Tom Wright

Cast

Tom Wright

Acting

Known for

Acting

Born

1952-11-29

From

Englewood, New Jersey, USA

Also known as Tom Shoemaker, Thomas Wright, Thomas J. 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".

Transformers: The Last Knight
6.1
MOVIE2017

Transformers: The Last Knight

as Military Attache

Creepshow 2
6.2
MOVIE1987

Creepshow 2

as The Hitchhiker

Barbershop
6.4
MOVIE2002

Barbershop

as Detective Williams

Summer Camp
5.2
MOVIE2024

Summer Camp

as Mike

Murder at 1600
6.1
MOVIE1997

Murder at 1600

as Cooper

World Trade Center
6.1
MOVIE2006

World Trade Center

as Officer Reynolds

Marked for Death
6.1
MOVIE1990

Marked for Death

as Charles

Passion Fish
7.0
MOVIE1992

Passion Fish

as Luther

The Onion Movie
6.1
MOVIE2008

The Onion Movie

as Kwame Roberts

Message from the King
6.2
MOVIE2017

Message from the King

as Waylon

Tales from the Hood
6.3
MOVIE1995

Tales from the Hood

as Martin Moorehouse (segment "Rogue Cop Revelation")

Barbershop 2: Back in Business
6.1
MOVIE2004

Barbershop 2: Back in Business

as Detective Williams

Live!
5.5
MOVIE2007

Live!

as Dr. Raymond Boyd

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
6.4
MOVIE1988

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

as Brothel Man

Gridlock'd
6.6
MOVIE1997

Gridlock'd

as Koolaid

Gully
5.0
MOVIE2021

Gully

as Principal West

The Locksmith
5.9
MOVIE2023

The Locksmith

as Chief Stern

Within
5.5
MOVIE2016

Within

as Detective Pascal

Reversal of Fortune
6.6
MOVIE1990

Reversal of Fortune

as Jack

Forget Paris
6.3
MOVIE1995

Forget Paris

as Tommy

Palmetto
6.0
MOVIE1998

Palmetto

as John Renick

Betrayal
4.3
MOVIE2003

Betrayal

as Detective Stan

Layover
4.8
MOVIE2001

Layover

as Detective Mills

Beyond the Lights
6.8
MOVIE2014

Beyond the Lights

as Reverend Brown

Chasing Ghosts
5.6
MOVIE2005

Chasing Ghosts

as Tom Shields

Matewan
7.4
MOVIE1987

Matewan

as Tom

Burning Palms
5.2
MOVIE2010

Burning Palms

as Maxwell Barron

Men of War
5.2
MOVIE1994

Men of War

as Jamaal

Streetwalkin'
4.9
MOVIE1985

Streetwalkin'

as Henchman #1

The Secrets of Emily Blair
4.3
MOVIE2016

The Secrets of Emily Blair

as Detective Gorodetsky

Higher Power
5.1
MOVIE2018

Higher Power

as Tom Davis

Troop Beverly Hills
5.7
MOVIE1989

Troop Beverly Hills

as Shakar

Troop Beverly Hills
5.7
MOVIE1989

Troop Beverly Hills

as James Shakar

Contagion
4.3
MOVIE2002

Contagion

as Tom Brenner

The Soldier
5.3
MOVIE1982

The Soldier

as Faux Businessman

City of Hope
6.8
MOVIE1991

City of Hope

as Malik

Excessive Force II: Force on Force
3.8
MOVIE1995

Excessive Force II: Force on Force

as Grant Thompson

Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders
5.6
MOVIE2006

Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders

as Bryant

The Darwin Awards
5.5
MOVIE2007

The Darwin Awards

as Detective

The Brother from Another Planet
6.7
MOVIE1984

The Brother from Another Planet

as Sam

Sunshine State
6.4
MOVIE2002

Sunshine State

as Flash Phillips

Past Midnight
5.1
MOVIE1992

Past Midnight

as Lee Samuels

Honeydripper
5.9
MOVIE2007

Honeydripper

as Cool Breeze

Weapons of Mass Distraction
5.2
MOVIE1997

Weapons of Mass Distraction

as Marvel Sears

Alphabet City
4.6
MOVIE1984

Alphabet City

as Chauffeur

Rebirth
4.8
MOVIE2016

Rebirth

as The Expert

Weekend at Bernie's II
5.1
MOVIE1993

Weekend at Bernie's II

as Charles

The Pentagon Wars
6.9
MOVIE1998

The Pentagon Wars

as Major William Sayers

White Man's Burden
5.1
MOVIE1995

White Man's Burden

as Lionel

Stockholm, Pennsylvania
5.4
MOVIE2015

Stockholm, Pennsylvania

as Detective Timms

Acting on Impulse
4.8
MOVIE1993

Acting on Impulse

as Dave Byers

My Fellow Americans
6.1
MOVIE1996

My Fellow Americans

as Jim

Amityville: A New Generation
4.3
MOVIE1993

Amityville: A New Generation

as Morgue Attendant

The Keyman
6.2
MOVIE2002

The Keyman

as Popeye

The Prime Gig
6.0
MOVIE2001

The Prime Gig

as Marvin Sanders

Vault of Horror I
5.3
MOVIE1994

Vault of Horror I

as Mitch (archive footage)

