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Michael Wright

Michael Wright

Birthday: 1956-04-30 | Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2009
Before I Self Destruct

as    First Victim

2005
The Interpreter

as    Marcus

1998
Point Blank

as    Sonny

1994
Confessions of a Hitman

as    Charley

1994
Sugar Hill

as    Raynathan Skuggs

1991
The Five Heartbeats

as    Eddie

1987
The Principal

as    Victor Duncan

1985
The Laundromat

as    Shooter Stevens

1983
V

as    Elias Taylor