Michael Wright
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday30 April 1956
Died21 August 2026 (age 70)
Place of birthNew York City, New York, USA
Known credits34
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 dra…
Black Lightning
2018 · Lazarus Prime
2 Aces and a Dirty Heart
2017 · Redds
D'Curse
2013 · Officer Ruda
Jesse
2011 · Juan
Before I Self Destruct
2009 · First Victim
Diminished Capacity
2008 · McCormick
Hardrock
2007
Raving
2007 · Security Guard
Coalition
2006 · Lou
El Cantante
2006 · Shooting Gallery Man
The Interpreter
2005 · Marcus
Downtown: A Street Tale
2004 · Rudy
Piñero
2001 · Edgar Bowser
Point Blank
1998 · Sonny
Money Talks
1997 · Aaron
Oz
1997 · Omar White
The Cottonwood
1996 · Simon Z
New York Undercover
1994
Confessions of a Hitman
1994 · Charley
Sugar Hill
1994 · Raynathan Skuggs
The Five Heartbeats
1991 · Eddie
The Principal
1987 · Victor Duncan
Bedtime Eyes
1987
The Laundromat
1985 · Shooter Stevens
V
1984 · Elias Taylor
Miami Vice
1984 · The Savage
V: The Final Battle
1984 · Elias Taylor
Streamers
1983 · Carlyle
The Moonstone Gem
1983 · Narrator
V
1983 · Elias Taylor
Benny's Place
1982 · Jimmy Mills
Dream House
1981 · Mace
We're Fighting Back
1981 · Melvin Gilford
The Wanderers
1979 · Clinton
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