Tom Wright
Born November 29, 1952 (Age: 73)
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Englewood, New Jersey, USA
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".
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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Filmography
Summer Camp
2024
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as Mike
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Age: 71
Still Happy
2019
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as George Haliday
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Age: 66
Transformers: The Last Knight
2017
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as Military Attache
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Age: 64
Message from the King
2017
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as Waylon
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Age: 64
Beyond the Lights
2014
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as Reverend Brown
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Age: 61
The Darwin Awards
2007
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as Detective
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Age: 54
Sinner
2007
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as Officer Thomas
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Age: 54
World Trade Center
2006
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as Officer Reynolds
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Age: 53
Chasing Ghosts
2005
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as Tom Shields
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Age: 52
In Your Eyes
2004
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as Phil
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Age: 51
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
2004
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as Detective Williams
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Age: 51
Hangman's Curse
2003
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as Dan Carillo
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Age: 50
No Image
The Keyman
2002
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as Popeye
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Age: 49
Sunshine State
2002
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as Flash Phillips
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Age: 49
Contagion
2002
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as Tom Brenner
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Age: 49
Barbershop
2002
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as Detective Williams
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Age: 49
P.S. Your Cat is Dead!
2002
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as Fred Gable
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Age: 49
The Pentagon Wars
1998
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as Major William Sayers
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Age: 45
Palmetto
1998
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as John Renick
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Age: 45
Menno's Mind
1997
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as Jor Norwell, executed rebel (uncredited)
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Age: 45
Weapons of Mass Distraction
1997
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as Marvel Sears
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Age: 44
Murder at 1600
1997
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as Cooper
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Age: 44
Gridlock'd
1997
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as Koolaid
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Age: 44
My Fellow Americans
1996
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as Jim
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Age: 44
Playing Dangerous 2
1996
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as Alton Broom
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Age: 43
White Man's Burden
1995
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as Lionel
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Age: 43
Tales from the Hood
1995
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as Martin Moorehouse (segment "Rogue Cop Revelation")
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Age: 42
Forget Paris
1995
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as Tommy
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Age: 42
Amityville: A New Generation
1993
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as Morgue Attendant
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Age: 40
Acting on Impulse
1993
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as Dave Byers
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Age: 40
Weekend at Bernie's II
1993
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as Charles
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Age: 40
Passion Fish
1992
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as Luther
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Age: 40
Past Midnight
1992
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as Lee Samuels
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Age: 39
Dead in the Water
1991
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as Hotel Clerk
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Age: 39
City of Hope
1991
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as Malik
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Age: 38
Street Hunter
1990
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as Riley
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Age: 37
Reversal of Fortune
1990
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as Jack
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Age: 37
Marked for Death
1990
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as Charles
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Age: 37
Murder in Black and White
1990
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as Walt Payne
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Age: 37
Heart of Dixie
1989
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as Black Man at Concert
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Age: 36
Troop Beverly Hills
1989
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as James Shakar
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Age: 36
Vietnam War Story: The Last Days
1989
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as Captain Berry (segment "The Last Outpost")
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Age: 36
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
1988
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as Brothel Man
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Age: 35
Matewan
1987
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as Tom
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Age: 34
Creepshow 2
1987
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as The Hitchhiker
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Age: 34
Streetwalkin'
1985
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as Henchman #1
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Age: 32
The Soldier
1982
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as Faux Businessman
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Age: 29
Subway Riders
1981
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as On the Waterfront
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Age: 28
Underground U.S.A.
1980
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as Frank
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Age: 27