Thomas M. Wright

Acting

Thomas M. Wright

Born

1983-06-22 (43)

Place of birth

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Known for

Acting

Credits

24 titles

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

Tenzing poster
7.9

A determined man embarks on a high-stakes quest—and defies seemingly impossible odds—to fulfill his dream of being the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

Tenzing

2026

Rush poster
7.4

A high-stakes Aussie police drama following the lives of Melbourne’s finest girls and boys in blue – members of a prestigious Tactical Response team.

Rush

2008

The Bridge poster
6.6

A murdered body on a bridge between El Paso and Juarez bring together El Paso detective Sonya Cross and Chihuahua State Police detective Marco Ruiz.

The Bridge

2013

Everest poster
6.8

Inspired by the incredible events surrounding a treacherous attempt to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, "Everest" documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one of the fiercest snowstorms ever encountered by mankind. Their mettle tested by the harshest of elements found on the planet, the climbers will face nearly impossible obstacles as a lifelong obsession becomes a breathtaking struggle for survival.

Everest

2015

Sleeping Dogs poster
7.0

Roy Freeman, an ex-homicide detective with a fractured memory, is forced to revisit a case he can't remember. As a man's life hangs in the balance on death row, Freeman must piece together the brutal evidence from a decade-old murder investigation, uncovering a sinister web of buried secrets and betrayals linking to his past. With only instincts to trust, he faces a chilling truth - sometimes, it's best to let sleeping dogs lie.

Sleeping Dogs

2024

Top of the Lake poster
7.0

A woman haunted by her past, Detective Robin Griffin, investigates complex and unsettling cases.

Top of the Lake

2013

Film credits

2020s · 3 titles

2010s · 3 titles

2000s · 5 titles

Stepsister from Planet Weird poster
5.7

Megan's world is turned upside down when she hears her calm life with her little brother and single mum is about to change. She hears she's soon to have a stepfather and a stepsister. Megan thinks they're a bit weird and is determined to stop the wedding. She discovers they're actually even stranger than she thought - they're from another planet.

Stepsister from Planet Weird

2000

Zenon: The Zequel poster
5.6

Zenon Kar is 15 and lives on a space station which the military has taken over and is dismantling. She receives a mysterious signal and must convince everyone that it's from aliens who have come to help them.

Zenon: The Zequel

2001

Van Diemen's Land poster
5.4

The true story of Australia’s most notorious convict, Alexander Pearce and his infamous journey into the beautiful yet brutal Tasmanian wilderness. A point of no return for convicts banished from their homeland, Van Diemen’s Land was a feared and dreaded penal settlement at the end of the earth.

Van Diemen's Land

2009

The City Eats Its Weak poster
NR

Kay can't eat, Kay can't sleep, and Kay can't do anything about the city, as it slowly consumes the people around him; but what is growing on his chest?

The City Eats Its Weak

2005

The King poster
6.0

The King is the story of Graham Kennedy, Australia's first and greatest home grown TV superstar. It traces his rise from working class Balaclava kid, through radio, TV, film, and back to TV again. It also tracks Kennedy's personal tragedies - the loneliness, the unrealised ambitions and the terrible pressures of being Australia's first homegrown superstar in the 1950s and 60s.

The King

2007

Series credits

Rush poster
7.4

A high-stakes Aussie police drama following the lives of Melbourne’s finest girls and boys in blue – members of a prestigious Tactical Response team.

Rush

2008

The Bridge poster
6.6

A murdered body on a bridge between El Paso and Juarez bring together El Paso detective Sonya Cross and Chihuahua State Police detective Marco Ruiz.

The Bridge

2013

Top of the Lake poster
7.0

A woman haunted by her past, Detective Robin Griffin, investigates complex and unsettling cases.

Top of the Lake

2013

Outsiders poster
6.5

A struggle for power and control set in the rugged and mysterious hills of Appalachia, "Outsiders" tells the story of the Farrell clan, a family of outsiders who've been in these parts since before anyone can remember. Living off the grid and above the law on their mountaintop homestead, they'll protect their world and defend their way of life using any means necessary.

Outsiders

2016

The Secret Life of Us poster
5.7

The Secret Life of Us is an Australian television drama series about the lives of 20-30 somethings living in the early 2000s.

The Secret Life of Us

2001

Round the Twist poster
7.2

Round the Twist is a Logie Award-winning Australian children's television series about three children and their father who live in a lighthouse and become involved in many bizarre magical adventures.

Round the Twist

1990

Barkskins poster
6.4

A disparate group of outcasts and dreamers battle to escape their pasts while navigating the brutal frontier hardships, competing interests, and tangled loyalties at the crossroads of civilization: the New World. Based on the novel by Pulitzer-winner Annie Proulx.

Barkskins

2020

Treasure & Dirt poster
7.1

When a headless torso is found deep inside an opal mine, Ivan Lucic and Nell Buchanan are seconded to the desolate outback mining town of Nullah where law and order is optional.

Treasure & Dirt

2026

Behind the camera