Tom Wright (actor)

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Tom Wright (born November 29, 19?? in Englewood, New Jersey) is an American film, television and theater actor from Englewood, New Jersey.

1 Theater Career
2 Film Career
3 Selected filmography
4 External links

[edit] Theater Career

Wright has appeared in over 40 stage productions both on and off-Broadway. He began his acting career as an original member of The People’s Light and Theater Company outside of Philadelphia. Tom also spent four years at The National Playwrights Conference and two summers at the Sundance Institute.

On Broadway Tom 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 Lousiville, 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 Juene Lune in Minneapolis starring in Furthest From The Sun with Steve Guttenberg.

[edit] Film Career

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 Brother from Another Planet. He is set to co-star in Sayles’ next 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.

Tom has played roles on several television programs but is best known for playing Mr. Morgan, Yankees co-worker of character George Constanza (Jason Alexander) on Seinfeld.