Cast & creator
Tom Wright
Best known for The Mentalist, NCIS, NCIS
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".
Also known as: Tom Shoemaker, Thomas Wright, Thomas J. Wright, Том Врайт, Том Райт
107
film credits
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television credits
156
1977–2024 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (163)
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The Mentalist
Kevin Rome
2008
NCIS
Sam Kelleher
2003NCIS
Director
2003
The Rookie
Colin Hall
2018
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Jake Daniels
2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Robert Harris
2000
House
Dr. Pilcher
2004
Modern Family
Security Guard
2009
Castle
Fats Shepherd
2009
24
Admiral Kirkland
200124
Rear Admiral Kirkland
2001
9-1-1
Buck's Doctor
2018
Seinfeld
Mr Morgan
1989Seinfeld
Mr. Morgan
1989
The O.C.
Paul Glass
2003
Grimm
Spencer Harrison
2011
Star Trek: Voyager
Tuvix
1995
ER
Wharton
1994
Rizzoli & Isles
Walt (Boston Pilgrims' attorney)
2010
Nip/Tuck
Detective Albert Chavies
2003
Ghost Whisperer
Dave McKey
2005
Chicago Hope
Charlie Barrett
1994
Star Trek: Enterprise
Ghrath
2001
Numb3rs
Coach Harry Streeling
2005
Everwood
Carl's Lawyer
2002
L.A. Law
D.A. Prentiss Scott
1986
Station 19
Battalion Chief Gregory
2018
Ray Donovan
Benito
2013Ray Donovan
Punch Hoffman
2013
A Different World
John Holtworth
1987
The Division
2001
21 Jump Street
Judy's Date
1987
The Magicians
Santa
2015The Magicians
Santa Claus
2015
Franklin & Bash
Judge Gerald Whitman
2011
Shooter
Jason Colby
2016
Close to Home
Judge Jenkins
2005
Martial Law
Capt. Benjamin Winship
1998
Family Law
Roscoe
1999
Saving Grace
Governor's Protection Agent
2007
Viper
Travis Parker
1994
Shark
Deputy Police Chief George Martinson
2006
Transformers: The Last Knight
Military Attache
2017
Constantine
Director
2014
Dark Blue
Freddy
2009
Rush Hour
Holt
2016
Marvel's Inhumans
George Ashland
2017
Daisy Jones & the Six
Teddy Price
2023
L.A. Dragnet
Jay Delmore
2003
1600 Penn
Interviewer
2012
Crash
Roger Paul
2008
Medical Police
Director Patten
2020
Gun
Mickey
1997
Murder at 1600
Cooper
1997
The Inside
Glenn Terry
2005
Roc
David
1991
World Trade Center
Officer Reynolds
2006
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
Stunts
1989
Marked for Death
Charles
1990
True Story
Shelly
2021
Summer Camp
Mike
2024
Creepshow 2
The Hitchhiker
1987
The Secret of My Success
Stunts
1987
Barbershop
Detective Williams
2002
The Locksmith
Chief Stern
2023
Within
Detective Pascal
2016
The Onion Movie
Kwame Roberts
2008
The Darwin Awards
Detective
2007
Beyond the Lights
Reverend Brown
2014
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Detective Williams
2004
Higher Power
Tom Davis
2018
Reversal of Fortune
Jack
1990
The Pentagon Wars
Major William Sayers
1998Extreme
Farley Potts
1995
Troop Beverly Hills
Shakar
1989Troop Beverly Hills
James Shakar
1989
Amityville: A New Generation
Morgue Attendant
1993
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
Brothel Man
1988
Gully
Principal West
2021
Weekend at Bernie's II
Charles
1993
Outrageous Fortune
Stunts
1987
Message from the King
Waylon
2017
Matewan
Tom
1987
Passion Fish
Luther
1992
Tales from the Hood
Martin Moorehouse (segment "Rogue Cop Revelation")
1995
White Man's Burden
Lionel
1995
Men of War
Jamaal
1994
My Fellow Americans
Jim
1996
Walkaway Joe
Director
2020
Live!
Dr. Raymond Boyd
2007
Inhumans: The First Chapter
George Ashland
2017
Alphabet City
Chauffeur
1984
Burning Palms
Maxwell Barron
2010
Gridlock'd
Koolaid
1997
The Diabolical
Curtis (as Thomas Wright)
2015
The Brother from Another Planet
Sam
1984
Forget Paris
Tommy
1995
Palmetto
John Renick
1998
A Brother's Honor
Ben Bradford
2019
Excessive Force II: Force on Force
Grant Thompson
1995
That's Amor
Henry
2022
The Soldier
Faux Businessman
1982
Stockholm, Pennsylvania
Detective Timms
2015
The Secrets of Emily Blair
Detective Gorodetsky
2016
The Neighborhood
Jim Beam, Bourbon
2017
#truth
Donald Cooper
2019
City of Hope
Malik
1991
A Beautiful Soul
Brother Anthony Clark
2012
Streetwalkin'
Henchman #1
1985
Past Midnight
Lee Samuels
1992
Betrayal
Detective Stan
2003
I Ought to Be in Pictures
Baseball Fan
1982
Star Trek: Enterprise - Storm Front
Ghrath
2014
Exterminator 2
Youth
1984Bohica
Horowitz
2008
Honeydripper
Cool Breeze
2007
Subway Riders
On the Waterfront
1981
Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders
Bryant
2006
P.S. Your Cat is Dead!
Fred Gable
2002
The Container
Director
2009
Dead in the Water
Hotel Clerk
1991
The Divorce Party
Sacks
2019
Vault of Horror I
Mitch (archive footage)
1994
The Prime Gig
Marvin Sanders
2001
Pursuit of Happiness
Thom
2001
Menno's Mind
Jor Norwell, executed rebel (uncredited)
1997
Weapons of Mass Distraction
Marvel Sears
1997
The Last Bid
Harris
2016
Hangman's Curse
Dan Carillo
2003
Acting on Impulse
Dave Byers
1993
Striking Range
John Hatem
2006
Rebirth
The Expert
2016
Layover
Detective Mills
2001
Vietnam War Story: The Last Days
Captain Berry (segment "The Last Outpost")
1989
Heart of Dixie
Black Man at Concert
1989
Rift
Lietenant Neal
2011
Things Never Said
Daniel
2013
Chasing Ghosts
Tom Shields
2005
Funny Valentines
Dr. Thomas Holder
1999
Sunshine State
Flash Phillips
2002
The Beanfield
2020
Murder in Black and White
Walt Payne
1990
Contagion
Tom Brenner
2002
Breakdance Academy
Pete
2010
The Cursed
Willie Gar
2010
Underground U.S.A.
Frank
1980
Street Hunter
Riley
1990
American Fusion
Dr. Lee / Lethal Killah
2005
The Imposter
Popeye
2008
Starting from Scratch
Homeless Stan
2014
Runaway Island
Raymond Tepper
2015
Johnny Bull
Paulie
1986
Delta Pi
Party Heckler
1984
In Your Eyes
Phil
2004
South32
Sgt. Kake
2016
Spell
Edmund
2018
Alex in Wonder
Sebastian
2001The Keyman
Popeye
2002
Tomcats
Old Man
1977
Still Happy
George Haliday
2019
Playing Dangerous 2
Alton Broom
1996
Sinner
Officer Thomas
2007