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Tom Wright
Actor, Director
Born November 29, 1952 (69 years)
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
| 2021 | True Story (2021) (TV Series) · as Shelly |
| 2020 | Medical Police (TV Series) · as Director Patten |
| 2019 | The Divorce Party · as Sacks |
| 2019 | Gully · as Principal West |
| 2019 | A Brother's Honor · as Ben Bradford |
| 2019 | A Cold Hard Truth · as Donald Cooper |
| 2018 | Higher Power · as Tom Davis the Talk Show Host |
| 2018 | Spell · as Edmund |
| 2018 | 9-1-1 (TV Series) · as Buck's Doctor |
| 2018 | Station 19 (TV Series) · as Battalion Chief Gregory |
| 2018 | The Rookie (TV Series) · as Colin Hall |
| 2017 | Transformers: The Last Knight · as Military Attache |
| 2017 | Inhumans: The First Chapter · as George Ashland |
| 2017 | Inhumans (TV Series) · as George Ashland |
| 2017 | Doubt (TV Series) · as Dean Samuel Curtis |
| 2016 | The Witches · as Detective Pascal |
| 2016 | Rebirth · as The Expert |
| 2016 | The Neighborhood · as Jim Beam, Bourbon |
| 2016 | Shooter (TV Series) · as Jason Colby |
| 2016 | Rush Hour (2016) (TV Series) · as Holt |
| 2016 | Message from the King · as Waylon |
| 2016 | The Last Bid · as Harris |
| 2015 | Stockholm, Pennsylvania · as Detective Timms |
| 2015 | The Diabolical · as Curtis (as Thomas Wright) |
| 2015 | Runaway Island · as Raymond Tepper |
| 2015 | The Magicians (TV Series) · as Santa |
| 2014 | Beyond the Lights · as Reverend Brown |
| 2014 | Murder in the First (TV Series) · as Judge Oliver Martin |
| 2013 | Things Never Said · as Daniel |
| 2013 | Starting from Scratch · as Homeless Stan |
| 2013 | Granite Flats (TV Series) · as Ezekiel Scott |
| 2013 | Ray Donovan (TV Series) · as Hector's Manager |
| 2012 | A Beautiful Soul · as Brother Anthony Clark |
| 2012 | Ben and Kate (TV Series) · as Melvin |
| 2012 | 1600 Penn (TV Series) · as Interviewer |
| 2012 | Major Crimes (TV Series) · as Frederick Sax |
| 2011 | Rift · as Lietenant Neal |
| 2011 | Franklin & Bash (TV Series) · as Judge Gerald Whitman |
| 2011 | Grimm (TV Series) · as Spencer Harrison |
| 2010 | The Cursed · as Willie Gar |
| 2010 | Burning Palms · as Maxwell Barron |
| 2010 | Breakdance Academy · as Pete |
| 2010 | Rizzoli & Isles (TV Series) · as Walt (Boston Pilgrims' attorney) |
| 2009 | SouthLAnd (TV Series) · as Mr. Hill |
| 2009 | Dark Blue (TV Series) · as Freddy |
| 2009 | HawthoRNe (TV Series) · as actor |
| 2009 | Modern Family (TV Series) · as Security Guard |
| 2009 | Castle (2009) (TV Series) · as Fats Shepherd |
| 2008 | The Onion Movie · as Kwame Roberts |
| 2008 | Crash (TV Series) · as Roger Paul |
| 2008 | The Mentalist (TV Series) · as Kevin Rome |
| 2007 | Honeydripper · as Cool Breeze |
| 2007 | Sinner · as Officer Thomas |
| 2007 | Live! · as Dr. Raymond Boyd |
| 2007 | Dirty Sexy Money (TV Series) · as Mr. Mitchell |
| 2007 | Saving Grace (TV Series) · as Governor's Protection Agent |
| 2006 | World Trade Center · as Officer Reynolds |
| 2006 | Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders · as Detective Bryant |
| 2006 | Striking Range · as John Hatem |
| 2006 | The Nine (TV Series) · as Detective Greer |
| 2006 | Shark (TV Series) · as Deputy Police Chief George Martinson |
| 2006 | Standoff (TV Series) · as Ben Hilton |
| 2006 | The Darwin Awards · as Detective |
| 2005 | American Fusion · as Dr. Lee / Lethal Killah |
| 2005 | A Year and a Day · as Pryor |
| 2005 | Chasing Ghosts · as Tom Shields |
| 2005 | Criminal Minds (TV Series) · as Chief Palmer |
| 2005 | Numb3rs (TV Series) · as Coach Harry Streeling |
| 2005 | Ghost Whisperer (TV Series) · as Dave McKey |
| 2005 | E-Ring (TV Series) · as General Kuwendi, Suriname Attache |
| 2005 | The Inside (TV Series) · as Glenn Terry |
| 2005 | Close to Home (TV Series) · as Judge Jenkins |
| 2004 | Barbershop 2: Back in Business · as Detective Williams |
| 2004 | The Gunman · as Captain Carlton |
| 2004 | In Your Eyes · as Phil |
| 2004 | House (TV Series) · as Dr. Pilcher |
| 2003 | Hangman's Curse · as Dan Carillo |
| 2003 | White Rush · as Detective Brandt |
| 2003 | Betrayal · as Detective Stan |
