Thomas M. Wright

Acting · Crew · Directing · Production

Born June 22, 1983, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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.

Filmography

• Treasure & Dirt
• 2026Wolfram — Mick Kennedy
• 2025Inside — Executive Producer
• 2024Sleeping Dogs — Wayne Devereaux
• 2024The Rooster — Thanks
• 2023Petrol — Thanks
• 2022The Stranger — Director, Writer
• Barkskins — Elisha Cooke
• 2018Acute Misfortune — Director, Screenplay, Producer
• 2018Sweet Country — Mick Kennedy
• 2017The Man with the Iron Heart — Josef Valčík
• Outsiders — Sheriff Wade Houghton
• 2015Everest — Michael Groom
• The Bridge — Steven Linder
• Top of the Lake — Johnno Mitcham
• 2009Van Diemen's Land — Thomas Bodenham
• Rush — Jeremy Brindle
• 2007The King — Alfie
• 2005The City Eats Its Weak
• The Secret Life of Us
• 2001Zenon: The Zequel — Orion
• 2000Stepsister from Planet Weird — Cutter (as Tom Wright)
• Round the Twist — Milo