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Tom Wright

Actor, DirectorBorn November 29, 1952 (72 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".

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Nip/Tuck
  • Creepshow 2
  • 21 Jump Street
  • The Brother from Another Planet
  • Passion Fish
  • The Diabolical
  • Live!
  • Men of War
  • Burning Palms
  • Amityville: A New Generation
  • The Cursed
  • Crash
  • Granite Flats
  • Contagion
  • Layover
  • White Rush
  • Menno's Mind
  • Family Under Siege
  • Delta Pi
  • Runaway Island
  • Breakdance Academy

Known For

  • NCIS
  • Constantine
  • Marked for Death
  • Daisy Jones and The Six
  • Murder at 1600
  • Weekend at Bernie's II
  • Tales from the Hood
  • Gridlock'd
  • Medical Police
  • Walkaway Joe
  • Palmetto
  • The Pentagon Wars
  • Martial Law
  • Within
  • White Man's Burden

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2024
    Summer Camp · as Mike
    2023
    Daisy Jones and The Six (TV Series) · as Teddy Price
    2023
    The Locksmith · as Chief Stern
    2022
    That's Amor · as Henry
    2021
    True Story (2021) (TV Series) · as Shelly
    2020
    Medical Police (TV Series) · as Director Patten
    2019
    Gully · as Principal West
    2019
    A Brother's Honor · as Ben Bradford
    2019
    A Cold Hard Truth · as Donald Cooper
    2019
    The Divorce Party · as Sacks
    2018
    The Rookie (TV Series) · as Colin Hall
    2018
    Spell · as Edmund
    2018
    Higher Power · as Tom Davis
    2018
    Station 19 (TV Series) · as Battalion Chief Gregory
    2018
    9-1-1 (TV Series) · as Buck's Doctor
    2017
    Marvel's Inhumans (TV Series) · 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
    Doubt (TV Series) · as Dean Samuel Curtis
    2016
    2016
    Shooter (TV Series) · as Jason Colby
    2016
    Within · as Detective Pascal
    2016
    The Secrets of Emily Blair · as Detective Gorodetsky
    2016
    Rebirth · as The Expert
    2016
    South32 · as Sgt. Kake
    2016
    The Last Bid · as Harris
    2016
    Rush Hour (2016) (TV Series) · as Holt
    2015
    The Magicians (2015) (TV Series) · as Santa
    2015
    The Diabolical · as Curtis (as Thomas Wright)
    2015
    Runaway Island · as Raymond Tepper
    2015
    Stockholm, Pennsylvania · as Detective Timms
    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
    Ray Donovan (TV Series) · as Benito
    2013
    Granite Flats (TV Series) · as Ezekiel Scott
    2013
    Broken Blood · as Atticus
    2013
    Starting from Scratch · as Homeless Stan
    2012
    1600 Penn (TV Series) · as Interviewer
    2012
    Ben and Kate (TV Series) · as Melvin
    2012
    Major Crimes (TV Series) · as Frederick Sax
    2012
    A Beautiful Soul · as Brother Anthony Clark
    2011
    Grimm (TV Series) · as Spencer Harrison
    2011
    Franklin & Bash (TV Series) · as Judge Gerald Whitman
    2011
    Rift · as Lietenant Neal
    2010
    Rizzoli & Isles (TV Series) · as Walt (boston Pilgrims' Attorney)
    2010
    2010
    Burning Palms · as Maxwell Barron
    2010
    The Cursed · as Willie Gar
    2009
    Modern Family (TV Series) · as Security Guard
    2009
    Dark Blue (TV Series) · as Freddy
    2009
    HawthoRNe (TV Series) · as Cast
    2009
    SouthLAnd (TV Series) · as Mr. Hill
    2009
    Castle (2009) (TV Series) · as Fats Shepherd
    2008
    Crash (TV Series) · as Roger Paul
    2008
    The Imposter · as Popeye
    2008
    The Mentalist (TV Series) · as Kevin Rome
    2008
    The Onion Movie · as Kwame Roberts
    2007
    Live! · as Dr. Raymond Boyd
    2007
    Dirty Sexy Money (TV Series) · as Mr. Mitchell
    2007
    Honeydripper · as Cool Breeze
    2007
    Saving Grace (2007) (TV Series) · as Governor's Protection Agent
    2007
    Sinner · as Officer Thomas
    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
    World Trade Center · as Officer Reynolds
    2006
    The Darwin Awards · as Detective
    2006
    Striking Range · as John Hatem
    2006
    2005
    A Year and a Day · as Pryor
    2005
    Close to Home (TV Series) · as Judge Jenkins
    2005
    Chasing Ghosts · as Tom Shields
    2005
    Ghost Whisperer (TV Series) · as Dave Mckey
    2005
    Criminal Minds (TV Series) · as Chief Palmer
    2005
    E-Ring (TV Series) · as General Kuwendi, Suriname Attache
    2005
    The Inside (TV Series) · as Glenn Terry
    2005
    Numb3rs (TV Series) · as Coach Harry Streeling
    2005
    American Fusion · as Dr. Lee / Lethal Killah
    2004
    2004
    House (TV Series) · as Dr. Pilcher
    2004
    The Gunman · as Captain Carlton
    2004
    Barbershop 2: Back in Business · as Detective Williams
    2004
    In Your Eyes · as Phil
    2003
    Cold Case (TV Series) · as Doc Win
