Thomas G. Waites
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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Movies (35)

The Thing Expanded
2026 · Self

Robot Dracula
2026 · Doors

Brooklyn's Gone To Hell
2025 · Richard Crown

Target
2023 · Director, Writer

6:45
2021 · Larry

The Savant
2019 · Chief Bocchino

The Men of Outpost 31
2016 · Self

Broadway's Finest
2012

The Life Zone
2011 · Roger Fields

The Great Fight
2011 · Chief Bocchino

The Grand Theft
2011 · Randy Lemar

An Affirmative Act
2010 · Samuel 'Dixie' Backus

The Exonerated
2006 · Deputy

Nailed
2001 · Carpet Guy

American Virgin
2000 · Grip

Rites of Passage
1999 · John Willio

A Thousand Men and a Baby
1997 · Supply Sergeant

An American Affair
1997 · Mulroney

Timelock
1996 · Warden Andrews

Money Train
1995 · Barricade Captain

McBain
1991 · Gill

State of Grace
1990 · Frankie's Man #1

Kojak: Flowers For Matty
1990 · Tink

Hello Actors Studio
1988 · Self

The Verne Miller Story
1988 · Al Capone

Shakedown
1988 · Officer Kelly

Light of Day
1987 · Smittie

The Clan of the Cave Bear
1986 · Broud
The Face of Rage
1983 · Howard

The Thing
1982 · Windows

...And Justice for All
1979 · Jeff McCullaugh
The Other Side of Victory
1979 · Joel Purvis

The Warriors
1979 · Fox (uncredited)

On the Yard
1978 · Chilly

The Block
TV shows (11)

F.B.I.
2018 · Detective Dryden

Marvel - The Punisher
2017 · Arthur Walsh

Homeland
2011 · Clayton

New Amsterdam
2008 · James Lucas

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · Lance Brody, Mo Turman

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1997 · Cop

Sliders
1995 · Randy, Airplane Mechanic

Law & Order
1990 · Burton Fenster, Bill Spence, Captain Lewis Webber, David Drucker

Crime Story
1986 · Prosecutor

The Equalizer
1985 · Jim Kaufman, Shep Morrow

Miami Vice
1984 · D.E.A. Agent Thompson
