Personal Information

Known ForDirecting

GenderMale

Birth DateJul 17, 1953 (73 years old)

Zodiac Sign♋Cancer

Place of BirthAustin, Texas, USA

Career Span1972 – 2021

Known Credits64 Titles

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Thomas Carter

Total Works

21 movies • 43 shows

Avg Rating

7.2 / 10

across rated releases

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Biography

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.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Top-rated highlights from Thomas Carter's career

7.6

Coach Carter

2005•movie

Role: Director

7.5

The Strain

2014•series

Role: Director

7.1

American Gods

2017•series

Role: Director

8.0

SEAL Team

2017•series

Role: Director

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Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 64 titles featuring Thomas Carter

7.6

Coach Carter

2005•movie

Role: Director

7.5

The Strain

2014•series

Role: Director

7.1

American Gods

2017•series

Role: Director

8.0

SEAL Team

2017•series

Role: Director

6.6

Save the Last Dance

2001•movie

Role: Director

8.4

The Resident

2018•series

Role: Director

8.1

Project Blue Book

2019•series

Role: Director

8.3

New Amsterdam

2018•series

Role: Director

7.7

The Morning Show

2019•series

Role: Director

7.9

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story

2009•movie

Role: Director

7.9

1 eps

M*A*S*H

1972•series

7.9

Bosch

2015•series

Role: Director

6.9

Colony

2016•series

Role: Director

5.7

Metro

1997•movie

Role: Director

7.8

Animal Kingdom

2016•series

Role: Director

7.4

Miami Vice

1984•series

Role: Director

6.7

When the Game Stands Tall

2014•movie

Role: Director

7.2

Shades of Blue

2016•series

Role: Director

6.7

Swing Kids

1993•movie

Role: Director

6.6

Nashville

2012•series

Role: Director

7.5

Damages

2007•series

Role: Director

7.5

Amazing Stories

1985•series

Role: Director

6.9

Roots

2016•series

Role: Director

7.1

Remington Steele

1982•series

Role: Director

7.6

1 eps

Hill Street Blues

1981•series

5.7

St. Elsewhere

1982•series

Role: Director

8.0

1 eps

Good Times

1974•series

8.1

1 eps

E! True Hollywood Story

1996•series

6.8

Fame

1982•series

Role: Director

6.8

Brotherhood

2006•series

Role: Director

7.2

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1985•series

Role: Director

7.0

Whose Life Is It Anyway?

1981•movie

as Orderly John

4.4

Full Moon High

1981•movie

as High School Student

7.2

Gone

2018•series

Role: Director

7.8

Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper

1984•movie

Role: Director

7.4

1 eps

What's Happening!!

1976•series

as Bobby

6.5

1 eps

Isis

1975•series

as Fabian

7.6

Midnight Caller

1988•series

Role: Director

6.4

Ice

2016•series

Role: Director

7.1

1 eps

The White Shadow

1978•series

as James Hayward

5.5

The Uninvited

1996•movie

Role: Executive Producer

7.7

Hack

2002•series

Role: Director

6.8

Don King: Only in America

1997•movie

Role: Executive Producer

5.9

The Monkey Hustle

1976•movie

as Player

6.7

UC: Undercover

2001•series

Role: Director

6.2

Bret Maverick

1981•series

Role: Director

8.0

Five Points

2018•series

Role: Director

5.4

Almost Summer

1978•movie

as Dean Hampton

5.9

Under the Influence

1986•movie

Role: Director

7.2

A Year in the Life

1987•series

Role: Director

6.0

Five Desperate Hours

1997•movie

Role: Executive Producer

6.8

Equal Justice

1990•series

Role: Director

9.2

A Year in the Life

1986•series

Role: Director

7.3

Call to Glory

1984•series

Role: Director

9.5

Divas

1995•movie

Role: Director

8.0

Call to Glory

1984•movie

Role: Director

7.5

Bay City Blues

1983•series

Role: Director

7.5

Heart of the City

1986•series

Role: Director

7.0

Trauma Center

1983•series

Role: Director

8.0

Coach Carter The Man Behind the Movie

2005•movie

Role: Director

5.0

Hitched

2005•movie

Role: Director

10.0

Michael Hayes

1997•series

Role: Director

The Color of You

2021•movie

Role: Animation

UC: Undercover

2001•movie

Role: Director of Photography