- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- January 8, 1955
- Place of Birth
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Thomas G. Waites
An American actor and acting instructor born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Waites runs an acting studio in New York City which is named for him. He has been a member of the Actor's Studio since 1984. Since the 1970s, Waites has appeared in over 30 television and film productions. Some of his credits as a television actor include NYPD Blue, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Oz, Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent and The Jury. In film, he appeared in Unwed Father, State of Grace, ...And Justice for All, Gangland, An American Affair, The Warriors, and the John Carpenter film The Thing. Description above from the Wikipedia article Thomas G. Waites, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
movieThe Thing Expanded
2026 · Self
movieBrooklyn's Gone To Hell
2025 · Richard Crown
movieTarget
2023 · Director, Writer
movie6:45
2021 · Larry
movieThe Savant
2019 · Chief Bocchino
tvFBI
2018 · Detective Dryden
tvMarvel's The Punisher
2017 · Arthur Walsh
movieBroadway's Finest
2012
tvHomeland
2011 · Clayton
movieThe Life Zone
2011 · Roger Fields
movieThe Great Fight
2011 · Chief Bocchino
movieThe Grand Theft
2011 · Randy Lemar
movieAn Affirmative Act
2010 · Samuel 'Dixie' Backus
tvNew Amsterdam
2008 · James Lucas
movieThe Exonerated
2006 · Deputy
tvLaw & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · Lance Brody, Mo Turman
movieNailed
2001 · Carpet Guy
movieAmerican Virgin
2000 · Grip
movieRites of Passage
1999 · John Willio
movieA Thousand Men and a Baby
1997 · Supply Sergeant
tvBuffy the Vampire Slayer
1997 · Cop
movieAn American Affair
1997 · Mulroney
movieTimelock
1996 · Warden Andrews
movieMoney Train
1995 · Barricade Captain
tvSliders
1995 · Randy, Airplane Mechanic
movieMcBain
1991 · Gill
movieState of Grace
1990 · Frankie's Man #1
tvLaw & Order
1990 · Burton Fenster, Bill Spence, Captain Lewis Webber, David Drucker
movieKojak: Flowers For Matty
1990 · Tink
movieHello Actors Studio
1988 · Self
movieThe Verne Miller Story
1988 · Al Capone
movieShakedown
1988 · Officer Kelly
movieLight of Day
1987 · Smittie
tvCrime Story
1986 · Prosecutor
movieThe Clan of the Cave Bear
1986 · Broud
tvThe Equalizer
1985 · Jim Kaufman, Shep Morrow
tvMiami Vice
1984 · D.E.A. Agent Thompson
The Face of Rage
1983 · Howard
movieThe Thing
1982 · Windows
movie...And Justice for All
1979 · Jeff McCullaugh
The Other Side of Victory
1979 · Joel Purvis
movieThe Warriors
1979 · Fox (uncredited)
movieOn the Yard
1978 · Chilly
movieThe Block
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