Tom Wright

Tom Wright Movies and TV Shows

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".

Personal info

  • Gender: Male
  • Date of birth: 1952-11-29 (72 years old)
  • Place of birth: Englewood, New Jersey, USA
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in Canada
2024

Comedy

4.4
50%
Daisy Jones & the Six
IMDB 8.1
TMDB 82%
role:
Teddy Price
2023

Drama

8.1
82%
The Locksmith
IMDB 4.9
TMDB 58%
role:
Chief Stern
2023

Crime

Drama

Thriller

4.9
58%
Walkaway Joe
IMDB 5.6
TMDB 59%
role:
Director
2020

Action

Drama

5.6
59%
A Brother's Honor
IMDB 5.4
TMDB 60%
role:
Ben Bradford
2019

Romance

5.4
60%
2019

Comedy

Romance

5.1
61%
Higher Power
IMDB 4.4
TMDB 51%
role:
Tom Davis the Talk Show Host
2018

Action

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

4.4
51%
2017

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.2
61%
Within
IMDB 5.1
TMDB 54%
role:
Detective Pascal
2016

Horror

Thriller

5.1
54%
2016

Thriller

6.4
63%
Rebirth
IMDB 5.0
TMDB 46%
role:
The Expert
2016

Thriller

5.0
46%
The Diabolical
IMDB 4.7
TMDB 50%
role:
Curtis (as Thomas Wright)
2015

Horror

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

4.7
50%
Stockholm, Pennsylvania
IMDB 6.0
TMDB 54%
role:
Detective Timms
2015

Drama

TV Movie

6.0
54%
Beyond the Lights
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 69%
role:
Reverend Brown
2014

Drama

Romance

6.8
69%
The Cursed
IMDB 3.8
TMDB 49%
role:
Willie Gar
2010

Horror

Thriller

3.8
49%
Honeydripper
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 62%
role:
Cool Breeze
2007

Drama

Music

6.7
62%
World Trade Center
IMDB 6.0
TMDB 61%
role:
Officer Reynolds
2006

Drama

History

Thriller

6.0
61%
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
IMDB 5.7
TMDB 58%
role:
Detective Williams
2004

Comedy

Drama

5.7
58%
Contagion
IMDB 4.1
TMDB 34%
role:
Tom Brenner
2002

Drama

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

4.1
34%
Barbershop
IMDB 6.3
TMDB 63%
role:
Detective Williams
2002

Comedy

Drama

6.3
63%
Martial Law
IMDB 6.9
TMDB 71%
role:
Capt. Benjamin Winship
Not available
1998

Action

Adventure

Comedy

Crime

6.9
71%
Not available
Palmetto
IMDB 6.1
TMDB 59%
role:
John Renick
1998

Crime

Drama

Mystery

Romance

Thriller

6.1
59%
1997

Action

Crime

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

6.1
61%
1996

Comedy

6.5
60%
Tales from the Hood
IMDB 6.5
TMDB 61%
role:
Martin Moorehouse
1995

Crime

Horror

Thriller

6.5
61%
Forget Paris
IMDB 6.5
TMDB 61%
role:
Tommy
1995

Comedy

Drama

Romance

6.5
61%
Men of War
IMDB 5.6
TMDB 53%
role:
Jamaal
1994

Action

5.6
53%
1993

Comedy

4.8
50%
1990

Drama

7.2
66%
1990

Action

Crime

5.9
60%
Troop Beverly Hills
IMDB 5.9
TMDB 57%
role:
James Shakar
1989

Adventure

Comedy

Family

5.9
57%
Matewan
IMDB 7.9
TMDB 72%
role:
Tom
1987

Drama

7.9
72%
Creepshow 2
IMDB 6.0
TMDB 62%
role:
The Hitchhiker
1987

Comedy

Horror

6.0
62%
1987

Comedy

6.5
65%
1987

Comedy

6.2
61%

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in Canada starring or involving Tom Wright are, for example, Daisy Jones & the Six, The Locksmith and Walkaway Joe.
The streaming services with the largest selection are Prime Video, Amazon and iTunes.
The best StreamFat ratings are Daisy Jones & the Six (8.2), Beyond the Lights (6.9) and Reversal of Fortune (6.9).