
Michael Wright
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1956-04-30
Place of birth: 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.
Known for

The Interpreter
2005Marcus
The Wanderers
1979Clinton
The Principal
1987Victor Duncan
Dream House
1981Mace
Before I Self Destruct
2009First Victim
The Five Heartbeats
1991Eddie
Money Talks
1997Aaron
Point Blank
1998Sonny
Sugar Hill
1994Raynathan Skuggs
The Laundromat
1985Shooter Stevens
Confessions of a Hitman
1994Charley
We're Fighting Back
1981Melvin Gilford
Streamers
1983Carlyle
Piñero
2001Edgar Bowser
D'Curse
2013Officer Ruda
Hardrock
2007
Jesse
2011JuanCoalition
2006Lou
Downtown: A Street Tale
2004Rudy