Tom Wright

Harold Thomas Wright (born November 29, 1952) is an American television and film actor. He has appeared in The Brother from Another Planet (1984), Matewan (1987), Creepshow 2 (1987), City of Hope (1991), Passion Fish (1992), Seinfeld (1994), Extreme (1995), Star Trek: Voyager (1996), Martial Law (1998-1999), Sunshine State (2002), Barbershop (2002), Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004), Honeydripper (2007), Granite Flats (2014), Medical Police (2020), and Daisy Jones & the Six (2023). Early life Wright was born on November 29, 1952, in Englewood, New Jersey. Career In 1976, His first appearance on screen was in the movie Deadbeat playing an Old Man. In 1987, he played a lead role as the hitchhiker in the horror film Creepshow 2. In 2002, Wright co-starred in the feature film Barbershop (2002) and the sequel Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004) with Ice Cube. In 2002, he co-starred with Angela Bassett as her ex-lover in Sunshine State (2002), Wright did have a good working relationship with writer/director John Sayles, starring in many films previously: The Brother from Another Planet (1984), Matewan (1987), City of Hope (1991), Passion Fish (1992), and Honeydripper (2007).