Thomas G. Waites
Acting • Born 1955-01-08
Biography
An American actor and acting instructor born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Waites runs an acting studio in New York City which is named for him. He has been a member of the Actor's Studio since 1984. Since the 1970s, Waites has appeared in over 30 television and film productions. Some of his credits as a television actor include NYPD Blue, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Oz, Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent and The Jury. In film, he appeared in Unwed Father, State of Grace, ...And Justice for All, Gangland, An American Affair, The Warriors, and the John Carpenter film The Thing. Description above from the Wikipedia article Thomas G. Waites, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
48 credits
The Thing
Movie • 1982
Windows
Light of Day
Movie • 1987
Smittie
McBain
Movie • 1991
Gill
The Face of Rage
Movie • 1983
Howard
...And Justice for All
Movie • 1979
Jeff McCullaugh
The Great Fight
Movie • 2011
Chief Bocchino
An American Affair
Movie • 1997
Mulroney
State of Grace
Movie • 1990
Frankie's Man #1
The Verne Miller Story
Movie • 1988
Al Capone
The Other Side of Victory
Movie • 1979
Joel Purvis
On the Yard
Movie • 1978
Chilly
Shakedown
Movie • 1988
Officer Kelly
The Life Zone
Movie • 2011
Roger Fields
Hello Actors Studio
Movie • 1988
Self
Brooklyn's Gone To Hell
Movie • 2025
Richard Crown
The Clan of the Cave Bear
Movie • 1986
Broud
American Virgin
Movie • 2000
Grip
The Grand Theft
Movie • 2011
Randy Lemar
The Warriors
Movie • 1979
Fox (uncredited)
Rites of Passage
Movie • 1999
John Willio
Timelock
Movie • 1996
Warden Andrews
Broadway's Finest
Movie • 2012
An Affirmative Act
Movie • 2010
Samuel 'Dixie' Backus
6:45
Movie • 2021
Larry
Kojak: Flowers For Matty
Movie • 1990
Tink
The Thing Expanded
Movie • 2026
Self
Nailed
Movie • 2001
Carpet Guy
Money Train
Movie • 1995
Barricade Captain
The Savant
Movie • 2019
Chief Bocchino
The Block
Movie
A Thousand Men and a Baby
Movie • 1997
Supply Sergeant
The Exonerated
Movie • 2006
Deputy
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV • 2001
Lance Brody
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Burton Fenster
Marvel's The Punisher
TV • 2017
Arthur Walsh
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Bill Spence
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Captain Lewis Webber
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV • 2001
Mo Turman
Sliders
TV • 1995
Randy, Airplane Mechanic
Crime Story
TV • 1986
Prosecutor
Homeland
TV • 2011
Clayton
Law & Order
TV • 1990
David Drucker
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
TV • 1997
Cop
The Equalizer
TV • 1985
Jim Kaufman
The Equalizer
TV • 1985
Shep Morrow
New Amsterdam
TV • 2008
James Lucas
FBI
TV • 2018
Detective Dryden
Miami Vice
TV • 1984
D.E.A. Agent Thompson