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
Chief Stern
The Locksmith
Charles
Marked for Death
Charles
Weekend at Bernie's II
Cooper
Murder at 1600
Morgue Attendant
Amityville: A New Generation
Major William Sayers
The Pentagon Wars
Tom Shields
Chasing Ghosts
Luther
Passion Fish
Brothel Man
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
The Hitchhiker
Creepshow 2
Dan Carillo
Hangman's Curse
Mike
Summer Camp
Lee Samuels
Past Midnight
Sebastian
Alex in Wonder
Popeye
The Keyman
Shakar
Troop Beverly Hills
Popeye
The Imposter
Horowitz
Bohica
Chauffeur
Alphabet City
Daniel
Things Never Said
Party Heckler
Delta Pi
Alton Broom
Playing Dangerous 2
Captain Berry (segment "The Last Outpost")
Vietnam War Story: The Last Days
John Hatem
Striking Range
Old Man
Tomcats
Dr. Thomas Holder
Funny Valentines
Bryant
Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders
Reverend Brown
Beyond the Lights
Detective Pascal
Within
Detective Mills
Layover
Donald Cooper
#Truth
Homeless Stan
Starting from Scratch
Henry
That's Amor
OK Today Tomorrow
Martin Moorehouse (segment "Rogue Cop Revelation")
Tales from the Hood
Sam
The Brother from Another Planet
Frank
Underground U.S.A.
Youth
Exterminator 2
Lietenant Neal
Rift
Dr. Lee / Lethal Killah
American Fusion
The Expert
Rebirth
Sgt. Kake
South32
Detective Stan
Betrayal
Dave Byers
Acting on Impulse
Willie Gar
The Cursed
Detective Timms
Stockholm, Pennsylvania
Waylon
Message from the King
Tom Brenner
Contagion
Grant Thompson
Excessive Force II: Force on Force
Maxwell Barron
Burning Palms
Military Attache
Transformers: The Last Knight
George Ashland
Inhumans: The First Chapter
Curtis (as Thomas Wright)
The Diabolical
Faux Businessman
The Soldier
Phil
In Your Eyes
Riley
Street Hunter
Tom
Matewan
Tom Davis
Higher Power
Flash Phillips
Sunshine State
Malik
City of Hope
Lionel
White Man's Burden
Detective Williams
Barbershop
Cool Breeze
Honeydripper
Edmund
Spell
Harris
The Last Bid
Officer Reynolds
World Trade Center
Fred Gable
P.S. Your Cat is Dead!
Sacks
The Divorce Party
On the Waterfront
Subway Riders
Officer Thomas
Sinner
Mitch (archive footage)
Vault of Horror I
Jack
Reversal of Fortune
Hotel Clerk
Dead in the Water
John Renick
Palmetto
Henchman #1
Streetwalkin'
James Shakar
Troop Beverly Hills
Jim
My Fellow Americans
Thom
Pursuit of Happiness
Detective Williams
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Marvin Sanders
The Prime Gig
Tommy
Forget Paris
Ben Bradford
A Brother's Honor
Jamaal
Men of War
Walt Payne
Murder in Black and White
Dr. Raymond Boyd
Live!
Principal West
Gully
Jim Beam, Bourbon
The Neighborhood
Detective Gorodetsky
The Secrets of Emily Blair
Brother Anthony Clark
A Beautiful Soul
Raymond Tepper
Runaway Island
The Beanfield
George Haliday
Still Happy
Jor Norwell, executed rebel (uncredited)
Menno's Mind
Pete
Breakdance Academy
Marvel Sears
Weapons of Mass Distraction
Paulie
Johnny Bull
Koolaid
Gridlock'd
Kwame Roberts
The Onion Movie
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
98
Gender
Male
Birthday
1952-11-29
Place of Birth
Englewood, New Jersey, USA
Also Known As
Tom Shoemaker