Michael Wright
Actor
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.
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Filmography
Money Talks
as Aaron 1997
The Principal
as Victor Duncan 1987
The Wanderers
as Clinton 1979
El Cantante
as Shooting Gallery Man 2006
Sugar Hill
as Raynathan Skuggs 1994
The Five Heartbeats
as Eddie 1991
Point Blank
as Sonny 1998
Streamers
as Carlyle 1983
Before I Self Destruct
as First Victim 2009
Diminished Capacity
as McCormick 2008
Piñero
as Edgar Bowser 2001
Bedtime Eyes
1987
Raving
as Security Guard 2007
Confessions of a Hitman
as Charley 1994
Jesse
as Juan 2011
2 Aces and a Dirty Heart
as Redds 2017