The Diabolical
5.0
MOVIE2015

The Diabolical

as Curtis (as Thomas Wright)

Menno's Mind
5.1
MOVIE1997

Menno's Mind

as Jor Norwell, executed rebel (uncredited)

Exterminator 2
4.1
MOVIE1984

Exterminator 2

as Youth

Striking Range
4.2
MOVIE2006

Striking Range

as John Hatem

That's Amor
5.1
MOVIE2022

That's Amor

as Henry

Alex in Wonder
4.2
MOVIE2001

Alex in Wonder

as Sebastian

Inhumans: The First Chapter
5.3
MOVIE2017

Inhumans: The First Chapter

as George Ashland

Heart of Dixie
5.8
MOVIE1989

Heart of Dixie

as Black Man at Concert

The Cursed
4.1
MOVIE2010

The Cursed

as Willie Gar

The Last Bid
4.3
MOVIE2016

The Last Bid

as Harris

Street Hunter
5.6
MOVIE1990

Street Hunter

as Riley

The Divorce Party
5.0
MOVIE2019

The Divorce Party

as Sacks

American Fusion
6.0
MOVIE2005

American Fusion

as Dr. Lee / Lethal Killah

Pursuit of Happiness
5.4
MOVIE2001

Pursuit of Happiness

as Thom

Breakdance Academy
MOVIE2010

Breakdance Academy

as Pete

Things Never Said
6.2
MOVIE2013

Things Never Said

as Daniel

Dead in the Water
5.4
MOVIE1991

Dead in the Water

as Hotel Clerk

Murder in Black and White
7.0
MOVIE1990

Murder in Black and White

as Walt Payne

Runaway Island
10.0
MOVIE2015

Runaway Island

as Raymond Tepper

A Beautiful Soul
6.2
MOVIE2012

A Beautiful Soul

as Brother Anthony Clark

The Neighborhood
3.2
MOVIE2017

The Neighborhood

as Jim Beam, Bourbon

A Brother's Honor
6.4
MOVIE2019

A Brother's Honor

as Ben Bradford

Hangman's Curse
5.2
MOVIE2003

Hangman's Curse

as Dan Carillo

Funny Valentines
7.6
MOVIE1999

Funny Valentines

as Dr. Thomas Holder

Johnny Bull
5.5
MOVIE1986

Johnny Bull

as Paulie

Sinner
3.6
MOVIE2007

Sinner

as Officer Thomas

Spell
5.0
MOVIE2018

Spell

as Edmund

Delta Pi
4.0
MOVIE1984

Delta Pi

as Party Heckler

Bohica
6.0
MOVIE2008

Bohica

as Horowitz

Subway Riders
7.2
MOVIE1981

Subway Riders

as On the Waterfront

Tomcats
4.0
MOVIE1977

Tomcats

as Old Man

South32
1.0
MOVIE2016

South32

as Sgt. Kake

I Ought to Be in Pictures
6.8
MOVIE1982

I Ought to Be in Pictures

as Baseball Fan

Underground U.S.A.
4.8
MOVIE1980

Underground U.S.A.

as Frank

Vietnam War Story: The Last Days
8.0
MOVIE1989

Vietnam War Story: The Last Days

as Captain Berry (segment "The Last Outpost")

#truth
6.5
MOVIE2019

#truth

as Donald Cooper

Starting from Scratch
6.0
MOVIE2014

Starting from Scratch

as Homeless Stan

Playing Dangerous 2
5.5
MOVIE1996

Playing Dangerous 2

as Alton Broom

In Your Eyes
7.5
MOVIE2004

In Your Eyes

as Phil

Rift
2.6
MOVIE2011

Rift

as Lietenant Neal

P.S. Your Cat is Dead!
4.4
MOVIE2002

P.S. Your Cat is Dead!

as Fred Gable

The Imposter
4.5
MOVIE2008

The Imposter

as Popeye

Still Happy
MOVIE2019

Still Happy

as George Haliday

OK Today Tomorrow
MOVIE1983

OK Today Tomorrow

The Beanfield
MOVIE2020

The Beanfield

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