Michael Wright

Acting

Michael Wright

Overview

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Acting
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Birthday
Apr 30, 1956 (69 years old)

Michael Wright

Known For

2 Aces and a Dirty Heart
1h 14m
Movie 2017

2 Aces and a Dirty Heart

Two hustlers come up the hard way. When a group...

D'Curse
1h 35m
Movie 2013

D'Curse

NYPD cop Ruda is a cop during the day and...

Jesse
1h 25m
Movie 2011

Jesse

Nassau County, New York Police detective Jesse turns vigilante as...

Before I Self Destruct
1h 19m
Movie 2009

Before I Self Destruct

A coming of age story about an inner-city youth raised...

Diminished Capacity
1h 32m
Movie 2008

Diminished Capacity

A Chicago journalist suffering from memory loss takes leaves from...

Hardrock
1h 38m
Movie 2007

Hardrock

After a prominent judge's daughter dies from taking contaminated Ecstasy,...

Raving
0h 24m
Movie 2007

Raving

In New York City, a young woman forms a curious...

Coalition
1h 30m
Movie 2006

Coalition

A realistic depiction of how New York's lucrative construction business...

El Cantante
1h 56m
Movie 2006

El Cantante

The rise and fall of salsa singer, Héctor Lavoe (1946-1993),...

Downtown: A Street Tale
1h 43m
Movie 2004

Downtown: A Street Tale

A group of street kids find that the only way...

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Wright (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.