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.
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Acting
Movie
The Interpreter
as Marcus
2005
TV
V
as Elias Taylor
1983
TV
Black Lightning
as Lazarus Prime
2018
TV
Oz
as Omar White
1997
TV
Miami Vice
as The Savage
1984
Movie
Money Talks
as Aaron
1997
Movie
The Principal
as Victor Duncan
1987
Movie
The Wanderers
as Clinton
1979
TV
V
as Elias Taylor
1984
TV
V: The Final Battle
as Elias Taylor
1984
Movie
El Cantante
as Shooting Gallery Man
2006
Movie
Sugar Hill
as Raynathan Skuggs
1994
Movie
The Five Heartbeats
as Eddie
1991
TV
New York Undercover
1994
Movie
Point Blank
as Sonny
1998
Movie
Streamers
as Carlyle
1983
Movie
Before I Self Destruct
as First Victim
2009
Movie
Diminished Capacity
as McCormick
2008
Movie
Piñero
as Edgar Bowser
2001
Movie
Bedtime Eyes
1987
Movie
Confessions of a Hitman
as Charley
1994
Movie
Raving
as Security Guard
2007
Movie
The Laundromat
as Shooter Stevens
1985
Movie
We're Fighting Back
as Melvin Gilford
1981