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, 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

Birth Location Englewood, New Jersey, USA
Born 1952-11-29

Movies

The Locksmith as Chief Stern
2023
That's Amor as Henry
2022
A Brother's Honor as Ben Bradford
2019
#Truth as Donald Cooper
2019
2019
Spell as Edmund
2018
Higher Power as Tom Davis
2018
Inhumans: The First Chapter as George Ashland
2017
Transformers: The Last Knight as Military Attache
2017
2017
Within as Detective Pascal
2016
South32 as Sgt. Kake
2016
The Last Bid as Harris
2016
Rebirth as The Expert
2016
The Diabolical as Curtis (as Thomas Wright)
2015
Stockholm, Pennsylvania as Detective Timms
2015
Starting from Scratch as Homeless Stan
2014
Beyond the Lights as Reverend Brown
2014
Things Never Said as Daniel
2013
Rift as Lietenant Neal
2011
Burning Palms as Maxwell Barron
2010
The Cursed as Willie Gar
2010
The Imposter as Popeye
2008
Bohica as Horowitz
2008
Honeydripper as Cool Breeze
2007
Sinner as Officer Thomas
2007
World Trade Center as Officer Reynolds
2006
Striking Range as John Hatem
2006
Chasing Ghosts as Tom Shields
2005
American Fusion as Dr. Lee / Lethal Killah
2005
In Your Eyes as Phil
2004
Barbershop 2: Back in Business as Detective Williams
2004
Hangman's Curse as Dan Carillo
2003
Betrayal as Detective Stan
2003
The Keyman as Popeye
2002
Sunshine State as Flash Phillips
2002
Contagion as Tom Brenner
2002
Barbershop as Detective Williams
2002
P.S. Your Cat Is Dead! as Fred Gable
2002
Layover as Detective Mills
2001
The Prime Gig as Marvin Sanders
2001
Alex in Wonder as Sebastian
2001
2001
Funny Valentines as Dr. Thomas Holder
1999
The Pentagon Wars as Major William Sayers
1998
Palmetto as John Renick
1998
Murder at 1600 as Cooper
1997
1996
Playing Dangerous 2 as Alton Broom
1996
White Man's Burden as Lionel
1995
1995
Tales from the Hood as Martin Moorehouse (segment "Rogue Cop Revelation")
1995
Forget Paris as Tommy
1995
Men of War as Jamaal
1994
1994
Amityville: A New Generation as Morgue Attendant
1993
Acting on Impulse as Dave Byers
1993
1993
Passion Fish as Luther
1992
Past Midnight as Lee Samuels
1992
Dead in the Water as Hotel Clerk
1991
City of Hope as Malik
1991
Street Hunter as Riley
1990
1990
Marked for Death as Charles
1990
1990
1989
Troop Beverly Hills as James Shakar
1989
Vietnam War Story: The Last Days as Captain Berry (segment "The Last Outpost")
1989
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka as Brothel Man
1988
Matewan as Tom
1987
Creepshow 2 as The Hitchhiker
1987
Streetwalkin' as Henchman #1
1985
Exterminator 2 as Youth
1984
Delta Pi as Party Heckler
1984
Alphabet City as Chauffeur
1984
The Soldier as Faux Businessman
1982
Subway Riders as On the Waterfront
1981
1980
Tomcats as Old Man
1977

Movies

Walkaway Joe Director
2020
1987