Michael Wright (actor)
Michael Wright | |
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Born |
New York City, New York, U.S. | April 30, 1956
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1978-present |
Spouse(s) | Mitzie Lau (1994-2000) (divorced) (1 child) |
Michael Wright (born April 30, 1956) is an American film and television actor, who is best known for his role as Eddie King 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. He also played "Clinton", the leader of The Del Bombers gang 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.
Filmography
- The Wanderers (1979) - Clinton
- Streamers (1983) - Carlyle
- V (miniseries) (1983) - Elias Taylor
- V (The Final Battle) (1984) - Elias Taylor
- V (The Series) (1985) - Elias Taylor
- Bedtime Eyes (1987) - Spoon
- The Principal (1987) - Victor Duncan
- Private Times (1991)
- The 5 Heartbeats (1991) - Eddie King Jr.
- Sugar Hill (1994) - Raynathan Skuggs
- New York Undercover (1996) - Rene Mazili
- The Cottonwood (1996) - Simon Z
- Money Talks (1997) - Aaron
- Point Blank (1998) - Sonny
- Rage (1999) - B-Boy
- Piñero (2001) - Edgar Bowser
- Oz (2001–03) - Omar White
- Batman: Dark Tomorrow (2003) (VG) - Black Mask
- The Interpreter (2005) - Marcus
- Downtown: A Street Tale (2007) - Rudy
- Before I Self Destruct (2009) - First Victim