| 2003 | Nip/Tuck (TV Series) · as Detective Albert Chavies |
| 2003 | L.A. Dragnet (TV Series) · as FBI agent Jay Delmore |
| 2003 | NCIS (TV Series) · as Warden Sam Kelleher |
| 2003 | Cold Case (TV Series) · as Doc Win |
| 2003 | The O.C. (TV Series) · as Paul Glass |
| 2002 | P.S. Your Cat Is Dead! · as Fred Gable |
| 2002 | Contagion · as Tom Brenner |
| 2002 | Barbershop · as Detective Williams |
| 2002 | Boomtown (TV Series) · as Carl Bouchard |
| 2002 | Everwood (TV Series) · as Carl's Lawyer |
| 2002 | Sunshine State · as Flash Phillips |
| 2001 | The Keyman · as Popeye |
| 2001 | Alex in Wonder · as Sebastian |
| 2001 | Layover · as Detective Mills |
| 2001 | Star Trek: Enterprise (TV Series) · as Ghrath |
| 2001 | 24 (TV Series) · as Rear Admiral Kirkland |
| 2001 | The Division (TV Series) · as actor |
| 2000 | The Prime Gig · as Marvin Sanders |
| 2000 | Chain of Command · as Agent Burke |
| 2000 | The District (TV Series) · as Deputy Mayor |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series) · as Robert Harris |
| 1999 | Funny Valentines · as Dr. Thomas Holder |
| 1999 | Family Law (TV Series) · as Roscoe |
| 1998 | The Pentagon Wars · as Maj. William Sayers |
| 1998 | Palmetto · as John Renick |
| 1998 | Martial Law (TV Series) · as Capt. Benjamin Winship |
| 1998 | Any Day Now (TV Series) · as Reggie Williams |
| 1997 | Murder at 1600 · as Cooper |
| 1997 | Gridlock'd · as Koolaid |
| 1997 | Weapons of Mass Distraction · as Marvel Sears |
| 1997 | Menno's Mind · as Jor Norwell, Execuited Rebel |
| 1997 | Gun (TV Series) · as Mickey |
| 1996 | Invasion of Privacy · as Devereux - Theresa's Attorney |
| 1996 | Playing Dangerous 2 · as Alton Broom |
| 1996 | My Fellow Americans · as Jim |
| 1995 | Forget Paris · as Tommy |
| 1995 | White Man's Burden · as Lionel |
| 1995 | Excessive Force II: Force on Force · as Grant Thompson |
| 1995 | JAG (TV Series) · as Commander Simon Harriman |
| 1995 | Extreme (TV Series) · as Farley Potts |
| 1995 | Star Trek: Voyager (TV Series) · as Tuvix |
| 1995 | Tales from the Hood · as Martin Moorehouse |
| 1994 | Men of War · as Jamaal |
| 1994 | ER (TV Series) · as Wharton |
| 1994 | Viper (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1994 | Chicago Hope (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1993 | Acting on Impulse · as Dave Byers |
| 1993 | Weekend at Bernie's II · as Charles |
| 1993 | Amityville: A New Generation · as Morgue Attendant |
| 1993 | NYPD Blue (TV Series) · as Kwasi |
| 1992 | Passion Fish · as Luther |
| 1991 | City of Hope · as Malik |
| 1991 | Past Midnight · as Lee Samuels |
| 1991 | Dead in the Water · as Hotel Clerk |
| 1991 | Roc (TV Series) · as David |
| 1990 | Marked for Death · as Charles |
| 1990 | Reversal of Fortune · as Jack |
| 1990 | Street Hunter · as Riley |
| 1989 | Troop Beverly Hills · as James Shakar |
| 1989 | Heart of Dixie · as Black Man at Concert |
| 1989 | A Man Called Hawk (TV Series) · as Agt. Tom Wilson |
| 1989 | Seinfeld (TV Series) · as Mr Morgan |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt (TV Series) · as Mitch |
| 1989 | Life Goes On (TV Series) · as Dr. Jeffries |
| 1988 | Roseanne (TV Series) · as Phil Green |
| 1988 | I'm Gonna Git You Sucka · as Brothel Man |
| 1987 | Matewan · as Tom |
| 1987 | A Different World (TV Series) · as John Holtworth |
| 1987 | 21 Jump Street (TV Series) · as Fred Clairman |
| 1987 | Creepshow 2 · as The Hitchhiker (segment "The Hitchhiker") |
| 1986 | L.A. Law (TV Series) · as D.A. Prentiss Scott |
| 1985 | Streetwalkin' · as Henchman #1 |
| 1985 | 227 (1985) (TV Series) · as Dr. Holt |
| 1984 | The Brother from Another Planet · as Sam |
| 1984 | Exterminator 2 · as Youth |
| 1984 | Alphabet City · as Chauffeur |
| 1984 | Delta Pi · as Party Heckler |
| 1984 | Santa Barbara (TV Series) · as Victor Boswell |
| 1983 | Kennedy (TV Series) · as Young Black Man |
| 1982 | I Ought to Be in Pictures · as Baseball Fan |
| 1982 | The Soldier · as Faux Businessman |
| 1981 | Subway Riders · as On the Waterfront |
| 1981 | Gimme a Break! (TV Series) · as Construction Worker |
| 1976 | Tomcats · as Old Man |
| 1970 | All My Children (TV Series) · as Eugene Hubbard |