Michael Wright
Born: 1956-04-30 in New York City, New York, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2018
- Black Lightning as Lazarus Prime
2017
- 2 Aces and a Dirty Heart as Redds
2013
- D'Curse as Officer Ruda
2011
- Jesse as Juan
2009
- Before I Self Destruct as First Victim
2008
- Diminished Capacity as McCormick
2006
- El Cantante as Shooting Gallery Man
- Coalition as Lou
2005
- The Interpreter as Marcus
2004
- Downtown: A Street Tale as Rudy
2001
- Piñero as Edgar Bowser
1998
- Point Blank as Sonny
1997
- Oz as Omar White
- Money Talks as Aaron
1996
- The Cottonwood as Simon Z
1994
- New York Undercover
- Sugar Hill as Raynathan Skuggs
- Confessions of a Hitman as Charley
1991
- The Five Heartbeats as Eddie
1987
- Bedtime Eyes
- The Principal as Victor Duncan
1985
- The Laundromat as Shooter Stevens
1984
- Miami Vice as The Savage
- V as Elias Taylor
- V: The Final Battle as Elias Taylor
1983
- V as Elias Taylor
- Streamers as Carlyle
- The Moonstone Gem as Narrator
1982
- Benny's Place as Jimmy Mills
1981
- We're Fighting Back as Melvin Gilford
- Dream House as Mace
1979
- The Wanderers as Clinton