Tom Wright (actor)
Harold Thomas Wright (born November 29, 1952 in Englewood , New Jersey ) is an American actor and stuntman .
Life
Wright attended the University of West Chester , Pennsylvania . In 1977 he played his first small film role. After that, he mainly had theater engagements at theaters in Philadelphia and off-Broadway . In 1981 he appeared on Broadway alongside Amanda Plummer in Shelagh Delaney's A Taste of Honey ; the production and Plummer were each nominated for a Tony Award .
From the mid to late 1980s he worked as a stuntman in several successful Hollywood productions . From 1987 he had various feature film roles , including Ghettobusters (I'm Gonna Git You Sucka) by Keenen Ivory Wayans . As a result, he also appeared in guest roles in various television series . From 1998 to 1999 he played one of the leading roles in the series Martial Law - The Karate Cop . Between 2008 and 2009 he had a recurring role in LA Crash .
Filmography (selection)
actor
- 1977: Vigilante Justice - Vengeance is Mine (Tomcats)
- 1979: Red Italy
- 1980: Underground USA
- 1981: Subway Riders
- 1982: I actually wanted to see the film (I Ought to Be in Pictures)
- 1982: The Soldier
- 1983: Kennedy (miniseries, 4 episodes)
- 1984: Alphabet City
- 1984: The Brother from Another Planet
- 1984: The Exterminator - Part 2 (Exterminator 2)
- 1984: The Mud Babies (Delta Pi)
- 1985: Streetwalkin '- On the streets of Manhattan (Streetwalkin')
- 1986: A Woman Goes Her Way ( Johnny Bull , Movie made for TV)
- 1987: Creepshow 2
- 1987: Matewan
- 1987–1988: 21 Jump Street - crime scene classroom ( 21 Jump Street , TV series, 2 episodes)
- 1988: Ghettobusters (I'm Gonna Git You Sucka)
- 1989: Troop Beverly Hills (Troop Beverly Hills)
- 1989: Burning Hatred (Heart of Dixie)
- 1989: Roseanne (TV series, episode 2x03)
- 1990: To Kill released (Marked for Death)
- 1990: The affair of Sunny von B. (Reversal of Fortune)
- 1991: Tales from the Crypt ( Tales from the Crypt , TV series, episode 3x04)
- 1993: LA Law - star lawyers, tricks, trials ( LA Law , TV series, episode 7x14)
- 1993: Trouble with Bernie again (Weekend at Bernie's II)
- 1993: Amityville - A New Generation
- 1994–1995: Seinfeld (TV series, 4 episodes)
- 1995: Forget Paris (Forget Paris)
- 1996: Star Trek: Spaceship Voyager ( Star Trek: Voyager , TV series, episode 2x24)
- 1997: Murder in the White House (Murder at 1600)
- 1997: Gridlock'd - Full on! (Gridlock'd)
- 1998–1999: Martial Law - The Karate Cop ( Martial Law , TV series, 22 episodes)
- 2001; 2007: CSI: On the trail of the perpetrators ( CSI: Crime Scene Investigation , TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2001: Emergency Room - Die Notaufnahme ( ER , TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2002: Barbershop
- 2003: Betrayal - Death is their business (Betrayal)
- 2003: White Rush
- 2004: Barbershop 2 (Barbershop 2: Back in Business)
- 2004: Star Trek: Enterprise (TV series, episode 4x01)
- 2005: OC, California ( The OC , TV series, episode 3x08)
- 2006: 24 (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2007: Dr. House ( House, MD , TV series, episode 4x04)
- 2008: News Movie (The Onion Movie)
- 2008–2009: LA Crash (TV series, 6 episodes)
- 2009: Nip / Tuck - Beauty has its price ( Nip / Tuck , TV series, episode 6x04)
- 2009: Numb3rs - The Logic of Crime (TV series, episode 5x17)
- 2009: Ghost Whisperer - Voices from Beyond ( Ghost Whisperer , TV series, episode 4x19)
- 2010: The Cursed
- 2010: Burning Palms
- 2010: BoyBand
- 2010: Hawthorne (TV series, episode 2x10)
- 2011: Rift
- 2011: Rizzoli & Isles (TV series, episode 2x05)
- 2012: Grimm (TV series, episode 1x20)
- 2012: A Beautiful Soul
- 2013: Starting from Scratch
- 2013: Broken Blood
- 2013: The Mentalist (TV series, episode 5x16)
- 2013: Things Never Said
- 2013–2015: Granite Flats (TV series, 19 episodes)
- 2014: Beyond the Lights
- 2014: Castle (TV series, episode 7x03)
- 2014: Sin Verite
- 2015: Stockholm, Pennsylvania
- 2015: The Diabolical - The Evil Is Timeless (The Diabolical)
- 2015: Runaway Island
- 2015: Criminal Minds (TV series, episode 11x05)
- 2016: Storage Locker 181
- 2016: Rebirth
- 2016: South32
- 2016: Murder in the First (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2016: Message from the King
- 2016: The Secrets of Emily Blair
- 2016: Within
- 2016–2017: Ray Donovan (TV series, 7 episodes)
- 2017: Transformers: The Last Knight
- 2017: The Neighborhood
- 2017: Marvel's Inhumans (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 2018: higher power
- 2018: Spell
- 2019: The Magicians (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 2019: The Divorce Party
- 2019: #Truth
Stuntman
- 1982: Fighting Back
- 1984: Splash (Splash)
- 1986: You don't kiss public prosecutors (Legal Eagles)
- 1987: The principal - One against all (The Principal)
- 1987: The Secret of My Success (The Secret of My Succe $ s)
- 1987: Nothing but Trouble with the Guy (Outrageous Fortune)
- 1989: Die Glücksjäger (See No Evil, Hear No Evil)
- 1989: Do the Right Thing
- 1990: Blue Steel
Web links
- Tom Wright in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wright, Tom |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wright, Harold Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American actor and stunt performer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 29, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Englewood , New Jersey |