Thomas M. Wright
Biography
Thomas M. Wright is an Australian actor, writer, director and producer who was born in Melbourne in 1983. He came to attention as an actor in Disney Channel movies in the early 2000s, among them Zenon: The Zequel (2001), and later in Jane Campion's series Top of the Lake, which brought him a nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the Critics' Choice Awards. His film roles include Thomas Bodenham in Van Diemen's Land (2009), the guide Mike Groom in Everest (2015) and a part in Warwick Thornton's Sweet Country (2018), which took the Venice Film Festival's Special Jury Prize. Wright co-founded the theater company Black Lung in 2006 and directed the features Acute Misfortune (2019) and The Stranger (2022), the latter screening at Cannes.
43years old
Turns 44 on June 22in 224 days
- Born Melbourne
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- Also credited as Tom Wright and Thomas Michael Wright
Movie Career
- Films
- 6
- Career span
- 25 years2001 to 2026
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Behind the camera
Wright co-founded the theater company Black Lung in 2006 with Thomas Henning, and their first production, Avast, was described by Chris Kohn in Realtime as a breathtaking combination of precision and chaos.
Big break
Wright's casting as Johnno Mitcham in Top of the Lake led director Jane Campion to compare him to a young Daniel Day-Lewis.
Big break
For The Bridge, executive producer Elwood Reid said Wright's audition was the best he had ever seen, and that the temperature of the room changed when Wright walked in.
Behind the camera
Wright co-wrote, directed and produced Acute Misfortune, based on Erik Jensen's biography of Adam Cullen, which premiered at Melbourne International Film Festival and won The Age Critics' Prize.
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