Tom Wright

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Male

birthday

November 29, 1952 (73 yrs)

place of birth

Englewood, New Jersey, USA

also known as

Tom Shoemaker · Thomas Wright · Thomas J. Wright · Том Врайт

total credits

50 movies

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".

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Known For

Filmography

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Transformers: The Last Knight
6.1

Transformers: The Last Knight

2017as Military Attache
Barbershop
6.4

Barbershop

2002as Detective Williams
World Trade Center
6.1

World Trade Center

2006as Officer Reynolds
Marked for Death
6.1

Marked for Death

1990as Charles
Murder at 1600
6.1

Murder at 1600

1997as Cooper
Creepshow 2
6.2

Creepshow 2

1987as The Hitchhiker
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
6.4

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

1988as Brothel Man
Message from the King
6.2

Message from the King

2017as Waylon
The Onion Movie
6.1

The Onion Movie

2008as Kwame Roberts
The Locksmith
5.9

The Locksmith

2023as Chief Stern
Reversal of Fortune
6.6

Reversal of Fortune

1990as Jack
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
6.1

Barbershop 2: Back in Business

2004as Detective Williams
Beyond the Lights
6.8

Beyond the Lights

2014as Reverend Brown
Gridlock'd
6.6

Gridlock'd

1997as Koolaid
Forget Paris
6.3

Forget Paris

1995as Tommy
Men of War
5.2

Men of War

1994as Jamaal
Palmetto
6.0

Palmetto

1998as John Renick
Rebirth
4.7

Rebirth

2016as The Expert
Tales from the Hood
6.3

Tales from the Hood

1995as Martin Moorehouse (segment "Rogue Cop Revelation")
Burning Palms
5.2

Burning Palms

2010as Maxwell Barron
Summer Camp
5.2

Summer Camp

2024as Mike
Within
5.5

Within

2016as Detective Pascal
The Darwin Awards
5.5

The Darwin Awards

2007as Detective
My Fellow Americans
6.1

My Fellow Americans

1996as Jim
Higher Power
5.1

Higher Power

2018as Tom Davis
Matewan
7.4

Matewan

1987as Tom
The Pentagon Wars
6.9

The Pentagon Wars

1998as Major William Sayers
City of Hope
6.8

City of Hope

1991as Malik
Live!
5.5

Live!

2007as Dr. Raymond Boyd
Gully
5.0

Gully

2021as Principal West
The Soldier
5.3

The Soldier

1982as Faux Businessman
White Man's Burden
5.1

White Man's Burden

1995as Lionel
Stockholm, Pennsylvania
5.4

Stockholm, Pennsylvania

2015as Detective Timms
Chasing Ghosts
5.6

Chasing Ghosts

2005as Tom Shields
The Brother from Another Planet
6.7

The Brother from Another Planet

1984as Sam
The Secrets of Emily Blair
4.3

The Secrets of Emily Blair

2016as Detective Gorodetsky
Contagion
4.3

Contagion

2002as Tom Brenner
Sunshine State
6.4

Sunshine State

2002as Flash Phillips
Troop Beverly Hills
5.7

Troop Beverly Hills

1989as Shakar
The Prime Gig
6.0

The Prime Gig

2001as Marvin Sanders
Past Midnight
5.1

Past Midnight

1992as Lee Samuels
Honeydripper
5.9

Honeydripper

2007as Cool Breeze
Menno's Mind
5.1

Menno's Mind

1997as Jor Norwell, executed rebel (uncredited)
Weekend at Bernie's II
5.1

Weekend at Bernie's II

1993as Charles
Exterminator 2
4.1

Exterminator 2

1984as Youth
Amityville: A New Generation
4.3

Amityville: A New Generation

1993as Morgue Attendant
That's Amor
5.1

That's Amor

2022as Henry
Inhumans: The First Chapter
5.3

Inhumans: The First Chapter

2017as George Ashland
Weapons of Mass Distraction
5.2

Weapons of Mass Distraction

1997as Marvel Sears
Acting on Impulse
4.8

Acting on Impulse

1993as Dave Byers