Tom Wright

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

140

Gender

Male

Birthday

1952-11-29 (72 years old)

Place of Birth

Englewood, New Jersey, USA

Also Known As

  • Tom Shoemaker
  • Thomas Wright
  • Thomas J. Wright
  • Том Врайт
  • Том Райт
  • Harold Thomas Wright
  • Гарольд Томас Райт

Tom 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

House
8.6%

House

Nov 16, 2004

The Mentalist
8.4%

The Mentalist

Sep 23, 2008

Grimm
8.3%

Grimm

Oct 28, 2011

Modern Family
7.9%

Modern Family

Sep 23, 2009

9-1-1
8.2%

9-1-1

Jan 3, 2018

The Rookie
8.5%

The Rookie

Oct 16, 2018

NCIS
7.6%

NCIS

Sep 23, 2003

Seinfeld
8.3%

Seinfeld

Jul 5, 1989

Seinfeld
8.3%

Seinfeld

Jul 5, 1989

Castle
8.0%

Castle

Mar 9, 2009

Ghost Whisperer
8.1%

Ghost Whisperer

Sep 23, 2005

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Acting

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

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Directing

2020
Walkaway Joe as Director
2014
Constantine as Director
2009
Digital Theatre: The Container as Director
2003
NCIS as Director
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