Quick Facts
Born:
1952-11-29
Birthplace:
Englewood, New Jersey, USA
Credits:
154 Total Roles
Tom Wright
Acting
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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".
Known For
House
Dr. Pilcher
Transformers: The Last Knight
Military Attache
The Mentalist
Kevin Rome
Grimm
Spencer Harrison
Modern Family
Security Guard
The Rookie
Colin Hall
9-1-1
Buck's Doctor
NCIS
Sam Kelleher
Full Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Summer Camp MOVIE | Mike |
| 2023 | Daisy Jones & the Six TV | Teddy Price |
| 2023 | The Locksmith MOVIE | Chief Stern |
| 2022 | That's Amor MOVIE | Henry |
| 2021 | True Story TV | Shelly |
| 2021 | Gully MOVIE | Principal West |
| 2020 | The Beanfield MOVIE | Self |
| 2020 | Medical Police TV | Director Patten |
| 2019 | A Brother's Honor MOVIE | Ben Bradford |
| 2019 | Still Happy MOVIE | George Haliday |