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Tom Wright

Tom Wright

Acting

Born: November 29, 1952Englewood, 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".

Known For
Filmography
Summer Camp

Summer Camp

Mike

2024
The Locksmith

The Locksmith

Chief Stern

2023
That's Amor

That's Amor

Henry

2022
Gully

Gully

Principal West

2021
The Beanfield

The Beanfield

2020
A Brother's Honor

A Brother's Honor

Ben Bradford

2019
Still Happy

Still Happy

George Haliday

2019
#truth

#truth

Donald Cooper

2019
The Divorce Party

The Divorce Party

Sacks

2019
Spell

Spell

Edmund

2018
Higher Power

Higher Power

Tom Davis

2018
Inhumans: The First Chapter

Inhumans: The First Chapter

George Ashland

2017
The Neighborhood

The Neighborhood

Jim Beam, Bourbon

2017
Transformers: The Last Knight

Transformers: The Last Knight

Military Attache

2017
Message from the King

Message from the King

Waylon

2017
Within

Within

Detective Pascal

2016
The Secrets of Emily Blair

The Secrets of Emily Blair

Detective Gorodetsky

2016
South32

South32

Sgt. Kake

2016
The Last Bid

The Last Bid

Harris

2016
Rebirth

Rebirth

The Expert

2016
Runaway Island

Runaway Island

Raymond Tepper

2015
The Diabolical

The Diabolical

Curtis (as Thomas Wright)

2015
Stockholm, Pennsylvania

Stockholm, Pennsylvania

Detective Timms

2015
Starting from Scratch

Starting from Scratch

Homeless Stan

2014
Beyond the Lights

Beyond the Lights

Reverend Brown

2014
Things Never Said

Things Never Said

Daniel

2013
A Beautiful Soul

A Beautiful Soul

Brother Anthony Clark

2012
Rift

Rift

Lietenant Neal

2011
Breakdance Academy

Breakdance Academy

Pete

2010
Burning Palms

Burning Palms

Maxwell Barron

2010
The Cursed

The Cursed

Willie Gar

2010
The Imposter

The Imposter

Popeye

2008
The Onion Movie

The Onion Movie

Kwame Roberts

2008

Bohica

Horowitz

2008
Live!

Live!

Dr. Raymond Boyd

2007
Honeydripper

Honeydripper

Cool Breeze

2007
The Darwin Awards

The Darwin Awards

Detective

2007
Sinner

Sinner

Officer Thomas

2007
World Trade Center

World Trade Center

Officer Reynolds

2006
Striking Range

Striking Range

John Hatem

2006
Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders

Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders

Bryant

2006
Chasing Ghosts

Chasing Ghosts

Tom Shields

2005
American Fusion

American Fusion

Dr. Lee / Lethal Killah

2005
In Your Eyes

In Your Eyes

Phil

2004
Barbershop 2: Back in Business

Barbershop 2: Back in Business

Detective Williams

2004
Hangman's Curse

Hangman's Curse

Dan Carillo

2003
Betrayal

Betrayal

Detective Stan

2003

The Keyman

Popeye

2002
Sunshine State

Sunshine State

Flash Phillips

2002
Contagion

Contagion

Tom Brenner

2002
Barbershop

Barbershop

Detective Williams

2002
P.S. Your Cat is Dead!

P.S. Your Cat is Dead!

Fred Gable

2002
Layover

Layover

Detective Mills

2001
The Prime Gig

The Prime Gig

Marvin Sanders

2001
Alex in Wonder

Alex in Wonder

Sebastian

2001
Pursuit of Happiness

Pursuit of Happiness

Thom

2001
Funny Valentines

Funny Valentines

Dr. Thomas Holder

1999
The Pentagon Wars

The Pentagon Wars

Major William Sayers

1998
Palmetto

Palmetto

John Renick

1998
Menno's Mind

Menno's Mind

Jor Norwell, executed rebel (uncredited)

1997
Weapons of Mass Distraction

Weapons of Mass Distraction

Marvel Sears

1997
Murder at 1600

Murder at 1600

Cooper

1997
Gridlock'd

Gridlock'd

Koolaid

1997
My Fellow Americans

My Fellow Americans

Jim

1996
Playing Dangerous 2

Playing Dangerous 2

Alton Broom

1996
White Man's Burden

White Man's Burden

Lionel

1995
Excessive Force II: Force on Force

Excessive Force II: Force on Force

Grant Thompson

1995
Tales from the Hood

Tales from the Hood

Martin Moorehouse (segment "Rogue Cop Revelation")

1995
Forget Paris

Forget Paris

Tommy

1995
Men of War

Men of War

Jamaal

1994
Vault of Horror I

Vault of Horror I

Mitch (archive footage)

1994
Amityville: A New Generation

Amityville: A New Generation

Morgue Attendant

1993
Acting on Impulse

Acting on Impulse

Dave Byers

1993
Weekend at Bernie's II

Weekend at Bernie's II

Charles

1993
Passion Fish

Passion Fish

Luther

1992
Past Midnight

Past Midnight

Lee Samuels

1992
Dead in the Water

Dead in the Water

Hotel Clerk

1991
City of Hope

City of Hope

Malik

1991
Street Hunter

Street Hunter

Riley

1990
Reversal of Fortune

Reversal of Fortune

Jack

1990
Marked for Death

Marked for Death

Charles

1990
Murder in Black and White

Murder in Black and White

Walt Payne

1990
Heart of Dixie

Heart of Dixie

Black Man at Concert

1989
Troop Beverly Hills

Troop Beverly Hills

James Shakar

1989
Troop Beverly Hills

Troop Beverly Hills

Shakar

1989
Vietnam War Story: The Last Days

Vietnam War Story: The Last Days

Captain Berry (segment "The Last Outpost")

1989
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

Brothel Man

1988
Matewan

Matewan

Tom

1987
Creepshow 2

Creepshow 2

The Hitchhiker

1987
Johnny Bull

Johnny Bull

Paulie

1986
Streetwalkin'

Streetwalkin'

Henchman #1

1985
Exterminator 2

Exterminator 2

Youth

1984
The Brother from Another Planet

The Brother from Another Planet

Sam

1984
Delta Pi

Delta Pi

Party Heckler

1984
Alphabet City

Alphabet City

Chauffeur

1984
OK Today Tomorrow

OK Today Tomorrow

1983
The Soldier

The Soldier

Faux Businessman

1982
I Ought to Be in Pictures

I Ought to Be in Pictures

Baseball Fan

1982
Subway Riders

Subway Riders

On the Waterfront

1981
Underground U.S.A.

Underground U.S.A.

Frank

1980
Tomcats

Tomcats

Old Man

1977