Tom Wright

Tom Wright

Born 1952-11-29 (age 73) Englewood, New Jersey, USA
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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

Transformers: The Last Knight
Transformers: The Last Knight

2017

as Military Attache

Creepshow 2
Creepshow 2

1987

as The Hitchhiker

Barbershop
Barbershop

2002

as Detective Williams

Summer Camp
Summer Camp

2024

as Mike

Murder at 1600
Murder at 1600

1997

as Cooper

World Trade Center
World Trade Center

2006

as Officer Reynolds

Marked for Death
Marked for Death

1990

as Charles

Passion Fish
Passion Fish

1992

as Luther

The Onion Movie
The Onion Movie

2008

as Kwame Roberts

Message from the King
Tales from the Hood
Tales from the Hood

1995

as Martin Moorehouse (segment "Rogue Cop Revelation")

Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Barbershop 2: Back in Business

2004

as Detective Williams

Live!
Live!

2007

as Dr. Raymond Boyd

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

1988

as Brothel Man

Gridlock'd
Gridlock'd

1997

as Koolaid

Gully
Gully

2021

as Principal West

The Locksmith
The Locksmith

2023

as Chief Stern

Within
Within

2016

as Detective Pascal

Reversal of Fortune
Forget Paris
Forget Paris

1995

as Tommy