Tom Wright
Known for Acting · 148 credits
- Born
- 1952-11-29 (age 73)
- Place of birth
- Englewood, New Jersey, USA
- Also known as
- Tom Shoemaker · Thomas Wright · Thomas J. Wright · Том Врайт · Том Райт · Harold Thomas 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
TV Shows (48)
The Rookie
2018
as Colin Hall
NCIS
2003
as Sam Kelleher
The Mentalist
2008
as Kevin Rome
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Jake Daniels / Robert Harris
House
2004
as Dr. Pilcher
Modern Family
2009
as Security Guard
Castle
2009
as Fats Shepherd
Seinfeld
1989
as Mr Morgan / Mr. Morgan
24
2001
as Rear Admiral Kirkland
9-1-1
2018
as Buck's Doctor
Grimm
2011
as Spencer Harrison
ER
1994
as Wharton
Star Trek: Voyager
1995
as Tuvix
Ghost Whisperer
2005
as Dave McKey
Chicago Hope
1994
as Charlie Barrett
Rizzoli & Isles
2010
as Walt (Boston Pilgrims' attorney)
Star Trek: Enterprise
2001
as Ghrath
Numb3rs
2005
as Coach Harry Streeling
21 Jump Street
1987
as Judy's Date
The O.C.
2003
as Paul Glass
L.A. Law
1986
as D.A. Prentiss Scott
Station 19
2018
as Battalion Chief Gregory
Everwood
2002
as Carl's Lawyer
Nip/Tuck
2003
as Detective Albert Chavies
Ray Donovan
2013
as Benito / Punch Hoffman
The Division
2001
Martial Law
1998
as Capt. Benjamin Winship
Franklin & Bash
2011
as Judge Gerald Whitman
Shark
2006
as Deputy Police Chief George Martinson
A Different World
1987
as John Holtworth
Viper
1994
as Travis Parker
The Magicians
2015
as Santa / Santa Claus
Shooter
2016
as Jason Colby
Family Law
1999
as Roscoe
Close to Home
2005
as Judge Jenkins
Saving Grace
2007
as Governor's Protection Agent
Dark Blue
2009
as Freddy
Rush Hour
2016
as Holt
Marvel's Inhumans
2017
as George Ashland
The Inside
2005
as Glenn Terry
1600 Penn
2012
as Interviewer
L.A. Dragnet
2003
as Jay Delmore
Crash
2008
as Roger Paul
Medical Police
2020
as Director Patten
Daisy Jones & the Six
2023
as Teddy Price
Roc
1991
as David
True Story
2021
as Shelly
Extreme
1995
as Farley Potts
Movies (100)
Transformers: The Last Knight
2017
as Military Attache
Creepshow 2
1987
as The Hitchhiker
Barbershop
2002
as Detective Williams
Murder at 1600
1997
as Cooper
Marked for Death
1990
as Charles
Summer Camp
2024
as Mike
World Trade Center
2006
as Officer Reynolds
Message from the King
2017
as Waylon
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
2004
as Detective Williams
Matewan
1987
as Tom
Tales from the Hood
1995
as Martin Moorehouse (segment "Rogue Cop Revelation")
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
1988
as Brothel Man
Gridlock'd
1997
as Koolaid
Passion Fish
1992
as Luther
The Onion Movie
2008
as Kwame Roberts
Burning Palms
2010
as Maxwell Barron
Reversal of Fortune
1990
as Jack
Beyond the Lights
2014
as Reverend Brown
The Secrets of Emily Blair
2016
as Detective Gorodetsky
Gully
2021
as Principal West
The Locksmith
2023
as Chief Stern
Palmetto
1998
as John Renick
Within
2016
as Detective Pascal
Forget Paris
1995
as Tommy
City of Hope
1991
as Malik
Betrayal
2003
as Detective Stan
The Brother from Another Planet
1984
as Sam
Live!
