Cast & creator
Thomas G. Waites
Best known for Law & Order, Law & Order, Law & Order
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
36
film credits
16
television credits
50
1978–2026 · acting roles
6.0
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (52)
Showing 52 of 52 credits
Law & Order
Burton Fenster
1990Law & Order
Bill Spence
1990Law & Order
Captain Lewis Webber
1990Law & Order
David Drucker
1990
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Lance Brody
2001Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Mo Turman
2001
FBI
Detective Dryden
2018
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Cop
1997
Homeland
Clayton
2011
Marvel's The Punisher
Arthur Walsh
2017
Miami Vice
D.E.A. Agent Thompson
1984
Sliders
Randy, Airplane Mechanic
1995
The Equalizer
Jim Kaufman
1985The Equalizer
Shep Morrow
1985
The Thing
Windows
1982
Crime Story
Prosecutor
1986
The Warriors
Fox (uncredited)
1979
New Amsterdam
James Lucas
2008
Money Train
Barricade Captain
1995
State of Grace
Frankie's Man #1
1990
...And Justice for All
Jeff McCullaugh
1979
The Clan of the Cave Bear
Broud
1986
The Thing Expanded
Self
2026
Shakedown
Officer Kelly
1988
American Virgin
Grip
2000
The Verne Miller Story
Al Capone
1988
Light of Day
Smittie
1987
Hello Actors Studio
Self
1988
McBain
Gill
1991
A Thousand Men and a Baby
Supply Sergeant
1997
Broadway's Finest
2012
Kojak: Flowers For Matty
Tink
1990
Target
Director
2023Target
Writer
2023
Timelock
Warden Andrews
1996The Face of Rage
Howard
1983
Robot Dracula
Doors
2026
An Affirmative Act
Samuel 'Dixie' Backus
2010
The Great Fight
Chief Bocchino
2011
The Life Zone
Roger Fields
2011
Rites of Passage
John Willio
1999The Other Side of Victory
Joel Purvis
1979
An American Affair
Mulroney
1997
The Exonerated
Deputy
2006
The Savant
Chief Bocchino
2019
Brooklyn's Gone To Hell
Richard Crown
2025
On the Yard
Chilly
1978
Nailed
Carpet Guy
2001
The Men of Outpost 31
Self
2016
6:45
Larry
2021
The Block
The Grand Theft
Randy Lemar
2011