Tom Wright (American actor)
Harold Thomas Wright is an American television and film actor. He has appeared in The Brother from Another Planet, Matewan, Creepshow 2, City of Hope, Passion Fish, Seinfeld, Extreme, Star Trek: Voyager, Murder at 1600, Martial Law, Sunshine State, Barbershop, Barbershop 2: Back in Business, Honeydripper, Granite Flats, Medical Police, and Daisy Jones & the Six.
Early life
Wright was born on November 29, 1952, in Englewood, New Jersey.
Career
In 1976, his first appearance on screen was in the movie Deadbeat playing an old man. In 1987, he played a lead role as the hitchhiker in the horror film Creepshow 2.
In 2002, Wright co-starred in the feature film Barbershop and the sequel Barbershop 2: Back in Business with Ice Cube. In 2002, he co-starred with Angela Bassett as her ex-lover in Sunshine State, Wright did have a good working relationship with writer/director John Sayles, starring in many films previously: The Brother from Another Planet, Matewan, City of Hope, Passion Fish, and 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 on Seinfeld; and the hybrid alien Tuvix in the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Tuvix".
In 2014, as a representative of Granite Flats which he starred as Agent Ezekiel Scott for 19 episodes, Wright attended the Dynamic and Diverse 66th Primetime Emmy Awards Celebration of Diversity at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in North Hollywood, Los Angeles.
In 2023, Wright played the role of music producer Teddy Price, who is responsible for assisting the band The Six to stardom, doing the same for Daisy Jones, then bringing them together in Daisy Jones & the Six.
Filmography
Film
Deadbeat as Old ManRed Italy as Unknown Underground U.S.A. as FrankSubway Riders as On The WaterfrontI Ought to Be in Pictures as Baseball Fan #6The Soldier as BusinessmanAlphabet City as ChauffeurThe Brother from Another Planet as SamExterminator 2 as YouthMugsy's Girls as Party HecklerStreetwalkin' as Henchman #1Creepshow 2 as The Hitchhiker Matewan as TomI'm Gonna Git You Sucka as Brothel ManTroop Beverly Hills as James ShakarHeart of Dixie as Black Man At ConcertVietnam War Story: The Last Days as Captain Berry Reversal of Fortune as JackMarked for Death as Detective Charles MarksStreet Hunter as RileyCity of Hope as MalikPast Midnight as Lee SamuelsDead in the Water as Hotel ClerkPassion Fish as LutherActing on Impulse as Dave ByersWeekend at Bernie's II as Charles Amityville: A New Generation as Morgue AttendantMen of War as JamaalForget Paris as TommyTales from the Hood as Martin MoorehouseExcessive Force II: Force on Force as Grant ThompsonWhite Man's Burden as LionelInvasion of Privacy as Devereux – Theresa's AttorneyMy Fellow Americans as Secret Service Agent JimPlaying Dangerous 2 as Alton BroomGridlock'd as KoolaidMenno's Mind as Jor Norwell, Execuited Rebel Murder at 1600 as Secret Service Agent CooperPalmetto as John RenickThe Pentagon Wars as Major William SayersFunny Valentines as Dr. Thomas HolderDumbarton Bridge as John ShedChain of Command as Secret Service Agent BurkeThe Prime Gig as Marvin SandersPursuit of Happiness as ThomAlex in Wonder as SebastianLayover as Detective MillsThe Keyman as 'Popeye'Contagion as Tom BrennerP.S. Your Cat Is Dead as Fred GableSunshine State as 'Flash' PhillipsBarbershop as Detective WilliamsLady Jayne: Killer as Detective StanHangman's Curse as Dan CarilloWhite Rush as Detective BrandtBarbershop 2: Back in Business as Detective WilliamsIn Your Eyes as PhilThe Gunman as Captain CarltonDynamite as StanChasing Ghosts as Tom ShieldsAmerican Fusion as Dr. Lee / Lethal KillahA Year and a Day as PryorRampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders as Detective BryantThe Darwin Awards as Detective #2World Trade Center as Officer ReynoldsStriking Range as John HatemSinner as Officer ThomasLive! as Dr. Raymond BoydHoneydripper as 'Cool Breeze'The Onion Movie as Kwame RobertsB.O.H.I.C.A. as HorowitzThe Imposter as 'Popeye'The Cursed as Willie GarBurning Palms as Maxwell BarronBoyBand as PeteRift as Lietenant NealA Beautiful Soul as Brother Anthony ClarkStarting from Scratch as Stan 'Homeless Stan'Stanley DeBrock as AtticusThings Never Said as DanielBeyond the Lights as Reverend BrownSin Verite as Francis VigneriStockholm, Pennsylvania as Detective TimmsThe Diabolical as CurtisRunaway Island as Raymond TepperStorage Locker 181 as HarrisRebirth as The ExpertSouth32 as Sergeant KakeMessage from the King as WaylonThe Secrets of Emily Blair as Detective GorodetskyWithin as Detective PascalTransformers: The Last Knight as Military Attache #1The Neighborhood as Jim 'Bourbon' BeamHigher Power as Tom David, Talk Show HostSpell as EdmundThe Divorce Party as Sacks#Truth as Donald CooperThat's Amor as Henry