Michael Wright
Biography
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.
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Movies 27
The Interpreter
as Marcus
2005
Money Talks
as Aaron
1997
The Principal
as Victor Duncan
1987
The Wanderers
as Clinton
1979
The Five Heartbeats
as Eddie
1991
Sugar Hill
as Raynathan Skuggs
1994
Point Blank
as Sonny
1998
El Cantante
as Shooting Gallery Man
2006
Diminished Capacity
as McCormick
2008
Streamers
as Carlyle
1983
Bedtime Eyes
1987
D'Curse
as Officer Ruda
2013
Piñero
as Edgar Bowser
2001
Confessions of a Hitman
as Charley
1994
Jesse
as Juan
2011
Before I Self Destruct
as First Victim
2009
We're Fighting Back
as Melvin Gilford
1981
Hardrock
2007
The Laundromat
as Shooter Stevens
1985
Dream House
as Mace
1981
Coalition
as Lou
2006
2 Aces and a Dirty Heart
as Redds
2017
Downtown: A Street Tale
as Rudy
2004
Raving
as Security Guard
2007
The Cottonwood
as Simon Z
1996
Benny's Place
as Jimmy Mills
1982
The Moonstone Gem
as Narrator
1983