    2003
    Hangman's Curse · as Dan Carillo
    2003
    NCIS (TV Series) · as Sam Kelleher
    2003
    The O.C. (TV Series) · as Paul Glass
    2003
    Betrayal · as Detective Stan
    2003
    Nip/Tuck (TV Series) · as Detective Albert Chavies
    2003
    Audrey's Rain · as Raymond
    2003
    L.A. Dragnet (TV Series) · as Jay Delmore
    2003
    White Rush · as Detective Brandt
    2002
    Boomtown (TV Series) · as Carl Bouchard
    2002
    Everwood (TV Series) · as Carl's Lawyer
    2002
    Barbershop · as Detective Williams
    2002
    Sunshine State · as Flash Phillips
    2002
    Contagion · as Tom Brenner
    2002
    P.S. Your Cat Is Dead! · as Fred Gable
    2001
    24 (TV Series) · as Admiral Kirkland
    2001
    The Keyman · as Popeye
    2001
    Star Trek: Enterprise (TV Series) · as Ghrath
    2001
    Layover · as Detective Mills
    2001
    Alex in Wonder · as Sebastian
    2001
    2001
    The Division (TV Series)
    2000
    The District (TV Series) · as Deputy Mayor
    2000
    CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series) · as Jake Daniels
    2000
    Chain of Command · as Agent Burke
    2000
    The Prime Gig · as Marvin Sanders
    1999
    Family Law (TV Series) · as Roscoe
    1999
    Funny Valentines · as Dr. Thomas Holder
    1999
    Dumbarton Bridge · as John Shed
    1998
    Martial Law (TV Series) · as Capt. Benjamin Winship
    1998
    Any Day Now (TV Series) · as Reggie Williams
    1998
    The Pentagon Wars · as Major William Sayers
    1998
    Palmetto · as John Renick
    1997
    Menno's Mind · as Jor Norwell, Executed Rebel (uncredited)
    1997
    Weapons of Mass Distraction · as Marvel Sears
    1997
    Murder at 1600 · as Cooper
    1997
    Gun (TV Series) · as Mickey
    1997
    Gridlock'd · as Koolaid
    1996
    1996
    Invasion of Privacy · as Devereux - Theresa's Attorney
    1996
    Playing Dangerous 2 · as Alton Broom
    1996
    The Lazarus Man (TV Series) · as Isam Dart
    1995
    White Man's Burden · as Lionel
    1995
    JAG (TV Series) · as Commander Simon Harriman
    1995
    1995
    Tales from the Hood · as Martin Moorehouse (segment "rogue Cop Revelation")
    1995
    Forget Paris · as Tommy
    1995
    Extreme (TV Series) · as Farley Potts
    1995
    Star Trek: Voyager (TV Series) · as Tuvix
    1994
    ER (TV Series) · as Wharton
    1994
    Chicago Hope (TV Series)
    1994
    Men of War · as Jamaal
    1994
    Viper (TV Series) · as Travis Parker
    1993
    1993
    NYPD Blue (TV Series) · as Kwasi
    1993
    Acting on Impulse · as Dave Byers
    1993
    1992
    1991
    Dead in the Water · as Hotel Clerk
    1991
    City of Hope · as Malik
    1991
    The Royal Family (TV Series) · as Ignatius Faversham
    1991
    Roc (TV Series) · as David
    1991
    Past Midnight · as Lee Samuels
    1990
    1990
    Street Hunter · as Riley
    1990
    Marked for Death · as Charles
    1990
    Murder in Black and White · as Walt Payne
    1989
    Mancuso, FBI (TV Series) · as Cast
    1989
    Life Goes On (TV Series) · as Dr. Jeffries
    1989
    Heart of Dixie · as Black Man At Concert
    1989
    Vietnam War Story: The Last Days · as Captain Berry (segment "the Last Outpost")
    1989
    Seinfeld (TV Series) · as Mr Morgan
    1989
    Tales from the Crypt (TV Series) · as Mitch
    1989
    Troop Beverly Hills · as James Shakar
    1989
    A Man Called Hawk (TV Series) · as Agt. Tom Wilson
    1988
    I'm Gonna Git You Sucka · as Brothel Man
    1988
    Roseanne (TV Series) · as Phil Green
    1988
    China Beach (TV Series) · as Robert
    1987
    A Different World (TV Series) · as John Holtworth
    1987
    Matewan · as Tom
    1987
    CBS Summer Playhouse (TV Series) · as Phil
    1987
    Creepshow 2 · as The Hitchhiker
    1987
    21 Jump Street (TV Series) · as A.d.a. Lamar, Judy's Date
    1986
    L.A. Law (TV Series) · as D.a. Prentiss Scott
    1986
    Johnny Bull · as Paulie
    1985
    Streetwalkin' · as Henchman #1
    1985
    227 (TV Series) · as Dr. Holt
    1984
    Alphabet City · as Chauffeur
    1984
    1984
    Exterminator 2 · as Youth
    1984
    Santa Barbara (TV Series) · as Victor Boswell
    1984
    Delta Pi · as Party Heckler
    1983
    Kennedy (TV Series) · as Young Black Man
    1982
    The Soldier · as Faux Businessman
    1982
    I Ought to Be in Pictures · as Baseball Fan
    1981
    Gimme a Break! (TV Series) · as Construction Worker
    1981
    Subway Riders · as On The Waterfront
    1980
    Underground U.S.A. · as Frank
    1976
    Tomcats · as Old Man
    1970
    All My Children (TV Series) · as Eugene Hubbard
    1951
    Search for Tomorrow (TV Series) · as John Carver Colton Jr

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