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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1983-06-22 (41 years old)

Place of Birth

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Thomas M. Wright

Biography:

Thomas Michael Wright (born 22 June 1983; Melbourne) is an Australian actor, writer, film director and producer. He is the co-founder (2006) and director of theatre company Black Lung and director of the feature film Acute Misfortune (2019). As an actor he came to attention in Jane Campion's series Top of the Lake, for which he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the (US-Canadian) Critics' Choice Awards. He directed the thriller film The Stranger, which is scheduled to appear at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.

Known For

Acting

2024

Sleeping Dogs as Wayne Devereaux

2020

Barkskins as Elisha Cooke

2018

Sweet Country as Mick Kennedy

2017

The Man with the Iron Heart as Josef Valčík

2016

Outsiders as Sheriff Wade Houghton, Jr

2015

Everest as Michael Groom

2013

Top of the Lake as Johnno Mitcham
The Bridge as Steven Linder

2009

Van Diemen's Land as Thomas Bodenham

2008

Rush as Jeremy Brindle

2007

The King as Alfie

2001

2000

Stepsister from Planet Weird as Cutter (as Tom Wright)

1990

Directing

2022

The Stranger as Director

2018

Acute Misfortune as Director

Writing

2022

The Stranger as Writer

2018

Acute Misfortune as Screenplay

Production

2025

Inside as Executive Producer

2018

Acute Misfortune as Producer

Crew

2023

Petrol as Thanks