Acting · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA · Born January 8, 1955
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.
MovieThe Thing Expanded
2026
as Self
MovieBrooklyn's Gone To Hell
2025
as Richard Crown
Movie6:45
2021
as Larry
MovieThe Savant
2019
as Chief Bocchino
TVFBI
2018
as Detective Dryden
TVMarvel's The Punisher
2017
as Arthur Walsh
MovieBroadway's Finest
2012
TVHomeland
2011
as Clayton
MovieThe Life Zone
2011
as Roger Fields
MovieThe Great Fight
2011
as Chief Bocchino
MovieThe Grand Theft
2011
as Randy Lemar
MovieAn Affirmative Act
2010
as Samuel 'Dixie' Backus
TVNew Amsterdam
2008
as James Lucas
MovieThe Exonerated
2006
as Deputy
TVLaw & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Lance Brody
MovieNailed
2001
as Carpet Guy
MovieAmerican Virgin
2000
as Grip
MovieRites of Passage
1999
as John Willio
MovieA Thousand Men and a Baby
1997
as Supply Sergeant
TVBuffy the Vampire Slayer
1997
as Cop
MovieAn American Affair
1997
as Mulroney
MovieTimelock
1996
as Warden Andrews
MovieMoney Train
1995
as Barricade Captain
TVSliders
1995
as Randy, Airplane Mechanic
MovieMcBain
1991
as Gill
MovieState of Grace
1990
as Frankie's Man #1
TVLaw & Order
1990
as Burton Fenster
MovieKojak: Flowers For Matty
1990
as Tink
MovieHello Actors Studio
1988
as Self
MovieThe Verne Miller Story
1988
as Al Capone
MovieShakedown
1988
as Officer Kelly
MovieLight of Day
1987
as Smittie
TVCrime Story
1986
as Prosecutor
MovieThe Clan of the Cave Bear
1986
as Broud
TVThe Equalizer
1985
as Jim Kaufman
TVMiami Vice
1984
as D.E.A. Agent Thompson
The Face of Rage
1983
as Howard
MovieThe Thing
1982
as Windows
Movie...And Justice for All
1979
as Jeff McCullaugh
The Other Side of Victory
1979
as Joel Purvis
MovieThe Warriors
1979
as Fox (uncredited)
MovieOn the Yard
1978
as Chilly
MovieThe Block
