Thomas M. Wright

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

Everest

as Michael Groom

The Man with the Iron Heart

as Josef Valčík

Sleeping Dogs

as Wayne Devereaux

Top of the Lake

as Johnno Mitcham

Sweet Country

as Mick Kennedy

The Bridge

as Steven Linder

Outsiders

as Sheriff Wade Houghton, Jr

Zenon: The Zequel

as Orion

Van Diemen's Land

as Thomas Bodenham

Stepsister from Planet Weird

as Cutter (as Tom Wright)