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Michael Wright

Michael Wright

Acting
Born: 1956-04-30
New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Michael Wright (born April 6, 1956) is an American film and television actor, who is best known for his role as Eddie Kane, Jr. in the 1991 Robert Townsend film The Five Heartbeats. Wright's body of work in television includes the 1983 NBC science fiction miniseries V, the 1984 sequel "V: The Final Battle" and on "V: The Series" as Elias Taylor, TV series "Miami Vice" 1987 episode "The Savage", and on the 1997 HBO series Oz as Omar White from 2001-2003. And he played "Clinton", the leader of The Del Bombers in the cult film The Wanderers. Wright's film roles include the 1987 drama The Principal as Victor Duncan, also starring James Belushi, and the 1994 film Sugar Hill with Wesley Snipes, his most recent film is 2005's The Interpreter. He has also made guest appearances on other TV shows including New York Undercover. In 1982, he starred in Peter Byrne's production of Barrie Keefe's play Barbarians at the SoHo Rep Theater with Gregg Martin and the as yet unknown actor Kevin Spacey. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Wright (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

33 Works
Miami Vice
7.5

Miami Vice

1984

tv

Oz
8.1

Oz

1997

tv

Black Lightning
6.9

Black Lightning

2018

tv

V
7.1

V

1984

tv

New York Undercover
7.2

New York Undercover

1994

tv

V
7.7

V

1983

tv

V: The Final Battle
7.3

V: The Final Battle

1984

tv

The Interpreter
6.3

The Interpreter

2005

movie

Money Talks
6.0

Money Talks

1997

movie

The Wanderers
7.0

The Wanderers

1979

movie

Bedtime Eyes
4.7

Bedtime Eyes

1987

movie

El Cantante
7.2

El Cantante

2006

movie