Person
Thomas M. Wright
Acting · Born 1983-06-22 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Biography
Thomas Michael Wright (born 22 June 1983; Melbourne) is an Australian actor, writer, film director and producer. He is the co-founder (2006) and director of theatre company Black Lung and director of the feature film Acute Misfortune (2019). As an actor he came to attention in Jane Campion's series Top of the Lake, for which he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the (US-Canadian) Critics' Choice Awards. He directed the thriller film The Stranger, which is scheduled to appear at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.
Known for
Rush
Jeremy Brindle
The Bridge
Steven Linder
Outsiders
Sheriff Wade Houghton, Jr
Top of the Lake
Johnno Mitcham
The Secret Life of Us
2001
Everest
Michael Groom
Sleeping Dogs
Wayne Devereaux
Round the Twist
Milo
Barkskins
Elisha Cooke
The Man with the Iron Heart
Josef Valčík
Filmography
- 2026WolframMick Kennedy
- 2025InsideExecutive Producer
- 2024Sleeping DogsWayne Devereaux
- 2024The RoosterThanks
- 2023PetrolThanks
- 2022The StrangerDirector
- 2020BarkskinsElisha Cooke
- 2018Acute MisfortuneScreenplay
- 2018Sweet CountryMick Kennedy
- 2017The Man with the Iron HeartJosef Valčík
- 2016OutsidersSheriff Wade Houghton, Jr
- 2015EverestMichael Groom
- 2013The BridgeSteven Linder
- 2013Top of the LakeJohnno Mitcham
- 2009Van Diemen's LandThomas Bodenham
- 2008RushJeremy Brindle
- 2007The KingAlfie
- 2005The City Eats Its Weak
- 2001The Secret Life of Us
- 2001Zenon: The ZequelOrion
- 2000Stepsister from Planet WeirdCutter (as Tom Wright)
- 1990Round the TwistMilo
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