Tom Wright
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 29, 1952 (age 73)
- Birthplace
- Englewood, New Jersey, USA
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".
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Filmography
Summer Camp
Movie · as Mike
The Locksmith
Movie · as Chief Stern
Daisy Jones & the Six
TV · as Teddy Price · 10 eps
That's Amor
Movie · as Henry
Gully
Movie · as Principal West
True Story
TV · as Shelly · 2 eps
The Beanfield
Movie
Medical Police
TV · as Director Patten · 10 eps
The Divorce Party
Movie · as Sacks
A Brother's Honor
Movie · as Ben Bradford
Still Happy
Movie · as George Haliday
#truth
Movie · as Donald Cooper
Higher Power
Movie · as Tom Davis
Spell
Movie · as Edmund
Station 19
TV · as Battalion Chief Gregory · 3 eps
The Rookie
TV · as Colin Hall · 1 ep
9-1-1
TV · as Buck's Doctor · 1 ep
Message from the King
Movie · as Waylon
Transformers: The Last Knight
Movie · as Military Attache
Inhumans: The First Chapter
Movie · as George Ashland
The Neighborhood
Movie · as Jim Beam, Bourbon
Marvel's Inhumans
TV · as George Ashland · 3 eps
Within
Movie · as Detective Pascal
Rebirth
Movie · as The Expert
South32
Movie · as Sgt. Kake
The Last Bid
Movie · as Harris
The Secrets of Emily Blair
Movie · as Detective Gorodetsky
Rush Hour
TV · as Holt · 1 ep
Shooter
TV · as Jason Colby · 1 ep
Stockholm, Pennsylvania
Movie · as Detective Timms
The Diabolical
Movie · as Curtis (as Thomas Wright)
Runaway Island
Movie · as Raymond Tepper
The Magicians
TV · as Santa, Santa Claus · 3 eps
Beyond the Lights
Movie · as Reverend Brown
Starting from Scratch
Movie · as Homeless Stan
Star Trek: Enterprise - Storm Front
Movie · as Ghrath
Things Never Said
Movie · as Daniel
Ray Donovan
TV · as Benito, Punch Hoffman · 5 eps
A Beautiful Soul
Movie · as Brother Anthony Clark
1600 Penn
TV · as Interviewer · 1 ep
Rift
Movie · as Lietenant Neal
Grimm
TV · as Spencer Harrison · 1 ep
Franklin & Bash
TV · as Judge Gerald Whitman · 1 ep
The Cursed
Movie · as Willie Gar
Burning Palms
Movie · as Maxwell Barron
Breakdance Academy
Movie · as Pete
Rizzoli & Isles
TV · as Walt (Boston Pilgrims' attorney) · 1 ep
Castle
TV · as Fats Shepherd · 1 ep
Modern Family
TV · as Security Guard · 1 ep
Dark Blue
TV · as Freddy · 1 ep
The Imposter
Movie · as Popeye
Bohica
Movie · as Horowitz
The Onion Movie
Movie · as Kwame Roberts
The Mentalist
TV · as Kevin Rome · 1 ep
Crash
TV · as Roger Paul · 1 ep
Honeydripper
Movie · as Cool Breeze
Sinner
Movie · as Officer Thomas
Live!
Movie · as Dr. Raymond Boyd
The Darwin Awards
Movie · as Detective
Saving Grace
TV · as Governor's Protection Agent · 1 ep
Striking Range
Movie · as John Hatem
Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders
Movie · as Bryant
World Trade Center
Movie · as Officer Reynolds
Shark
TV · as Deputy Police Chief George Martinson · 1 ep
Chasing Ghosts
Movie · as Tom Shields
American Fusion
Movie · as Dr. Lee / Lethal Killah
Ghost Whisperer
TV · as Dave McKey · 1 ep
The Inside
TV · as Glenn Terry · 2 eps
Numb3rs
TV · as Coach Harry Streeling · 1 ep
Close to Home
TV · as Judge Jenkins · 6 eps
In Your Eyes
Movie · as Phil
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Movie · as Detective Williams
House
TV · as Dr. Pilcher · 1 ep
Hangman's Curse
Movie · as Dan Carillo
Betrayal
Movie · as Detective Stan
NCIS
TV · as Sam Kelleher · 1 ep
L.A. Dragnet
TV · as Jay Delmore · 1 ep
The O.C.
