Tom Wright
Born: 1952-11-29 in Englewood, New Jersey, USA
Known For: Acting
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".
Filmography
2024
- Summer Camp as Mike
2023
- Daisy Jones & the Six as Teddy Price
- The Locksmith as Chief Stern
2022
- That's Amor as Henry
2021
- True Story as Shelly
- Gully as Principal West
2020
- Medical Police as Director Patten
- Walkaway Joe ... (Director)
- The Beanfield
2019
- #truth as Donald Cooper
- A Brother's Honor as Ben Bradford
- The Divorce Party as Sacks
- Still Happy as George Haliday
2018
- The Rookie as Colin Hall
- 9-1-1 as Buck's Doctor
- Station 19 as Battalion Chief Gregory
- Higher Power as Tom Davis
- Spell as Edmund
2017
- Transformers: The Last Knight as Military Attache
- Marvel's Inhumans as George Ashland
- Message from the King as Waylon
- Inhumans: The First Chapter as George Ashland
- The Neighborhood as Jim Beam, Bourbon
2016
- Shooter as Jason Colby
- Rush Hour as Holt
- Within as Detective Pascal
- The Secrets of Emily Blair as Detective Gorodetsky
- Rebirth as The Expert
- The Last Bid as Harris
- South32 as Sgt. Kake
2015
- The Magicians as Santa
- The Diabolical as Curtis (as Thomas Wright)
- Stockholm, Pennsylvania as Detective Timms
- Runaway Island as Raymond Tepper
2014
- Constantine ... (Director)
- Beyond the Lights as Reverend Brown
- Star Trek: Enterprise - Storm Front as Ghrath
- Starting from Scratch as Homeless Stan
2013
- Ray Donovan as Benito
- Things Never Said as Daniel
2012
- 1600 Penn as Interviewer
- A Beautiful Soul as Brother Anthony Clark
2011
- Grimm as Spencer Harrison
- Franklin & Bash as Judge Gerald Whitman
- Rift as Lietenant Neal
2010
- Rizzoli & Isles as Walt (Boston Pilgrims' attorney)
- Burning Palms as Maxwell Barron
- Breakdance Academy as Pete
- The Cursed as Willie Gar
2009
- Modern Family as Security Guard
- Castle as Fats Shepherd
- Dark Blue as Freddy
- The Container ... (Director)
2008
- The Mentalist as Kevin Rome
- Crash as Roger Paul
- The Onion Movie as Kwame Roberts
- Bohica as Horowitz
- The Imposter as Popeye
2007
- Saving Grace as Governor's Protection Agent
- The Darwin Awards as Detective
- Live! as Dr. Raymond Boyd
- Honeydripper as Cool Breeze
- Sinner as Officer Thomas
2006
- Shark as Deputy Police Chief George Martinson
- World Trade Center as Officer Reynolds
- Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders as Bryant
- Striking Range as John Hatem
2005
- Ghost Whisperer as Dave McKey
- Numb3rs as Coach Harry Streeling
- Close to Home as Judge Jenkins
- The Inside as Glenn Terry
- Chasing Ghosts as Tom Shields
- American Fusion as Dr. Lee / Lethal Killah
2004
- House as Dr. Pilcher
- Barbershop 2: Back in Business as Detective Williams
- In Your Eyes as Phil
2003
- NCIS as Sam Kelleher
- The O.C. as Paul Glass
- Nip/Tuck as Detective Albert Chavies
- L.A. Dragnet as Jay Delmore
- Betrayal as Detective Stan
- Hangman's Curse as Dan Carillo
2002
- Everwood as Carl's Lawyer
- Barbershop as Detective Williams
- P.S. Your Cat is Dead! as Fred Gable
- Sunshine State as Flash Phillips
- Contagion as Tom Brenner
- The Keyman as Popeye
2001
- 24 as Rear Admiral Kirkland
- Star Trek: Enterprise as Ghrath
- The Division
- The Prime Gig as Marvin Sanders
- Pursuit of Happiness as Thom
- Layover as Detective Mills
- Alex in Wonder as Sebastian
2000
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Jake Daniels
1999
- Family Law as Roscoe
- Funny Valentines as Dr. Thomas Holder
1998
- Martial Law as Capt. Benjamin Winship
- The Pentagon Wars as Major William Sayers
- Palmetto as John Renick
1997
- Murder at 1600 as Cooper
- Gun as Mickey
- Gridlock'd as Koolaid
- Menno's Mind as Jor Norwell, executed rebel (uncredited)
- Weapons of Mass Distraction as Marvel Sears
1996
- My Fellow Americans as Jim
- Playing Dangerous 2 as Alton Broom
1995
- Star Trek: Voyager as Tuvix
- Extreme as Farley Potts
- Tales from the Hood as Martin Moorehouse (segment "Rogue Cop Revelation")
- White Man's Burden as Lionel
- Forget Paris as Tommy
- Excessive Force II: Force on Force as Grant Thompson
1994
- ER as Wharton
- Chicago Hope as Charlie Barrett
- Viper as Travis Parker
- Men of War as Jamaal
- Vault of Horror I as Mitch (archive footage)
1993
- Weekend at Bernie's II as Charles
- Amityville: A New Generation as Morgue Attendant
- Acting on Impulse as Dave Byers
1992
- Passion Fish as Luther
- Past Midnight as Lee Samuels
1991
- Roc as David
- Dead in the Water as Hotel Clerk
- City of Hope as Malik
1990
- Marked for Death as Charles
- Reversal of Fortune as Jack
- Murder in Black and White as Walt Payne
- Street Hunter as Riley
1989
- Seinfeld as Mr Morgan
- See No Evil, Hear No Evil ... (Stunts)
- Troop Beverly Hills as Shakar
- Vietnam War Story: The Last Days as Captain Berry (segment "The Last Outpost")
- Heart of Dixie as Black Man at Concert
1988
- I'm Gonna Git You Sucka as Brothel Man
1987
- 21 Jump Street as Judy's Date
- A Different World as John Holtworth
- The Secret of My Success ... (Stunts)
- Creepshow 2 as The Hitchhiker
- Matewan as Tom
- Outrageous Fortune ... (Stunts)
1986
- L.A. Law as D.A. Prentiss Scott
- Johnny Bull as Paulie
1985
- Streetwalkin' as Henchman #1
1984
- The Brother from Another Planet as Sam
- Alphabet City as Chauffeur
- Exterminator 2 as Youth
- Delta Pi as Party Heckler
1983
1982
- The Soldier as Faux Businessman
- I Ought to Be in Pictures as Baseball Fan
1981
- Subway Riders as On the Waterfront
1980
- Underground U.S.A. as Frank
1977
- Tomcats as Old Man