Tom Wright
Acting • Born 1952-11-29
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".
Filmography
153 credits
The Locksmith
Movie • 2023
Chief Stern
Marked for Death
Movie • 1990
Charles
Weekend at Bernie's II
Movie • 1993
Charles
Murder at 1600
Movie • 1997
Cooper
Amityville: A New Generation
Movie • 1993
Morgue Attendant
The Pentagon Wars
Movie • 1998
Major William Sayers
Chasing Ghosts
Movie • 2005
Tom Shields
Passion Fish
Movie • 1992
Luther
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
Movie • 1988
Brothel Man
Creepshow 2
Movie • 1987
The Hitchhiker
Hangman's Curse
Movie • 2003
Dan Carillo
Summer Camp
Movie • 2024
Mike
Past Midnight
Movie • 1992
Lee Samuels
Alex in Wonder
Movie • 2001
Sebastian
The Keyman
Movie • 2002
Popeye
Troop Beverly Hills
Movie • 1989
Shakar
The Imposter
Movie • 2008
Popeye
Bohica
Movie • 2008
Horowitz
Alphabet City
Movie • 1984
Chauffeur
Things Never Said
Movie • 2013
Daniel
Delta Pi
Movie • 1984
Party Heckler
Playing Dangerous 2
Movie • 1996
Alton Broom
Vietnam War Story: The Last Days
Movie • 1989
Captain Berry (segment "The Last Outpost")
Striking Range
Movie • 2006
John Hatem
Tomcats
Movie • 1977
Old Man
Funny Valentines
Movie • 1999
Dr. Thomas Holder
Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders
Movie • 2006
Bryant
Beyond the Lights
Movie • 2014
Reverend Brown
Within
Movie • 2016
Detective Pascal
Layover
Movie • 2001
Detective Mills
#Truth
Movie • 2019
Donald Cooper
Starting from Scratch
Movie • 2014
Homeless Stan
That's Amor
Movie • 2022
Henry
OK Today Tomorrow
Movie • 1983
Tales from the Hood
Movie • 1995
Martin Moorehouse (segment "Rogue Cop Revelation")
The Brother from Another Planet
Movie • 1984
Sam
Underground U.S.A.
Movie • 1980
Frank
Exterminator 2
Movie • 1984
Youth
Rift
Movie • 2011
Lietenant Neal
American Fusion
Movie • 2005
Dr. Lee / Lethal Killah
Rebirth
Movie • 2016
The Expert
South32
Movie • 2016
Sgt. Kake
Betrayal
Movie • 2003
Detective Stan
Acting on Impulse
Movie • 1993
Dave Byers
The Cursed
Movie • 2010
Willie Gar
Stockholm, Pennsylvania
Movie • 2015
Detective Timms
Message from the King
Movie • 2017
Waylon
Contagion
Movie • 2002
Tom Brenner
Excessive Force II: Force on Force
Movie • 1995
Grant Thompson
Burning Palms
Movie • 2010
Maxwell Barron
Transformers: The Last Knight
Movie • 2017
Military Attache
Inhumans: The First Chapter
Movie • 2017
George Ashland
The Diabolical
Movie • 2015
Curtis (as Thomas Wright)
The Soldier
Movie • 1982
Faux Businessman
In Your Eyes
Movie • 2004
Phil
Street Hunter
Movie • 1990
Riley
Matewan
Movie • 1987
Tom
Higher Power
Movie • 2018
Tom Davis
City of Hope
Movie • 1991
Malik
Sunshine State
Movie • 2002
Flash Phillips
White Man's Burden
Movie • 1995
Lionel
Barbershop
Movie • 2002
Detective Williams
Honeydripper
Movie • 2007
Cool Breeze
Spell
Movie • 2018
Edmund
The Last Bid
Movie • 2016
Harris
World Trade Center
Movie • 2006
Officer Reynolds
The Divorce Party
Movie • 2019
Sacks
P.S. Your Cat is Dead!
