Known for Acting
Thomas Kent Carter (December 18, 1956 – January 9, 2026) was an American actor, comedian and writer best known for his roles in Seems Like Old Times (1980) Space Jam (1996) and The Thing (1982).
Born
December 18, 1956
Died
January 9, 2026 (age 69)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA
Filmography
31 films, 25 shows
The Way Back
2020 · 1h 48m
country: United States
A former basketball all-star, who has lost his wife and family foundation in a struggle with addiction, attempts to regain his soul and salvation by becoming the coach of a disparate ethnically mixed high school basketball team at his alma mater.
Hearse Life
2017 · 1h 25m
country: United States
A stylish exploration of funeral car history, sub-culture, and outrageous reactions.
Domino
2005 · 2h 7m
country: France
The story of the life of Domino Harvey, who abandoned her career as a Ford model to become a bounty hunter.
The L.A. Riot Spectacular
2005 · 1h 20m
country: United States
The controversial satire The LA Riot Spectacular plays for mordent laughs the events that consumed L.A. in 1992, after the police officers on trial for beating motorist Rodney King were found innocent. The city was engulfed by a massive riot, but the film plays these moments for laughs. In addition to recreating some of the images seen on television, the film skewers a variety of figures including the police, the media, and the citizens of the city.
Baadasssss!
2004 · 1h 48m
country: United States
Director Mario Van Peebles chronicles the complicated production of his father Melvin's classic 1971 film, "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song." Playing his father in the film, Van Peebles offers an unapologetic account of Melvin's brash and sometimes deceptive conduct on the set of the film, including questionable antics like writing bad checks, tricking a local fire department and allowing his son, Mario, to shoot racy sex scenes at the age of 11.
Jamal the Funny Frog: Dentist
2002 · 7m
country: United States
A Jamal the Funny Frog Cartoon
Jamal the Funny Frog: Beach
2002 · 6m
country: United States
A Jamal the Funny Frog Cartoon
My Favorite Martian
1999 · 1h 34m
country: United States
Ambitious television reporter Tim O'Hara stumbles upon a martian whose spaceship has accidentally crashed on Earth. Thinking this is his ticket to a Pulitzer Prize, Tim makes plans to expose the martian, who, posing as Tim's Uncle Martin, takes human form and has plans of his own. In fact, all of Tim's efforts to divulge the truth are systematically thwarted by the resourceful alien, who ultimately recruits Tim to help him repair his ship for a return to Mars.
Sledgehammer O'Possum - What's Going on Back There?
1997 · 7m
country: United States
Seeking refuse from the cold, Sledgehammer O'Possum takes up living in a post box, but doesn't sit well with an angry letter carrier.
Space Jam
1996 · 1h 27m
country: United States
With their freedom on the line, the Looney Tunes seek the help of NBA superstar Michael Jordan to win a basketball game against a team of moronic aliens.
Yesterday's Target
1996 · 1h 19m
country: United States
Memory loss, separation and assassins threaten three time-travelers with special powers who are stuck in the past.
Yuckie Duck: I'm On My Way
1995 · 7m
country: United States
Yuckie Duck works as a paramedic but does more harm than good to his patients.
George and Junior's Christmas Spectacular
1995 · 7m
country: United States
George and Junior are forced to deliver one of Santa's presents after they fail to mail in one of his letters.
A Cool Like That Christmas
1993 · 22m
country: United States
A funky hip-hop holiday special featuring a teenage boy named Orlando who lives in an underprivileged neighborhood.
A Rage in Harlem
1991 · 1h 55m
country: United Kingdom
A beautiful black gangster's moll flees to Harlem with a trunkload of gold after a shootout, unaware that the rest of the gang, and a few other unsavoury characters, are on her trail. A pudgy momma's boy becomes the object of her affections and the unlikely hero of the tale.
Polly: Comin' Home!
