Tom Wright
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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
Credits
Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
as Military Attache
Live! (2007)
as Dr. Raymond Boyd
#truth (2019)
as Donald Cooper
Matewan (1987)
as Tom
That's Amor (2022)
as Henry
World Trade Center (2006)
as Officer Reynolds
Within (2016)
as Detective Pascal
Marked for Death (1990)
as Charles
The Onion Movie (2008)
as Kwame Roberts
Passion Fish (1992)
as Luther
Streetwalkin' (1985)
as Henchman #1
Honeydripper (2007)
as Cool Breeze
Tales from the Hood (1995)
as Martin Moorehouse (segment "Rogue Cop Revelation")
Murder at 1600 (1997)
as Cooper
Bohica (2008)
as Horowitz
The Neighborhood (2017)
as Jim Beam, Bourbon
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)
as Brothel Man
Layover (2001)
as Detective Mills
Alphabet City (1984)
as Chauffeur
Barbershop (2002)
as Detective Williams
Subway Riders (1981)
as On the Waterfront
Creepshow 2 (1987)
as The Hitchhiker
Summer Camp (2024)
as Mike
Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004)
as Detective Williams
The Locksmith (2023)
as Chief Stern
Weekend at Bernie's II (1993)
as Charles
Beyond the Lights (2014)
as Reverend Brown
I Ought to Be in Pictures (1982)
as Baseball Fan
Reversal of Fortune (1990)
as Jack
Gully (2021)
as Principal West
Troop Beverly Hills (1989)
as Shakar
Palmetto (1998)
as John Renick
A Brother's Honor (2019)
as Ben Bradford
Men of War (1994)
as Jamaal
The Brother from Another Planet (1984)
as Sam
The Pentagon Wars (1998)
as Major William Sayers
Star Trek: Enterprise - Storm Front (2014)
as Ghrath
Message from the King (2017)
as Waylon
A Beautiful Soul (2012)
as Brother Anthony Clark
Vault of Horror I (1994)
as Mitch (archive footage)
White Man's Burden (1995)
as Lionel
Gridlock'd (1997)
as Koolaid
Amityville: A New Generation (1993)
as Morgue Attendant
Rift (2011)
as Lietenant Neal
My Fellow Americans (1996)
as Jim
The Diabolical (2015)
as Curtis (as Thomas Wright)
Hangman's Curse (2003)
as Dan Carillo
The Darwin Awards (2007)
as Detective
The Soldier (1982)
as Faux Businessman
Higher Power (2018)
as Tom Davis
Burning Palms (2010)
as Maxwell Barron
Pursuit of Happiness (2001)
as Thom
Inhumans: The First Chapter (2017)
as George Ashland
Forget Paris (1995)
as Tommy
Exterminator 2 (1984)
as Youth
Menno's Mind (1997)
as Jor Norwell, executed rebel (uncredited)
Betrayal (2003)
as Detective Stan
Stockholm, Pennsylvania (2015)
as Detective Timms
Rebirth (2016)
as The Expert
Excessive Force II: Force on Force (1995)
as Grant Thompson
Funny Valentines (1999)
as Dr. Thomas Holder
Contagion (2002)
as Tom Brenner
Past Midnight (1992)
as Lee Samuels
The Prime Gig (2001)
as Marvin Sanders
Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders (2006)
as Bryant
The Beanfield (2020)
Actor
Acting on Impulse (1993)
as Dave Byers
Spell (2018)
as Edmund
City of Hope (1991)
as Malik
Breakdance Academy (2010)
as Pete
The Divorce Party (2019)
as Sacks
Dead in the Water (1991)
as Hotel Clerk
Weapons of Mass Distraction (1997)
as Marvel Sears
The Secrets of Emily Blair (2016)
as Detective Gorodetsky
P.S. Your Cat is Dead! (2002)
as Fred Gable
Sunshine State (2002)
as Flash Phillips
Street Hunter (1990)
as Riley
Striking Range (2006)
as John Hatem
Heart of Dixie (1989)
as Black Man at Concert
American Fusion (2005)
as Dr. Lee / Lethal Killah
The Last Bid (2016)
as Harris
Chasing Ghosts (2005)
as Tom Shields
Vietnam War Story: The Last Days (1989)
as Captain Berry (segment "The Last Outpost")
The Imposter (2008)
as Popeye
Murder in Black and White (1990)
as Walt Payne
Things Never Said (2013)
as Daniel
Alex in Wonder (2001)
as Sebastian
South32 (2016)
as Sgt. Kake
Underground U.S.A. (1980)
as Frank
Delta Pi (1984)
as Party Heckler
Tomcats (1977)
as Old Man
The Cursed (2010)
as Willie Gar
Starting from Scratch (2014)
as Homeless Stan
Sinner (2007)
as Officer Thomas
Johnny Bull (1986)
as Paulie
Runaway Island (2015)
as Raymond Tepper
Playing Dangerous 2 (1996)
as Alton Broom
In Your Eyes (2004)
as Phil
The Keyman (2002)
as Popeye
OK Today Tomorrow (1983)
Actor
Still Happy (2019)
as George Haliday