Movie • 2002
Fred Gable
Subway Riders
Movie • 1981
On the Waterfront
Sinner
Movie • 2007
Officer Thomas
Vault of Horror I
Movie • 1994
Mitch (archive footage)
Reversal of Fortune
Movie • 1990
Jack
Dead in the Water
Movie • 1991
Hotel Clerk
Palmetto
Movie • 1998
John Renick
Pursuit of Happiness
Movie • 2001
Thom
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Movie • 2004
Detective Williams
Troop Beverly Hills
Movie • 1989
James Shakar
Streetwalkin'
Movie • 1985
Henchman #1
My Fellow Americans
Movie • 1996
Jim
The Prime Gig
Movie • 2001
Marvin Sanders
Forget Paris
Movie • 1995
Tommy
A Brother's Honor
Movie • 2019
Ben Bradford
Men of War
Movie • 1994
Jamaal
Murder in Black and White
Movie • 1990
Walt Payne
Live!
Movie • 2007
Dr. Raymond Boyd
Gully
Movie • 2021
Principal West
The Neighborhood
Movie • 2017
Jim Beam, Bourbon
The Secrets of Emily Blair
Movie • 2016
Detective Gorodetsky
A Beautiful Soul
Movie • 2012
Brother Anthony Clark
Runaway Island
Movie • 2015
Raymond Tepper
The Beanfield
Movie • 2020
Still Happy
Movie • 2019
George Haliday
Menno's Mind
Movie • 1997
Jor Norwell, executed rebel (uncredited)
Breakdance Academy
Movie • 2010
Pete
Weapons of Mass Distraction
Movie • 1997
Marvel Sears
Johnny Bull
Movie • 1986
Paulie
Gridlock'd
Movie • 1997
Koolaid
The Onion Movie
Movie • 2008
Kwame Roberts
The Darwin Awards
Movie • 2007
Detective
I Ought to Be in Pictures
Movie • 1982
Baseball Fan
Seinfeld
TV • 1989
Mr Morgan
Martial Law
TV • 1998
Capt. Benjamin Winship
Ghost Whisperer
TV • 2005
Dave McKey
Star Trek: Voyager
TV • 1995
Tuvix
Medical Police
TV • 2020
Director Patten
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Jake Daniels
Castle
TV • 2009
Fats Shepherd
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Robert Harris
NCIS
TV • 2003
Sam Kelleher
Viper
TV • 1994
Travis Parker
Chicago Hope
TV • 1994
Charlie Barrett
Station 19
TV • 2018
Battalion Chief Gregory
Extreme
TV • 1995
Farley Potts
24
TV • 2001
Rear Admiral Kirkland
24
TV • 2001
Admiral Kirkland
The Rookie
TV • 2018
Colin Hall
The Mentalist
TV • 2008
Kevin Rome
Rizzoli & Isles
TV • 2010
Walt (Boston Pilgrims' attorney)
Daisy Jones & the Six
TV • 2023
Teddy Price
Modern Family
TV • 2009
Security Guard
Ray Donovan
TV • 2013
Benito
Rush Hour
TV • 2016
Holt
Seinfeld
TV • 1989
Mr. Morgan
Roc
TV • 1991
David
A Different World
TV • 1987
John Holtworth
Grimm
TV • 2011
Spencer Harrison
Star Trek: Enterprise
TV • 2001
Ghrath
The Magicians
TV • 2015
Santa
ER
TV • 1994
Wharton
21 Jump Street
TV • 1987
Judy's Date
The Magicians
TV • 2015
Santa Claus
True Story
TV • 2021
Shelly
Shooter
TV • 2016
Jason Colby
Ray Donovan
TV • 2013
Punch Hoffman
House
TV • 2004
Dr. Pilcher
Everwood
TV • 2002
Carl's Lawyer
L.A. Law
TV • 1986
D.A. Prentiss Scott
1600 Penn
TV • 2012
Interviewer
L.A. Dragnet
TV • 2003
Jay Delmore
The O.C.
TV • 2003
Paul Glass
9-1-1
TV • 2018
Buck's Doctor
Family Law
TV • 1999
Roscoe
The Inside
TV • 2005
Glenn Terry
Crash
TV • 2008
Roger Paul
Franklin & Bash
TV • 2011
Judge Gerald Whitman
Marvel's Inhumans
TV • 2017
George Ashland
The Division
TV • 2001
Nip/Tuck
TV • 2003
Detective Albert Chavies
Numb3rs
TV • 2005
Coach Harry Streeling
Close to Home
TV • 2005
Judge Jenkins
Shark
TV • 2006
Deputy Police Chief George Martinson
Saving Grace
TV • 2007
Governor's Protection Agent
Dark Blue
TV • 2009
Freddy