1990 · 1h 40m
country: United States
Broadway style songs are used to tell this interesting story of an ingenious orphan who gets involved in matchmaking and striving for inter-racial understanding in 1956 Alabama.
Ski Patrol
1990 · 1h 31m
country: United States
Pops isn't worried about the renewal of the lease for his ski lodge - the safety record is unblemished in spite of the crew of misfits who make up his ski patrol. But a scheming land developer has other plans and the ski patrol is thrust into a skiing showdown in order to save Pops' mountain.
Polly
1989 · 1h 40m
country: United States
An musical adaptation of the book "Pollyanna" set in the 1950's in which an orphan tries to use gladness to unite the people in a small southern town.
Amazon Women on the Moon
1987 · 1h 24m
country: United States
Centered on a television station which features a 1950s-style sci-fi movie interspersed with a series of wild commercials, wacky shorts and weird specials, this lampoon of contemporary life and pop culture skewers some of the silliest spectacles ever created in the name of entertainment.
He's My Girl
1987 · 1h 44m
country: United States
Bryan and Reggie are best friends who are in the music business in Missouri. When Reggie enters Brian for a chance to go to L.A., Bryan wins the contest and wants to bring Reggie with him. However, Bryan must bring a girl. In an effort to make sure Bryan gets his shot, Reggie decides to pose as a girl. When the duo arrive in L.A., both fall in love with two women and they must stop the promoter of the contest when he steals Bryan's song for his star, Simon Sledge.
Runaway Train
1985 · 1h 51m
country: United States
A hardened convict and a younger prisoner escape from a brutal prison in the middle of winter only to find themselves on an out-of-control train with a female railway worker while being pursued by the vengeful head of security.
Carpool
1983 · 1h 40m
country: United States
Four strangers are thrown together in a carpool when a bag of money, almost a million dollars, falls from a Brinks truck into their path. Because of circumstances, they are unable to turn in the money, and they struggle over what to do. They are pursued by thieves, the mob, and the police.
Doctor Detroit
1983 · 1h 29m
country: Lebanon
A shy but gentle man named Clifford Skridlow is a professor of comparative literature at the financially-strapped fictional Monroe College in Chicago. A chance encounter with four beautiful women at a restaurant changes his life forever.
The Thing
1982 · 1h 49m
country: United States
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
Southern Comfort
1981 · 1h 46m
country: United States
A squad of National Guards on an isolated weekend exercise in the Louisiana swamp must fight for their lives when they anger local Cajuns by stealing their canoes. Without live ammunition and in a strange country, their experience begins to mirror the Vietnam experience.
Underground Aces
1981 · 1h 35m
country: United States
The escapades of a crew of zany parking lot attendants.
Seems Like Old Times
1980 · 1h 42m
country: United States
After being falsely accused of robbing a bank, a writer seeks the help of his lawyer ex-wife to clear his name. However, hilarity ensues when he must hide from her husband, who’s throwing a party for law enforcement officials.
Seed of Innocence
1980 · 1h 31m
country: United States
A love story about two teenagers who fall in love, have a child, and escape from their families in an attempt to make life for themselves in New York City.
The Hollywood Knights
1980 · 1h 31m
country: United States
Led by their comedic and pranking leader, Newbomb Turk, the Hollywood Knights car gang raise hell throughout Beverly Hills on Halloween Night, 1965. Everything from drag racing to Vietnam to high school love.
Corvette Summer
1978 · 1h 45m
country: United States
Ken loves to design and build exotic cars. When the High School shop class project car, a fully tricked out dream Corvette, is stolen, he begins searching for it. His search leads him to Las Vegas, where Vanessa, a teenaged prostitute wannabe, helps him try to track it down.
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
1977 · 1h 38m
country: United States
A young ghetto kid despairs of ever getting out of that environment and making something of himself, until one day he gets a job as an assistant in a veterinarian's office, and working with all the animals begins to affect his outlook on life.