Michael Wright
Acting
Born April 30, 1956, New York City, New York, USA
Michael Wright (April 6, 1956 – August 21, 2026) was 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.
Filmography
- Black Lightning — Lazarus Prime
- 20172 Aces and a Dirty Heart — Redds
- 2013D'Curse — Officer Ruda
- 2011Jesse — Juan
- 2009Before I Self Destruct — First Victim
- 2008Diminished Capacity — McCormick
- 2007Hardrock
- 2007Raving — Security Guard
- 2006Coalition — Lou
- 2006El Cantante — Shooting Gallery Man
- 2005The Interpreter — Marcus
- 2004Downtown: A Street Tale — Rudy
- 2001Piñero — Edgar Bowser
- 1998Point Blank — Sonny
- 1997Money Talks — Aaron
- Oz — Omar White
- 1996The Cottonwood — Simon Z
- 1994Confessions of a Hitman — Charley
- New York Undercover
- 1994Sugar Hill — Raynathan Skuggs
- 1991The Five Heartbeats — Eddie
- 1987Bedtime Eyes
- 1987The Principal — Victor Duncan
- 1985The Laundromat — Shooter Stevens
- Miami Vice — The Savage
- V — Elias Taylor
- V: The Final Battle — Elias Taylor
- 1983Streamers — Carlyle
- 1983The Moonstone Gem — Narrator
- V — Elias Taylor
- 1982Benny's Place — Jimmy Mills
- 1981Dream House — Mace
- 1981We're Fighting Back — Melvin Gilford
- 1979The Wanderers — Clinton