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Tom Wright

Tom Wright is known for Transformers: The Last Knight (2017), World Trade Center (2006), Creepshow 2 (1987).

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".

Questions about Tom Wright

How many Tom Wright films are in the catalogue?

The CineQuiz catalogue has 103 films with Tom Wright, from 1977 to 2024.

What is the best rated Tom Wright film?

The best rated Tom Wright film in the catalogue is Matewan (1987), rated 7.4.

What was the first Tom Wright film?

The first Tom Wright film in the catalogue is The Brother from Another Planet, from 1984.

Who has Tom Wright worked with the most?

In the catalogue, Tom Wright shares the most credits with John Sayles (4 films), Christopher Young (2 films) and Don Harvey (2 films).

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Known for

Trivia

Also works as
stunt performer · film director
Studied at
West Chester University of Pennsylvania · Dwight Morrow High School
Notable works
Tuvix · Barbershop · Seinfeld · Daisy Jones & The Six

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Full filmography

103 films — 103 in the catalogue

Series and TV shows

44 titles

People data: TMDb.

Cast