Cast & creator
Thomas Carter
Best known for SEAL Team, M*A*S*H, Bosch
Thomas Carter (born July 17, 1953) is an American film and television director known for Swing Kids, Save the Last Dance with Julia Stiles, and Coach Carter with Samuel L. Jackson. As an actor, Carter is probably best known for his work on the television series The White Shadow, playing James "Hollywood" Hayward, a high school basketball star with a high IQ for justice.
24
film credits
52
television credits
12
1972–2021 · acting roles
7.3
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (76)
Showing 76 of 76 credits
SEAL Team
Director
2017
M*A*S*H
1972
Bosch
Director
2015
The Resident
Director
2018
Animal Kingdom
Director
2016
Miami Vice
Director
1984
Hill Street Blues
1981Hill Street Blues
Director
1981
St. Elsewhere
Director
1982
The Strain
Director
2014
New Amsterdam
Director
2018
Damages
Director
2007
The Morning Show
Director
2019
Remington Steele
Director
1982
Nashville
Director
2012
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Director
1985
Fame
Director
1982
American Gods
Director
2017
Amazing Stories
Director
1985
Colony
Director
2016
Project Blue Book
Director
2019
Good Times
1974
What's Happening!!
Bobby
1976
Hack
Director
2002Hack
Executive Producer
2002
Midnight Caller
Director
1988
The White Shadow
James Hayward
1978The White Shadow
Director
1978
Ice
Director
2016
Coach Carter
Executive Producer
2005Coach Carter
Director
2005
Shades of Blue
Director
2016
Brotherhood
Director
2006
Gone
Director
2018
Trauma Center
Director
1983
UC: Undercover
Director
2001
Five Points
Director
2018
Bret Maverick
Director
1981
A Year in the Life
Director
1987
Roots
Director
2016
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
Director
2009
Isis
Fabian
1975
Heart of the City
Director
1986
Equal Justice
Director
1990Equal Justice
Creator
1990
Call to Glory
Director
1984
Save the Last Dance
Director
2001
Michael Hayes
Director
1997
Bay City Blues
Director
1983
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Swing Kids
Director
1993
When the Game Stands Tall
Director
2014
Metro
Director
1997
A Year in the Life
Director
1986Szysznyk
1977Under One Roof
Director
1995Under One Roof
Producer
1995
Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper
Director
1984Company Town
Director
Company Town
Executive Producer
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
Orderly John
1981
Full Moon High
High School Student
1981
Don King: Only in America
Executive Producer
1997
UC: Undercover
Director of Photography
2001
Almost Summer
Dean Hampton
1978
Five Desperate Hours
Executive Producer
1997
Call to Glory
Director
1984
Under the Influence
Director
1986
The Color of You
Animation
2021
The Uninvited
Executive Producer
1996
Coach Carter The Man Behind the Movie
Director
2005
The Monkey Hustle
Player
1976
Hitched
Director
2005
Divas
Director
1995Divas
Writer
1995Divas
Executive Producer
1995