Acting credits
33
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Michael Wright
Acting
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1.4
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Movies: 26Series: 7
TMDB ID: 2248
IMDb ID: nm0942646
Known for: Acting
Born: April 30, 1956
Age: 69
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1979 - 2018
Years active: 40
Average TMDB rating: 6.61
Wikidata: Q3308594
Also known as
迈克尔·赖特
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Michael Wright.
1.0
2 Aces and a Dirty Heart
as Redds
2017 Movie
4.0
D'Curse
as Officer Ruda
2013 Movie
1.5
Jesse
as Juan
2011 Movie
4.9
Before I Self Destruct
as First Victim
2009 Movie
5.6
Diminished Capacity
as McCormick
2008 Movie
Hardrock
2007 Movie
6.7
Raving
as Security Guard
2007 Movie
7.1
El Cantante
as Shooting Gallery Man
2006 Movie
6.3
The Interpreter
as Marcus
2005 Movie
1.0
Downtown: A Street Tale
as Rudy
2004 Movie
5.9
Piñero
as Edgar Bowser
2001 Movie
4.4
Point Blank
as Sonny
1998 Movie
6.0
Money Talks
as Aaron
1997 Movie
The Cottonwood
as Simon Z
1996 Movie
6.0
Confessions of a Hitman
as Charley
1994 Movie
5.6
Sugar Hill
as Raynathan Skuggs
1994 Movie
7.3
The Five Heartbeats
as Eddie
1991 Movie
6.5
The Principal
as Victor Duncan
1987 Movie
3.6
Bedtime Eyes
1987 Movie
6.0
The Laundromat
as Shooter Stevens
1985 Movie
5.6
Streamers
as Carlyle
1983 Movie
The Moonstone Gem
as Narrator
1983 Movie
10.0
Benny's Place
as Jimmy Mills
1982 Movie
Dream House
as Mace
1981 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Michael Wright.
6.9
Black Lightning
as Lazarus Prime • 2 eps
2018 Series
8.0
Oz
as Omar White • 1 eps
1997 Series
7.1
New York Undercover
1 eps
1994 Series
7.1
V
as Elias Taylor • 11 eps
1984 Series
7.5
Miami Vice
as The Savage • 1 eps
1984 Series
7.3
V: The Final Battle
as Elias Taylor • 3 eps
1984 Series
7.7
V
as Elias Taylor • 2 eps
1983 Series