
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.
34 acting credits
Acting · 34

Miami Vice
1984

Oz
1997

New York Undercover
1994

Black Lightning
2018

V
1984

V
1983

V: The Final Battle
1984

The Interpreter
2005

Bedtime Eyes
1987

Money Talks
1997

The Principal
1987

The Wanderers
1979

Sugar Hill
1994

El Cantante
2006

The Five Heartbeats
1991

Piñero
2001

Diminished Capacity
2008

We're Fighting Back
1981

Point Blank
1998

Downtown: A Street Tale
2004

Streamers
1983

Jesse
2011

Before I Self Destruct
2009

The Cottonwood
1996

Raving
2007

Confessions of a Hitman
1994

Dream House
1981
Coalition
2006

D'Curse
2013

The Laundromat
1985

2 Aces and a Dirty Heart
2017

Benny's Place
1982

The Moonstone Gem
1983

Hardrock
2007