TV · as Paul Glass · 1 ep
Nip/Tuck
TV · as Detective Albert Chavies · 1 ep
The Keyman
Movie · as Popeye
Contagion
Movie · as Tom Brenner
Sunshine State
Movie · as Flash Phillips
Barbershop
Movie · as Detective Williams
P.S. Your Cat is Dead!
Movie · as Fred Gable
Everwood
TV · as Carl's Lawyer · 1 ep
Alex in Wonder
Movie · as Sebastian
Layover
Movie · as Detective Mills
Pursuit of Happiness
Movie · as Thom
The Prime Gig
Movie · as Marvin Sanders
24
TV · as Rear Admiral Kirkland · 1 ep
Star Trek: Enterprise
TV · as Ghrath · 1 ep
The Division
TV · 1 ep
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV · as Jake Daniels, Robert Harris · 1 ep
Funny Valentines
Movie · as Dr. Thomas Holder
Family Law
TV · as Roscoe · 1 ep
The Pentagon Wars
Movie · as Major William Sayers
Palmetto
Movie · as John Renick
Martial Law
TV · as Capt. Benjamin Winship · 22 eps
Murder at 1600
Movie · as Cooper
Menno's Mind
Movie · as Jor Norwell, executed rebel (uncredited)
Weapons of Mass Distraction
Movie · as Marvel Sears
Gridlock'd
Movie · as Koolaid
Gun
TV · as Mickey · 1 ep
Playing Dangerous 2
Movie · as Alton Broom
My Fellow Americans
Movie · as Jim
Tales from the Hood
Movie · as Martin Moorehouse (segment "Rogue Cop Revelation")
Excessive Force II: Force on Force
Movie · as Grant Thompson
White Man's Burden
Movie · as Lionel
Forget Paris
Movie · as Tommy
Star Trek: Voyager
TV · as Tuvix · 1 ep
Extreme
TV · as Farley Potts · 7 eps
Vault of Horror I
Movie · as Mitch (archive footage)
Men of War
Movie · as Jamaal
Viper
TV · as Travis Parker · 1 ep
Chicago Hope
TV · as Charlie Barrett · 1 ep
ER
TV · as Wharton · 2 eps
Weekend at Bernie's II
Movie · as Charles
Amityville: A New Generation
Movie · as Morgue Attendant
Acting on Impulse
Movie · as Dave Byers
Passion Fish
Movie · as Luther
Past Midnight
Movie · as Lee Samuels
City of Hope
Movie · as Malik
Dead in the Water
Movie · as Hotel Clerk
Roc
TV · as David · 1 ep
Marked for Death
Movie · as Charles
Street Hunter
Movie · as Riley
Reversal of Fortune
Movie · as Jack
Murder in Black and White
Movie · as Walt Payne
Troop Beverly Hills
Movie · as Shakar, James Shakar
Vietnam War Story: The Last Days
Movie · as Captain Berry (segment "The Last Outpost")
Heart of Dixie
Movie · as Black Man at Concert
Seinfeld
TV · as Mr Morgan, Mr. Morgan · 3 eps
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
Movie · as Brothel Man
Creepshow 2
Movie · as The Hitchhiker
Matewan
Movie · as Tom
A Different World
TV · as John Holtworth · 2 eps
21 Jump Street
TV · as Judy's Date · 1 ep
Johnny Bull
Movie · as Paulie
L.A. Law
TV · as D.A. Prentiss Scott · 1 ep
Streetwalkin'
Movie · as Henchman #1
Alphabet City
Movie · as Chauffeur
Delta Pi
Movie · as Party Heckler
The Brother from Another Planet
Movie · as Sam
Exterminator 2
Movie · as Youth
OK Today Tomorrow
Movie
The Soldier
Movie · as Faux Businessman
I Ought to Be in Pictures
Movie · as Baseball Fan
Subway Riders
Movie · as On the Waterfront
Underground U.S.A.
Movie · as Frank
Tomcats
Movie · as Old Man