Tom Wright
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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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Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
as Military Attache
World Trade Center (2006)
as Officer Reynolds
Murder at 1600 (1997)
as Cooper
Marked for Death (1990)
as Charles
Barbershop (2002)
as Detective Williams
Summer Camp (2024)
as Mike
The Darwin Awards (2007)
as Detective
Creepshow 2 (1987)
as The Hitchhiker
The Onion Movie (2008)
as Kwame Roberts
The Locksmith (2023)
as Chief Stern
Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004)
as Detective Williams
The Pentagon Wars (1998)
as Major William Sayers
White Man's Burden (1995)
as Lionel
Beyond the Lights (2014)
as Reverend Brown
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)
as Brothel Man
Higher Power (2018)
as Tom Davis
Gully (2021)
as Principal West
Within (2016)
as Detective Pascal
Troop Beverly Hills (1989)
as Shakar
Weekend at Bernie's II (1993)
as Charles
Tales from the Hood (1995)
as Martin Moorehouse (segment "Rogue Cop Revelation")
The Brother from Another Planet (1984)
as Sam
Inhumans: The First Chapter (2017)
as George Ashland
Matewan (1987)
as Tom
Amityville: A New Generation (1993)
as Morgue Attendant
Message from the King (2017)
as Waylon
Passion Fish (1992)
as Luther
Alphabet City (1984)
as Chauffeur
Live! (2007)
as Dr. Raymond Boyd
My Fellow Americans (1996)
as Jim
Reversal of Fortune (1990)
as Jack
Men of War (1994)
as Jamaal
Excessive Force II: Force on Force (1995)
as Grant Thompson
Gridlock'd (1997)
as Koolaid
The Diabolical (2015)
as Curtis (as Thomas Wright)
Burning Palms (2010)
as Maxwell Barron
The Soldier (1982)
as Faux Businessman
A Brother's Honor (2019)
as Ben Bradford
I Ought to Be in Pictures (1982)
as Baseball Fan
Forget Paris (1995)
as Tommy
The Secrets of Emily Blair (2016)
as Detective Gorodetsky
Subway Riders (1981)
as On the Waterfront
Star Trek: Enterprise - Storm Front (2014)
as Ghrath
Vault of Horror I (1994)
as Mitch (archive footage)
That's Amor (2022)
as Henry
City of Hope (1991)
as Malik
Streetwalkin' (1985)
as Henchman #1
Murder in Black and White (1990)
as Walt Payne
Palmetto (1998)
as John Renick
Heart of Dixie (1989)
as Black Man at Concert
Chasing Ghosts (2005)
as Tom Shields
The Beanfield (2020)
Actor
Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders (2006)
as Bryant
Weapons of Mass Distraction (1997)
as Marvel Sears
The Divorce Party (2019)
as Sacks
A Beautiful Soul (2012)
as Brother Anthony Clark
Honeydripper (2007)
as Cool Breeze
Dead in the Water (1991)
as Hotel Clerk
The Neighborhood (2017)
as Jim Beam, Bourbon
Betrayal (2003)
as Detective Stan
Exterminator 2 (1984)
as Youth
#truth (2019)
as Donald Cooper
The Prime Gig (2001)
as Marvin Sanders
The Last Bid (2016)
as Harris
Stockholm, Pennsylvania (2015)
as Detective Timms
Hangman's Curse (2003)
as Dan Carillo
Bohica (2008)
as Horowitz
P.S. Your Cat is Dead! (2002)
as Fred Gable
Past Midnight (1992)
as Lee Samuels
Rift (2011)
as Lietenant Neal
Sunshine State (2002)
as Flash Phillips
Rebirth (2016)
as The Expert
Layover (2001)
as Detective Mills
Contagion (2002)
as Tom Brenner
Menno's Mind (1997)
as Jor Norwell, executed rebel (uncredited)
Underground U.S.A. (1980)
as Frank
Acting on Impulse (1993)
as Dave Byers
Breakdance Academy (2010)
as Pete
Funny Valentines (1999)
as Dr. Thomas Holder
Pursuit of Happiness (2001)
as Thom
Things Never Said (2013)
as Daniel
Striking Range (2006)
as John Hatem
Delta Pi (1984)
as Party Heckler
Vietnam War Story: The Last Days (1989)
as Captain Berry (segment "The Last Outpost")
American Fusion (2005)
as Dr. Lee / Lethal Killah
South32 (2016)
as Sgt. Kake
The Cursed (2010)
as Willie Gar
Street Hunter (1990)
as Riley
Alex in Wonder (2001)
as Sebastian
The Keyman (2002)
as Popeye
Starting from Scratch (2014)
as Homeless Stan
Still Happy (2019)
as George Haliday
Spell (2018)
as Edmund
Runaway Island (2015)
as Raymond Tepper
The Imposter (2008)
as Popeye
Tomcats (1977)
as Old Man
Johnny Bull (1986)
as Paulie
Sinner (2007)
as Officer Thomas
Playing Dangerous 2 (1996)
as Alton Broom
In Your Eyes (2004)
as Phil
OK Today Tomorrow (1983)
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