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Home/People/Michael Wright
Michael Wright profile photo
Born
Apr 30, 1956
Age 69
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

27
Movies
7
TV Shows
Also Known As
迈克尔·赖特
IMDb Profile

Michael Wright

Acting

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.
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Before I Self Destruct

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2008
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2007
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2007
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2006
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2006
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The Interpreter

as Marcus
2005
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Downtown: A Street Tale

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2004
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Piñero

as Edgar Bowser
2001
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Point Blank

as Sonny
1998
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Money Talks

as Aaron
1997
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The Cottonwood

as Simon Z
1996
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Confessions of a Hitman

as Charley
1994
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Sugar Hill

as Raynathan Skuggs
1994
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The Five Heartbeats

as Eddie
1991
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The Principal

as Victor Duncan
1987
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Bedtime Eyes

Cast
1987