Michael Wright

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

Birth Location New York City, New York, USA
Born 1956-04-30

Movies

Free The Menendez Brothers as Erik Menendez
2021
D'Curse as Officer Ruda
2013
Jesse as Juan
2011
Before I Self Destruct as First Victim
2009
2007
Raving as Security Guard
2007
Coalition as Lou
2006
The Interpreter as Marcus
2005
Point Blank as Sonny
1998
Money Talks as Aaron
1997
The Cottonwood as Simon Z
1996
1994
Sugar Hill as Raynathan Skuggs
1994
1991
The Principal as Victor Duncan
1987
The Laundromat as Shooter Stevens
1985
Streamers as Carlyle
1983
Benny's Place as Jimmy Mills
1982
Dream House as Mace
1981
We're Fighting Back as Melvin Gilford
1981
The Wanderers as Clinton
1979
Street Justice as Ernie Rays
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Michael Wright hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows