Michael Wright
Known For
Acting
Born
1956-04-30 in 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.
Most Known For
Miami Vice
as The Savage
Oz
as Omar White
Black Lightning
as Lazarus Prime
New York Undercover
V
as Elias Taylor
V
as Elias Taylor
V: The Final Battle
as Elias Taylor
Streamers
as Carlyle
The Interpreter
as Marcus
Hardrock
Jesse
as Juan
Diminished Capacity
as McCormick
Money Talks
as Aaron
D'Curse
as Officer Ruda
The Wanderers
as Clinton
The Principal
as Victor Duncan
The Laundromat
as Shooter Stevens
Sugar Hill
as Raynathan Skuggs
The Five Heartbeats
as Eddie
Point Blank
as Sonny