Tom Wright
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 29, 1952
- Birthplace
- Englewood, New Jersey, USA
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".
Filmography
Summer Camp 2024
as Mike
The Locksmith 2023
as Chief Stern
That's Amor 2022
as Henry
Gully 2021
as Principal West
Walkaway Joe 2020
Director
The Beanfield 2020
Actor
A Brother's Honor 2019
as Ben Bradford
Still Happy 2019
as George Haliday
#truth 2019
as Donald Cooper
The Divorce Party 2019
as Sacks
Spell 2018
as Edmund
Higher Power 2018
as Tom Davis
Inhumans: The First Chapter 2017
as George Ashland
The Neighborhood 2017
as Jim Beam, Bourbon
Transformers: The Last Knight 2017
as Military Attache
Message from the King 2017
as Waylon
Within 2016
as Detective Pascal
The Secrets of Emily Blair 2016
as Detective Gorodetsky
South32 2016
as Sgt. Kake
The Last Bid 2016
as Harris
Rebirth 2016
as The Expert
Runaway Island 2015
as Raymond Tepper
The Diabolical 2015
as Curtis (as Thomas Wright)
Stockholm, Pennsylvania 2015
as Detective Timms
Starting from Scratch 2014
as Homeless Stan
Beyond the Lights 2014
as Reverend Brown
Star Trek: Enterprise - Storm Front 2014
as Ghrath
Things Never Said 2013
as Daniel
A Beautiful Soul 2012
as Brother Anthony Clark
Rift 2011
as Lietenant Neal
Breakdance Academy 2010
as Pete
Burning Palms 2010
as Maxwell Barron
The Cursed 2010
as Willie Gar
The Container 2009
Director
The Imposter 2008
as Popeye
The Onion Movie 2008
as Kwame Roberts
- Bohica
Bohica 2008
as Horowitz
Live! 2007
as Dr. Raymond Boyd
Honeydripper 2007
as Cool Breeze
The Darwin Awards 2007
as Detective
Sinner 2007
as Officer Thomas
World Trade Center 2006
as Officer Reynolds
Striking Range 2006
as John Hatem
Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders 2006
as Bryant
Chasing Ghosts 2005
as Tom Shields
American Fusion 2005
as Dr. Lee / Lethal Killah
In Your Eyes 2004
as Phil
Barbershop 2: Back in Business 2004
as Detective Williams
Hangman's Curse 2003
as Dan Carillo
Betrayal 2003
as Detective Stan
- The Keyman
The Keyman 2002
as Popeye
Sunshine State 2002
as Flash Phillips
Barbershop 2002
as Detective Williams
P.S. Your Cat is Dead! 2002
as Fred Gable
Contagion 2002
as Tom Brenner
Layover 2001
as Detective Mills
The Prime Gig 2001
as Marvin Sanders
Alex in Wonder 2001
as Sebastian
Pursuit of Happiness 2001
as Thom
Funny Valentines 1999
as Dr. Thomas Holder
The Pentagon Wars 1998
as Major William Sayers
Palmetto 1998
as John Renick
Menno's Mind 1997
as Jor Norwell, executed rebel (uncredited)
Weapons of Mass Distraction 1997
as Marvel Sears
Murder at 1600 1997
as Cooper
Gridlock'd 1997
as Koolaid
My Fellow Americans 1996
as Jim
Playing Dangerous 2 1996
as Alton Broom
White Man's Burden 1995
as Lionel
Excessive Force II: Force on Force 1995
as Grant Thompson
Forget Paris 1995
as Tommy
Tales from the Hood 1995
as Martin Moorehouse (segment "Rogue Cop Revelation")
Men of War 1994
as Jamaal
Vault of Horror I 1994
as Mitch (archive footage)
Amityville: A New Generation 1993
as Morgue Attendant
Acting on Impulse 1993
as Dave Byers
Weekend at Bernie's II 1993
as Charles
Passion Fish 1992
as Luther
Past Midnight 1992
as Lee Samuels
Dead in the Water 1991
as Hotel Clerk
City of Hope 1991
as Malik
Street Hunter 1990
as Riley
Reversal of Fortune 1990
as Jack
Marked for Death 1990
as Charles
Murder in Black and White 1990
as Walt Payne
Heart of Dixie 1989
as Black Man at Concert
See No Evil, Hear No Evil 1989
Stunts
Troop Beverly Hills 1989
as Shakar, as James Shakar
Vietnam War Story: The Last Days 1989
as Captain Berry (segment "The Last Outpost")
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka 1988
as Brothel Man
Matewan 1987
as Tom
Creepshow 2 1987
as The Hitchhiker
The Secret of My Success 1987
Stunts
Outrageous Fortune 1987
Stunts
Johnny Bull 1986
as Paulie
Streetwalkin' 1985
as Henchman #1
Exterminator 2 1984
as Youth
The Brother from Another Planet 1984
as Sam
Delta Pi 1984
as Party Heckler
Alphabet City 1984
as Chauffeur
OK Today Tomorrow 1983
Actor
The Soldier 1982
as Faux Businessman
I Ought to Be in Pictures 1982
as Baseball Fan
Subway Riders 1981
as On the Waterfront
Underground U.S.A. 1980
as Frank
Tomcats 1977
as Old Man
Credits from TMDB.