Thomas G. Waites

Known for

Acting

Born

January 8, 1955 (age 71)

Birthplace

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

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Best known work

The Thing

1982

Marvel's The Punisher

2017

Homeland

2011

The Warriors

1979

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

1997

FBI

2018

Money Train

1995

Law & Order

1990

...And Justice for All

1979

Miami Vice

1984

Filmography

TBA
The Block
2026
The Thing Expanded
as Self
2026
Robot Dracula
as Doors
2025
Brooklyn's Gone To Hell
as Richard Crown
2023
Target
Director, Writer
2021
6:45
as Larry
2019
The Savant
as Chief Bocchino
2018
FBITV
as Detective Dryden (1 episode)
2017
Marvel's The PunisherTV
as Arthur Walsh (1 episode)
2016
The Men of Outpost 31
as Self
2012
Broadway's Finest
2011
HomelandTV
as Clayton (1 episode)
2011
The Life Zone
as Roger Fields
2011
The Great Fight
as Chief Bocchino
2011
The Grand Theft
as Randy Lemar
2010
An Affirmative Act
as Samuel 'Dixie' Backus
2008
New AmsterdamTV
as James Lucas (1 episode)
2006
The Exonerated
as Deputy
2001
Law & Order: Criminal IntentTV
as Lance Brody (1 episode), as Mo Turman (1 episode)
2001
Nailed
as Carpet Guy
2000
American Virgin
as Grip
1999
Rites of Passage
as John Willio
1997
A Thousand Men and a Baby
as Supply Sergeant
1997
Buffy the Vampire SlayerTV
as Cop (1 episode)
1997
An American Affair
as Mulroney