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Thomas G. Waites

Born 1955-01-08
📍 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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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Filmography 46

The Thing Expanded
as Self
2026
Brooklyn's Gone To Hell
as Richard Crown
2025
6:45
as Larry
2021
The Savant
as Chief Bocchino
2019
FBI
as Detective Dryden
2018
Marvel's The Punisher
as Arthur Walsh
2017
Broadway's Finest
2012
Homeland
as Clayton
2011
The Life Zone
as Roger Fields
2011
The Great Fight
as Chief Bocchino
2011
The Grand Theft
as Randy Lemar
2011
An Affirmative Act
as Samuel 'Dixie' Backus
2010
New Amsterdam
as James Lucas
2008
The Exonerated
as Deputy
2006
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Lance Brody
2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Mo Turman
2001
Nailed
as Carpet Guy
2001
American Virgin
as Grip
2000
Rites of Passage
as John Willio
1999
A Thousand Men and a Baby
as Supply Sergeant
1997
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
as Cop
1997
An American Affair
as Mulroney
1997
Timelock
as Warden Andrews
1996
Money Train
as Barricade Captain
1995
Sliders
as Randy, Airplane Mechanic
1995
McBain
as Gill
1991
State of Grace
as Frankie's Man #1
1990
Law & Order
as Burton Fenster
1990
Law & Order
as Bill Spence
1990
Law & Order
as Captain Lewis Webber
1990
Law & Order
as David Drucker
1990
Kojak: Flowers For Matty
as Tink
1990
Hello Actors Studio
as Self
1988
The Verne Miller Story
as Al Capone
1988
Shakedown
as Officer Kelly
1988
Light of Day
as Smittie
1987
Crime Story
as Prosecutor
1986
The Clan of the Cave Bear
as Broud
1986
The Equalizer
as Jim Kaufman
1985
The Equalizer
as Shep Morrow
1985
Miami Vice
as D.E.A. Agent Thompson
1984
The Thing
as Windows
1982
...And Justice for All
as Jeff McCullaugh
1979
The Warriors
as Fox (uncredited)
1979
On the Yard
as Chilly
1978
The Block