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Tom Wright

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Tom Wright

Englewood, New Jersey, USA · Born 1952-11-29

Films
105
Avg rating
5.6
Active since
1977
Top genre
Drama
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

Acting

Summer Camp
Summer Camp
The Locksmith
The Locksmith
That's Amor
That's Amor
Gully
Gully
The Beanfield
The Beanfield
A Brother's Honor
A Brother's Honor
Still Happy
Still Happy
#truth
#truth
The Divorce Party
The Divorce Party
Spell
Spell
Higher Power
Higher Power
Inhumans: The First Chapter
Inhumans: The First Chapter
The Neighborhood
The Neighborhood
Transformers: The Last Knight
Transformers: The Last Knight
Message from the King
Message from the King
Within
Within
The Secrets of Emily Blair
The Secrets of Emily Blair
South32
South32
The Last Bid
The Last Bid
Rebirth
Rebirth
Runaway Island
Runaway Island
The Diabolical
The Diabolical
Stockholm, Pennsylvania
Stockholm, Pennsylvania
Starting from Scratch
Starting from Scratch
Beyond the Lights
Beyond the Lights
Things Never Said
Things Never Said
A Beautiful Soul
A Beautiful Soul
Rift
Rift
Breakdance Academy
Breakdance Academy
Burning Palms
Burning Palms
The Cursed
The Cursed
The Imposter
The Imposter
The Onion Movie
The Onion Movie
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Bohica
Live!
Live!
Honeydripper
Honeydripper
The Darwin Awards
The Darwin Awards
Sinner
Sinner
World Trade Center
World Trade Center
Striking Range
Striking Range
Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders
Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders
Chasing Ghosts
Chasing Ghosts
American Fusion
American Fusion
In Your Eyes
In Your Eyes
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Hangman's Curse
Hangman's Curse
Betrayal
Betrayal
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The Keyman
Sunshine State
Sunshine State
Barbershop
Barbershop
P.S. Your Cat is Dead!
P.S. Your Cat is Dead!
Contagion
Contagion
Layover
Layover
The Prime Gig
The Prime Gig
Alex in Wonder
Alex in Wonder
Pursuit of Happiness
Pursuit of Happiness
Funny Valentines
Funny Valentines
The Pentagon Wars
The Pentagon Wars
Palmetto
Palmetto
Menno's Mind
Menno's Mind
Weapons of Mass Distraction
Weapons of Mass Distraction
Murder at 1600
Murder at 1600
Gridlock'd
Gridlock'd
My Fellow Americans
My Fellow Americans
Playing Dangerous 2
Playing Dangerous 2
White Man's Burden
White Man's Burden
Excessive Force II: Force on Force
Excessive Force II: Force on Force
Tales from the Hood
Tales from the Hood
Forget Paris
Forget Paris
Men of War
Men of War
Vault of Horror I
Vault of Horror I
Amityville: A New Generation
Amityville: A New Generation
Acting on Impulse
Acting on Impulse
Weekend at Bernie's II
Weekend at Bernie's II
Passion Fish
Passion Fish
Past Midnight
Past Midnight
Dead in the Water
Dead in the Water
City of Hope
City of Hope
Street Hunter
Street Hunter
Reversal of Fortune
Reversal of Fortune
Marked for Death
Marked for Death
Murder in Black and White
Murder in Black and White
Heart of Dixie
Heart of Dixie
Troop Beverly Hills
Troop Beverly Hills
Vietnam War Story: The Last Days
Vietnam War Story: The Last Days
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
Matewan
Matewan
Creepshow 2
Creepshow 2
Johnny Bull
Johnny Bull
Streetwalkin'
Streetwalkin'
Exterminator 2
Exterminator 2
The Brother from Another Planet
The Brother from Another Planet
Delta Pi
Delta Pi
Alphabet City
Alphabet City
OK Today Tomorrow
OK Today Tomorrow
The Soldier
The Soldier
I Ought to Be in Pictures
I Ought to Be in Pictures
Subway Riders
Subway Riders
Underground U.S.A.
Underground U.S.A.
Tomcats
Tomcats

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