santa Claus
Runaway Island
2015Movie
Raymond Tepper
The Diabolical
2015Movie
Curtis (as Thomas Wright)
Stockholm, Pennsylvania
2015Movie
Detective Timms
Starting from Scratch
2014Movie
Homeless Stan
Beyond the Lights
2014Movie
Reverend Brown
Star Trek: Enterprise - Storm Front
2014Movie
Ghrath
Things Never Said
2013Movie
Daniel
Ray Donovan
2013TV
Benito, Punch Hoffman
1600 Penn
2012TV
Interviewer
A Beautiful Soul
2012Movie
Brother Anthony Clark
Grimm
2011TV
Spencer Harrison
Franklin & Bash
2011TV
Judge Gerald Whitman
Rift
2011Movie
Lietenant Neal
Rizzoli & Isles
2010TV
Walt (Boston Pilgrims' attorney)
Breakdance Academy
2010Movie
Pete
Burning Palms
2010Movie
Maxwell Barron
The Cursed
2010Movie
Willie Gar
Modern Family
2009TV
Security Guard
Dark Blue
2009TV
Freddy
Castle
2009TV
Fats Shepherd
Crash
2008TV
Roger Paul
The Imposter
2008Movie
Popeye
The Mentalist
2008TV
Kevin Rome
The Onion Movie
2008Movie
Kwame Roberts
Bohica
2008Movie
Horowitz
Live!
2007Movie
Dr. Raymond Boyd
Honeydripper
2007Movie
Cool Breeze
Saving Grace
2007TV
Governor's Protection Agent
The Darwin Awards
2007Movie
Detective
Sinner
2007Movie
Officer Thomas
Shark
2006TV
Deputy Police Chief George Martinson
World Trade Center
2006Movie
Officer Reynolds
Striking Range
2006Movie
John Hatem
Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders
2006Movie
Bryant
Ghost Whisperer
2005TV
Dave McKey
Close to Home
2005TV
Judge Jenkins
The Inside
2005TV
Glenn Terry
Chasing Ghosts
2005Movie
Tom Shields
Numb3rs
2005TV
Coach Harry Streeling
American Fusion
2005Movie
Dr. Lee / Lethal Killah
House
2004TV
Dr. Pilcher
In Your Eyes
2004Movie
Phil
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
2004Movie
Detective Williams
NCIS
2003TV
Sam Kelleher
Hangman's Curse
2003Movie
Dan Carillo
The O.C.
2003TV
Paul Glass
Betrayal
2003Movie
Detective Stan
Nip/Tuck
2003TV
Detective Albert Chavies
L.A. Dragnet
2003TV
Jay Delmore
Everwood
2002TV
Carl's Lawyer
The Keyman
2002Movie
Popeye
Sunshine State
2002Movie
Flash Phillips
Barbershop
2002Movie
Detective Williams
P.S. Your Cat is Dead!
2002Movie
Fred Gable
Contagion
2002Movie
Tom Brenner
24
2001TV
Admiral Kirkland, Rear Admiral Kirkland
Star Trek: Enterprise
2001TV
Ghrath
Layover
2001Movie
Detective Mills
The Prime Gig
2001Movie
Marvin Sanders
Alex in Wonder
2001Movie
Sebastian
Pursuit of Happiness
2001Movie
Thom
The Division
2001TV
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000TV
Jake Daniels, Robert Harris
Family Law
1999TV
Roscoe
Funny Valentines
1999Movie
Dr. Thomas Holder
Martial Law
1998TV
Capt. Benjamin Winship
The Pentagon Wars
1998Movie
Major William Sayers
Palmetto
1998Movie
John Renick
Menno's Mind
1997Movie
Jor Norwell, executed rebel (uncredited)
Weapons of Mass Distraction
1997Movie
Marvel Sears
Murder at 1600
1997Movie
Cooper
Gun
1997TV
Mickey
Gridlock'd
1997Movie
Koolaid
My Fellow Americans
1996Movie
Jim
Playing Dangerous 2
1996Movie
Alton Broom
White Man's Burden
1995Movie
Lionel
Excessive Force II: Force on Force
1995Movie
Grant Thompson
Tales from the Hood
1995Movie
Martin Moorehouse (segment "Rogue Cop Revelation")
Forget Paris
1995Movie
Tommy
Extreme
1995TV
Farley Potts
Star Trek: Voyager
1995TV
Tuvix
ER
1994TV
Wharton
Chicago Hope
1994TV
Charlie Barrett
Men of War
1994Movie
Jamaal
Vault of Horror I
1994Movie
Mitch (archive footage)
Viper
1994TV
Travis Parker
Amityville: A New Generation
1993Movie
Morgue Attendant
Acting on Impulse
1993Movie
Dave Byers
Weekend at Bernie's II
1993Movie
Charles
Passion Fish
1992Movie
Luther
Past Midnight
1992Movie
Lee Samuels
Dead in the Water
1991Movie
Hotel Clerk
City of Hope
1991Movie
Malik
Roc
1991TV
David
Street Hunter
1990Movie
Riley
Reversal of Fortune
1990Movie
Jack
Marked for Death
1990Movie
Charles
Murder in Black and White
1990Movie
Walt Payne
Heart of Dixie
1989Movie
Black Man at Concert
Seinfeld
1989TV
Mr Morgan, Mr. Morgan
Troop Beverly Hills
1989Movie
Shakar, James Shakar
Vietnam War Story: The Last Days
1989Movie
Captain Berry (segment "The Last Outpost")
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
1988Movie
Brothel Man
A Different World
1987TV
John Holtworth
Matewan
1987Movie
Tom
Creepshow 2
1987Movie
The Hitchhiker
21 Jump Street
1987TV
Judy's Date
L.A. Law
1986TV
D.A. Prentiss Scott
Johnny Bull
1986Movie
Paulie
Streetwalkin'
1985Movie
Henchman #1
Exterminator 2
1984Movie
Youth
The Brother from Another Planet
1984Movie
Sam
Delta Pi
1984Movie
Party Heckler
Alphabet City
1984Movie
Chauffeur
OK Today Tomorrow
1983Movie
The Soldier
1982Movie
Faux Businessman
I Ought to Be in Pictures
1982Movie
Baseball Fan
Subway Riders
1981Movie
On the Waterfront
Underground U.S.A.
1980Movie
Frank
Tomcats
1977Movie
Old Man