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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.


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Born:
Apr 30, 1956 In New York City, New York, United States
Movie/TV Credits:
25
First Appeared:
In the movie We're Fighting Back 1981-04-28
Latest Project:
Movie Street Justice 2025
Known For
Poster of Jesse
Poster of New York Undercover
Poster of The Five Heartbeats
Filmography
Movie Street Justice Ernie Rays 2025
Movie Little Dead Rotting Hood Police officer 2016-01-05
Movie D'Curse Officer Ruda 2013-01-17
Movie I Die Alone Cpl. Murphy 2013-03-18
Movie Jesse Juan 2011-01-01
Movie Before I Self Destruct First Victim 2009-11-16
Movie Diminished Capacity McCormick 2008-07-04
Movie Raving Security Guard 2007-04-29
Movie Hardrock 2007-10-30
Movie Coalition Lou 2006-11-07
Movie The Interpreter Marcus 2005-04-08
Movie Downtown: A Street Tale Rudy 2004-11-07
Movie Piñero Edgar Bowser 2001-10-05
Movie Point Blank Sonny 1998-05-12
Movie Money Talks Aaron 1997-08-22
Movie Sugar Hill Raynathan Skuggs 1994-02-25
Series New York Undercover Unknown 1994-09-08
Movie Confessions of a Hitman Charley 1994-05-04
Movie The Five Heartbeats Eddie 1991-03-29
Movie The Principal Victor Duncan 1987-09-18
Movie The Laundromat Shooter Stevens 1985-04-01
Series V Elias Taylor 1983-05-01
Movie Lontano da dove Sylvester 1983-09-21
Movie Streamers Carlyle 1983-09-05
Movie We're Fighting Back Melvin Gilford 1981-04-28
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