Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
November 29, 1952
Place of Birth:
Englewood, New Jersey, USA
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".
Year | Movie | Role |
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2024 | Summer Camp | Mike |
2023 | The Locksmith | Chief Stern |
2022 | That's Amor | Henry |
2021 | Gully | Principal West |
2020 | The Beanfield | |
2019 | #Truth | Donald Cooper |
2019 | The Divorce Party | Sacks |
2019 | A Brother's Honor | Ben Bradford |
2019 | Still Happy | George Haliday |
2018 | Higher Power | Tom Davis |
2018 | Spell | Edmund |
2017 | Message from the King | Waylon |
2017 | Transformers: The Last Knight | Military Attache |
2017 | Inhumans: The First Chapter | George Ashland |
2017 | The Neighborhood | Jim Beam, Bourbon |
2016 | Within | Detective Pascal |
2016 | Rebirth | The Expert |
2016 | South32 | Sgt. Kake |
2016 | The Last Bid | Harris |
2016 | The Secrets of Emily Blair | Detective Gorodetsky |
2015 | Stockholm, Pennsylvania | Detective Timms |
2015 | The Diabolical | Curtis (as Thomas Wright) |
2015 | Runaway Island | Raymond Tepper |
2014 | Beyond the Lights | Reverend Brown |
2014 | Starting from Scratch | Homeless Stan |
2013 | Things Never Said | Daniel |
2012 | A Beautiful Soul | Brother Anthony Clark |
2011 | Rift | Lietenant Neal |
2010 | The Cursed | Willie Gar |
2010 | Burning Palms | Maxwell Barron |
2010 | Breakdance Academy | Pete |
2008 | The Imposter | Popeye |
2008 | Bohica | Horowitz |
2007 | Honeydripper | Cool Breeze |
2007 | Sinner | Officer Thomas |
2007 | Live! | Dr. Raymond Boyd |
2006 | Striking Range | John Hatem |
2006 | Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders | Bryant |
2006 | World Trade Center | Officer Reynolds |
2005 | Chasing Ghosts | Tom Shields |
2005 | American Fusion | Dr. Lee / Lethal Killah |
2004 | In Your Eyes | Phil |
2004 | Barbershop 2: Back in Business | Detective Williams |
2003 | Hangman's Curse | Dan Carillo |
2003 | Betrayal | Detective Stan |
2002 | The Keyman | Popeye |
2002 | Contagion | Tom Brenner |
2002 | Sunshine State | Flash Phillips |
2002 | Barbershop | Detective Williams |
2002 | P.S. Your Cat is Dead! | Fred Gable |
2001 | Alex in Wonder | Sebastian |
2001 | Layover | Detective Mills |
2001 | Pursuit of Happiness | Thom |
2001 | The Prime Gig | Marvin Sanders |
1999 | Funny Valentines | Dr. Thomas Holder |
1998 | The Pentagon Wars | Major William Sayers |
1998 | Palmetto | John Renick |
1997 | Murder at 1600 | Cooper |
1997 | Gun | Mickey |
1997 | Menno's Mind | Jor Norwell, executed rebel (uncredited) |
1997 | Weapons of Mass Distraction | Marvel Sears |
1996 | Playing Dangerous 2 | Alton Broom |
1996 | My Fellow Americans | Jim |
1995 | Tales from the Hood | Martin Moorehouse (segment "Rogue Cop Revelation") |
1995 | Excessive Force II: Force on Force | Grant Thompson |
1995 | White Man's Burden | Lionel |
1995 | Forget Paris | Tommy |
1994 | Vault of Horror I | Mitch |
1994 | Men of War | Jamaal |
1993 | Weekend at Bernie's II | Charles |
1993 | Amityville: A New Generation | Morgue Attendant |
1993 | Acting on Impulse | Dave Byers |
1992 | Passion Fish | Luther |
1992 | Past Midnight | Lee Samuels |
1991 | City of Hope | Malik |
1991 | Dead in the Water | Hotel Clerk |
1990 | Marked for Death | Charles |
1990 | Street Hunter | Riley |
1990 | Reversal of Fortune | Jack |
1990 | Murder in Black and White | Walt Payne |
1989 | Troop Beverly Hills | Shakar |
1989 | Vietnam War Story: The Last Days | Captain Berry (segment "The Last Outpost") |
1989 | Troop Beverly Hills | James Shakar |
1988 | I'm Gonna Git You Sucka | Brothel Man |
1987 | Creepshow 2 | The Hitchhiker |
1987 | Matewan | Tom |
1986 | Johnny Bull | Paulie |
1985 | Streetwalkin' | Henchman #1 |
1984 | Alphabet City | Chauffeur |
1984 | Delta Pi | Party Heckler |
1984 | The Brother from Another Planet | Sam |
1984 | Exterminator 2 | Youth |
1983 | OK Today Tomorrow | |
1982 | The Soldier | Faux Businessman |
1981 | Subway Riders | On the Waterfront |
1980 | Underground U.S.A. | Frank |
1977 | Tomcats | Old Man |
Year | TV Show | Role |
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2023 | Daisy Jones & the Six | Teddy Price |
2021 | True Story | Shelly |
2020 | Medical Police | Director Patten |
2018 | Station 19 | Battalion Chief Gregory |
2018 | The Rookie | Colin Hall |
2018 | 9-1-1 | Buck's Doctor |
2017 | Marvel's Inhumans | George Ashland |
2016 | Rush Hour | Holt |
2016 | Shooter | Jason Colby |
2015 | The Magicians | Santa |
2015 | The Magicians | Santa Claus |
2013 | Ray Donovan | Benito |
2013 | Ray Donovan | Punch Hoffman |
2012 | 1600 Penn | Interviewer |
2011 | Grimm | Spencer Harrison |
2011 | Franklin & Bash | Judge Gerald Whitman |
2010 | Rizzoli & Isles | Walt (Boston Pilgrims' attorney) |
2009 | Castle | Fats Shepherd |
2009 | Modern Family | Security Guard |
2008 | The Mentalist | Kevin Rome |
2008 | Crash | Roger Paul |
2005 | Ghost Whisperer | Dave McKey |
2005 | The Inside | Glenn Terry |
2004 | House | Dr. Pilcher |
2003 | NCIS | Sam Kelleher |
2003 | L.A. Dragnet | Jay Delmore |
2003 | The O.C. | Paul Glass |
2002 | Everwood | Carl's Lawyer |
2001 | 24 | Admiral Kirkland |
2001 | 24 | Rear Admiral Kirkland |
2001 | Star Trek: Enterprise | Ghrath |
2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Jake Daniels |
2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Robert Harris |
1999 | Family Law | Roscoe |
1998 | Martial Law | Capt. Benjamin Winship |
1995 | Star Trek: Voyager | Tuvix |
1995 | Extreme | Farley Potts |
1994 | Viper | Travis Parker |
1994 | Chicago Hope | |
1994 | ER | Wharton |
1991 | Roc | David |
1989 | Seinfeld | Mr Morgan |
1989 | Seinfeld | Mr. Morgan |
1987 | A Different World | John Holtworth |
1987 | 21 Jump Street | Fred Clairman |
1987 | 21 Jump Street | A.D.A. Lamar, Judy's Date |
1986 | L.A. Law | D.A. Prentiss Scott |