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Michael Wright

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1956-04-30

Birth Place

New York City, New York, USA

Movies and TV shows :

Bedtime Eyes

Bedtime Eyes

1987

3.3

Movie
Before I Self Destruct

Before I Self Destruct

2009

4.8

Movie
Benny's Place

Benny's Place

1982

10.0

Movie
poster

Black Lightning

2018

7.0

TV
Coalition

Coalition

2006

0.0

Movie
Confessions of a Hitman

Confessions of a Hitman

1994

6.0

Movie
D'Curse

D'Curse

2013

4.0

Movie
Diminished Capacity

Diminished Capacity

2008

5.6

Movie
Downtown: A Street Tale

Downtown: A Street Tale

2004

1.0

Movie
Dream House

Dream House

1981

0.0

Movie
Hardrock

Hardrock

2007

0.0

Movie
Jesse

Jesse

2011

2.0

Movie
poster

Miami Vice

1984

7.5

TV
Money Talks

Money Talks

1997

6.0

Movie
poster

New York Undercover

1994

7.2

TV
poster

Oz

1997

8.0

TV
poster

Oz (TV Series 1997-2003)

1997

0.0

TV
Piñero

Piñero

2001

6.2

Movie
Point Blank

Point Blank

1998

4.5

Movie
Raving

Raving

2007

6.7

Movie
Streamers

Streamers

1983

5.9

Movie
Street Justice

Street Justice

0.0

Movie
Sugar Hill

Sugar Hill

1994

5.6

Movie
The Cottonwood

The Cottonwood

1996

0.0

Movie
The Five Heartbeats

The Five Heartbeats

1991

7.3

Movie
The Interpreter

The Interpreter

2005

6.3

Movie
The Laundromat

The Laundromat

1985

6.0

Movie
The Principal

The Principal

1987

6.5

Movie
The Wanderers

The Wanderers

1979

7.0

Movie
poster

V

1983

7.7

TV
poster

V

1984

6.9

TV
poster

1983

0.0

TV
poster

V: The Final Battle

1984

7.2

TV
We're Fighting Back

We're Fighting Back

1981

6.0

Movie