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name: "Thomas G. Waites"
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imdb_id: "nm0906640"
tmdb_id: 15419
wikidata_id: "Q2380339"
roles: []
born: "8 January 1955"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
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updated: "2026-09-18T08:20:07.373633+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Thomas G. Waites

## Identity

Thomas G. Waites

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/thomas-g-waites
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** thomas-g-waites
- **IMDb ID:** nm0906640
- **TMDB ID:** 15419
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2380339
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_G._Waites, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2380339, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0906640/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15419

Actor. Born 8 January 1955 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

## Details

- **Born:** 8 January 1955, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Also known as:** Thomas Waites
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_G._Waites, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2380339, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0906640/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15419

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Thing*](https://film.one/film/the-thing.md) (88)

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## Biography

Thomas G. Waites is an American actor, director and acting teacher. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he trained at the Juilliard School and holds a BA from the New School and an MFA from the University of Iowa. He has run the Thomas G. Waites Acting Studio in New York City and has been a member of the Actors Studio since 1984.

Waites began appearing in film and television in the late 1970s. He is known for his role as Windows in John Carpenter's *The Thing* (1982), as well as appearances in *...And Justice for All* (1979), *The Warriors* (1979, uncredited), *State of Grace* (1990) and *Money Train* (1995). His television credits include episodes of *Law & Order*, *Buffy the Vampire Slayer*, *Homeland* (2018) and *Marvel's The Punisher* (2019). He has also worked extensively in theatre, including productions with Al Pacino.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Thing* (1982), Fi1m 88, as Windows — [page](https://film.one/film/the-thing.md)

## Complete filmography (42)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Brooklyn's Gone To Hell* (2025), as Richard Crown
- *Target* (2023), Director, Writer
- *6:45* (2021), as Larry
- *The Savant* (2019), as Chief Bocchino
- *FBI* (2018), series, as Detective Dryden
- *Marvel's The Punisher* (2017), series, as Arthur Walsh
- *Broadway's Finest* (2012), Actor
- *Homeland* (2011), series, as Clayton — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/homeland.md)
- *The Life Zone* (2011), as Roger Fields
- *The Great Fight* (2011), as Chief Bocchino
- *The Grand Theft* (2011), as Randy Lemar
- *An Affirmative Act* (2010), as Samuel 'Dixie' Backus
- *New Amsterdam* (2008), series, as James Lucas
- *The Exonerated* (2006), as Deputy
- *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), series, as Lance Brody, Mo Turman
- *Nailed* (2001), as Carpet Guy
- *American Virgin* (2000), as Grip
- *Rites of Passage* (1999), as John Willio
- *A Thousand Men and a Baby* (1997), as Supply Sergeant
- *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1997), series, as Cop — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md)
- *An American Affair* (1997), as Mulroney
- *Timelock* (1996), as Warden Andrews
- *Money Train* (1995), as Barricade Captain
- *Sliders* (1995), series, as Randy, Airplane Mechanic
- *McBain* (1991), as Gill
- *State of Grace* (1990), as Frankie's Man #1
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Burton Fenster, Bill Spence, Captain Lewis Webber, David Drucker — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Kojak: Flowers For Matty* (1990), as Tink
- *The Verne Miller Story* (1988), as Al Capone
- *Shakedown* (1988), as Officer Kelly
- *Light of Day* (1987), as Smittie
- *Crime Story* (1986), series, as Prosecutor
- *The Clan of the Cave Bear* (1986), as Broud
- *The Equalizer* (1985), series, as Jim Kaufman, Shep Morrow
- *Miami Vice* (1984), series, as D.E.A. Agent Thompson — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md)
- *The Face of Rage* (1983), as Howard
- *The Thing* (1982), as Windows — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-thing.md)
- *...And Justice for All* (1979), as Jeff McCullaugh
- *The Other Side of Victory* (1979), as Joel Purvis
- *The Warriors* (1979), as Fox (uncredited)
- *On the Yard* (1978), as Chilly
- *The Block*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Thomas G. Waites at Nightmare Weekend Richmond in 2024](https://film.one/media/person/95385/gallery-ee259436c5ac.jpg) Thomas G. Waites at Nightmare Weekend Richmond in 2024 — Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Thomas_G._Waites_Photo_Op_Nightmare_Weekend_Richmond_2024.jpg/1280px-Thomas_G._Waites_Photo_Op_Nightmare_Weekend_Richmond_2024.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Thomas G. Waites](https://film.one/media/person/95385/gallery-75f0346e2ecf.jpg) Thomas G. Waites — Media Reference, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Thomas_G._Waites.jpg/1280px-Thomas_G._Waites.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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