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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1952-11-29 (72 years old)

Place of Birth

Englewood, New Jersey, USA

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

Acting

2024

Summer Camp as Mike

2023

The Locksmith as Chief Stern
Daisy Jones & the Six as Teddy Price

2022

That's Amor as Henry

2021

Gully as Principal West
True Story as Shelly

2020

Medical Police as Director Patten

2019

#Truth as Donald Cooper
A Brother's Honor as Ben Bradford
Still Happy as George Haliday

2018

Higher Power as Tom Davis
Spell as Edmund
Station 19 as Battalion Chief Gregory
The Rookie as Colin Hall
9-1-1 as Buck's Doctor

2017

Transformers: The Last Knight as Military Attache
Inhumans: The First Chapter as George Ashland
The Neighborhood as Jim Beam, Bourbon
Marvel's Inhumans as George Ashland

2016

Within as Detective Pascal
Rebirth as The Expert
South32 as Sgt. Kake
The Last Bid as Harris
The Secrets of Emily Blair as Detective Gorodetsky
Rush Hour as Holt
Shooter as Jason Colby

2015

Stockholm, Pennsylvania as Detective Timms
The Diabolical as Curtis (as Thomas Wright)
Runaway Island as Raymond Tepper
The Magicians as Santa
The Magicians as Santa Claus

2014

Beyond the Lights as Reverend Brown
Starting from Scratch as Homeless Stan

2013

Ray Donovan as Benito
Ray Donovan as Punch Hoffman

2012

A Beautiful Soul as Brother Anthony Clark
1600 Penn as Interviewer

2011

Rift as Lietenant Neal
Grimm as Spencer Harrison
Franklin & Bash as Judge Gerald Whitman

2010

The Cursed as Willie Gar
Burning Palms as Maxwell Barron
Rizzoli & Isles as Walt (Boston Pilgrims' attorney)

2009

Castle as Fats Shepherd
Modern Family as Security Guard

2008

The Imposter as Popeye
Bohica as Horowitz
The Mentalist as Kevin Rome
Crash as Roger Paul

2007

Honeydripper as Cool Breeze
Sinner as Officer Thomas
Live! as Dr. Raymond Boyd

2006

2005

Chasing Ghosts as Tom Shields
American Fusion as Dr. Lee / Lethal Killah
Ghost Whisperer as Dave McKey
The Inside as Glenn Terry

2004

In Your Eyes as Phil
Barbershop 2: Back in Business as Detective Williams
House as Dr. Pilcher

2003

Hangman's Curse as Dan Carillo
Betrayal as Detective Stan
NCIS as Sam Kelleher
L.A. Dragnet as Jay Delmore
The O.C. as Paul Glass

2002

The Keyman as Popeye
Contagion as Tom Brenner
Sunshine State as Flash Phillips
Barbershop as Detective Williams
Everwood as Carl's Lawyer

2001

Alex in Wonder as Sebastian
Layover as Detective Mills
The Prime Gig as Marvin Sanders
24 as Rear Admiral Kirkland
24 as Admiral Kirkland

2000

1999

Funny Valentines as Dr. Thomas Holder
Family Law as Roscoe

1998

The Pentagon Wars as Major William Sayers
Palmetto as John Renick
Martial Law as Capt. Benjamin Winship

1997

Murder at 1600 as Cooper
Gun as Mickey

1996

1995

Tales from the Hood as Martin Moorehouse (segment "Rogue Cop Revelation")
Forget Paris as Tommy
Extreme as Farley Potts

1994

Men of War as Jamaal
Viper as Travis Parker
ER as Wharton

1993

Amityville: A New Generation as Morgue Attendant
Acting on Impulse as Dave Byers

1992

Passion Fish as Luther
Past Midnight as Lee Samuels

1991

City of Hope as Malik
Dead in the Water as Hotel Clerk
Roc as David

1990

1989

Vietnam War Story: The Last Days as Captain Berry (segment "The Last Outpost")
Troop Beverly Hills as James Shakar
Seinfeld as Mr Morgan
Seinfeld as Mr. Morgan

1988

1987

Creepshow 2 as The Hitchhiker
Matewan as Tom
A Different World as John Holtworth
21 Jump Street as Fred Clairman
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

Alphabet City as Chauffeur
Delta Pi as Party Heckler

1983

1982

The Soldier as Faux Businessman

1981

Subway Riders as On the Waterfront

1980

1977

Tomcats as Old Man

Directing

2020

Walkaway Joe as Director

2014

Constantine as Director

2003

NCIS as Director