2007
as Dr. Raymond Boyd
Chasing Ghosts
2005
as Tom Shields
Men of War
1994
as Jamaal
Troop Beverly Hills
1989
as Shakar / James Shakar
The Soldier
1982
as Faux Businessman
The Darwin Awards
2007
as Detective
Streetwalkin'
1985
as Henchman #1
Contagion
2002
as Tom Brenner
My Fellow Americans
1996
as Jim
Exterminator 2
1984
as Youth
Rebirth
2016
as The Expert
Amityville: A New Generation
1993
as Morgue Attendant
Sunshine State
2002
as Flash Phillips
Weekend at Bernie's II
1993
as Charles
Excessive Force II: Force on Force
1995
as Grant Thompson
Layover
2001
as Detective Mills
Alphabet City
1984
as Chauffeur
Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders
2006
as Bryant
Weapons of Mass Distraction
1997
as Marvel Sears
Honeydripper
2007
as Cool Breeze
The Pentagon Wars
1998
as Major William Sayers
Higher Power
2018
as Tom Davis
Stockholm, Pennsylvania
2015
as Detective Timms
White Man's Burden
1995
as Lionel
That's Amor
2022
as Henry
Vault of Horror I
1994
as Mitch (archive footage)
Inhumans: The First Chapter
2017
as George Ashland
The Diabolical
2015
as Curtis (as Thomas Wright)
The Prime Gig
2001
as Marvin Sanders
Past Midnight
1992
as Lee Samuels
Breakdance Academy
2010
as Pete
Murder in Black and White
1990
as Walt Payne
Menno's Mind
1997
as Jor Norwell, executed rebel (uncredited)
The Cursed
2010
as Willie Gar
Acting on Impulse
1993
as Dave Byers
Heart of Dixie
1989
as Black Man at Concert
The Divorce Party
2019
as Sacks
Pursuit of Happiness
2001
as Thom
American Fusion
2005
as Dr. Lee / Lethal Killah
Alex in Wonder
2001
as Sebastian
Street Hunter
1990
as Riley
The Neighborhood
2017
as Jim Beam, Bourbon
A Beautiful Soul
2012
as Brother Anthony Clark
The Last Bid
2016
as Harris
The Keyman
2002
as Popeye
A Brother's Honor
2019
as Ben Bradford
Dead in the Water
1991
as Hotel Clerk
Things Never Said
2013
as Daniel
Delta Pi
1984
as Party Heckler
Runaway Island
2015
as Raymond Tepper
Bohica
2008
as Horowitz
Striking Range
2006
as John Hatem
Underground U.S.A.
1980
as Frank
Sinner
2007
as Officer Thomas
Hangman's Curse
2003
as Dan Carillo
Playing Dangerous 2
1996
as Alton Broom
Johnny Bull
1986
as Paulie
#truth
2019
as Donald Cooper
Funny Valentines
1999
as Dr. Thomas Holder
I Ought to Be in Pictures
1982
as Baseball Fan
Tomcats
1977
as Old Man
Spell
2018
as Edmund
Vietnam War Story: The Last Days
1989
as Captain Berry (segment "The Last Outpost")
Subway Riders
1981
as On the Waterfront
Rift
2011
as Lietenant Neal
P.S. Your Cat is Dead!
2002
as Fred Gable
Starting from Scratch
2014
as Homeless Stan
South32
2016
as Sgt. Kake
In Your Eyes
2004
as Phil
The Imposter
2008
as Popeye
Still Happy
2019
as George Haliday
OK Today Tomorrow
1983
The Beanfield
2020
About Tom Wright
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, Manhatt… With 148 credits spanning from 1977 to 2024, Tom Wright has appeared in 100 films and 48 TV shows.
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- Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) — as Military Attache
- Creepshow 2 (1987) — as The Hitchhiker
- Barbershop (2002) — as Detective Williams
- Murder at 1600 (1997) — as Cooper
- Marked for Death (1990) — as Charles
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