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
Credits
- 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
- 2020 · Medical Police as Director Patten
- 2019 · A Brother's Honor as Ben Bradford
- 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 · Inhumans: The First Chapter as George Ashland
- 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 · 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 · 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
- 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 · 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 Admiral Kirkland
- 2001 · 24 as Rear 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
- 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 as
- 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 as
- 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