Biography
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.
Also known as
Thomas Waites
Photos
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Roles across career
Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).
43
Acting credits
1
Directing
1
Writing
0
Other crew
Most critically rated
Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)
- 1
★ 8.2Marvel's The Punisher
2017 · tv · as Arthur Walsh
- 2
★ 8.1Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1997 · tv · as Cop
- 3
★ 8.1The Thing
1982 · movie · as Windows
- 4
★ 7.9FBI
2018 · tv · as Detective Dryden
- 5
★ 7.7The Warriors
1979 · movie · as Fox (uncredited)
- 6
★ 7.6Homeland
2011 · tv · as Clayton
- 7
★ 7.6Sliders
1995 · tv · as Randy, Airplane Mechanic
- 8
★ 7.6Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · tv · as Lance Brody
Most commercially successful
Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)
Career timeline
By release / first air year · movie & TV merged
