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Tom Wright

Tom Wright

Acting1952Englewood, 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".

Acting History

2024
2023
The Locksmith
as Chief Stern
Daisy Jones & the Six
TVas Teddy Price10 eps
2022
That's Amor
as Henry
2021
Gully
as Principal West
True Story
TVas Shelly
Station 19
TVas Battalion Chief Gregory3 eps
2020
The Magicians
TVas Santa / Santa Claus1 eps
Medical Police
TVas Director Patten10 eps
The Rookie
TVas Colin Hall1 eps
9-1-1
TVas Buck's Doctor1 eps
Walkaway Joe
Director
2019
#Truth
as Donald Cooper
Still Happy
as George Haliday
2018
Spell
as Edmund
Higher Power
as Tom Davis
Shooter
TVas Jason Colby1 eps
2017
Marvel's Inhumans
TVas George Ashland3 eps
2016
South32
as Sgt. Kake
Rebirth
as The Expert
Ray Donovan
TVas Punch Hoffman2 eps
Rush Hour
TVas Holt1 eps
2015
Stockholm, Pennsylvania
as Detective Timms
The Diabolical
as Curtis (as Thomas Wright)
Runaway Island
as Raymond Tepper
2014
Beyond the Lights
as Reverend Brown
Castle
TVas Fats Shepherd1 eps
Constantine
TVDirector
2013
The Mentalist
TVas Kevin Rome1 eps
2012
Franklin & Bash
TVas Judge Gerald Whitman1 eps
Grimm
TVas Spencer Harrison1 eps
1600 Penn
TVas Interviewer
2011
Rift
as Lietenant Neal
Rizzoli & Isles
TVas Walt (Boston Pilgrims' attorney)1 eps
2010
Burning Palms
as Maxwell Barron
The Cursed
as Willie Gar
Dark Blue
TVas Freddy1 eps
Modern Family
TVas Security Guard1 eps
2009
Numb3rs
TVas Coach Harry Streeling1 eps
Nip/Tuck
TVas Detective Albert Chavies1 eps
Saving Grace
TVas Governor's Protection Agent1 eps
Ghost Whisperer
TVas Dave McKey1 eps
2008
The Onion Movie
as Kwame Roberts
Crash
TVas Roger Paul
2007
Honeydripper
as Cool Breeze
The Darwin Awards
as Detective
Live!
as Dr. Raymond Boyd
Sinner
as Officer Thomas
House
TVas Dr. Pilcher1 eps
2006
September
as Officer Reynolds
24
TVas Rear Admiral Kirkland1 eps
Shark
TVas Deputy Police Chief George Martinson1 eps
Close to Home
TVas Judge Jenkins6 eps
2005
The Inside
TVas Glenn Terry
NCIS
TVas Sam Kelleher1 eps
The O.C.
TVas Paul Glass1 eps
2004
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
as Detective Williams
Everwood
TVas Carl's Lawyer1 eps
Star Trek: Enterprise
TVas Ghrath1 eps
2003
Betrayal
as Detective Stan
Hangman's Curse
as Dan Carillo
L.A. Dragnet
TVas Jay Delmore
NCIS
TVDirector
2002
The Keyman
as Popeye
Barbershop
as Detective Williams
Sunshine State
as Flash Phillips
Contagion
as Tom Brenner
2001
The Prime Gig
as Marvin Sanders
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TVas Robert Harris / Jake Daniels1 eps
ER
TVas Wharton2 eps
1999
Family Law
TVas Roscoe1 eps
1998
The Pentagon Wars
as Major William Sayers
Palmetto
as John Renick
Chicago Hope
TVas Charlie Barrett1 eps
Martial Law
TVas Capt. Benjamin Winship22 eps
1997
Gridlock'd
as Koolaid
Viper
TVas Travis Parker1 eps
1996
Playing Dangerous 2
as Alton Broom
Star Trek: Voyager
TVas Tuvix1 eps
1995
Boys Do Get Bruised
as Martin Moorehouse (segment "Rogue Cop Revelation")
Forget Paris
as Tommy
1994
Men of War
as Jamaal
Seinfeld
TVas Mr Morgan / Mr. Morgan1 eps
1993
Amityville: A New Generation
as Morgue Attendant
Acting on Impulse
as Dave Byers
L.A. Law
TVas D.A. Prentiss Scott1 eps
1992
Past Midnight
as Lee Samuels
A Different World
TVas John Holtworth2 eps
1991
City of Hope
as Malik
Dead in the Water
as Hotel Clerk
Roc
TVas David
1989
Vietnam War Story: The Last Days
as Captain Berry (segment "The Last Outpost")
1988
21 Jump Street
TVas Judy's Date1 eps
1984
Alphabet City
as Chauffeur
1982
The Soldier
as Faux Businessman
1977
Tomcats
as Old Man

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
11/29/1952(73 years old)
Place of Birth
Englewood, New Jersey, USA