Michael Wright
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.
The Interpreter
as MarcusAfter Silvia Broome, an interpreter at United Nations headquarters, overhears plans of an...
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The Wanderers
as ClintonThe streets of the Bronx are owned by '60s youth gangs where the joy and pain of adolescence is...
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Money Talks
as AaronSought by police and criminals, a small-time huckster makes a deal with a TV newsman for protection.
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Bedtime Eyes
as uncreditedBased on a polemic novel by Amy Yamada, Bedtime Eyes is about the intense love relationship...
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The Principal
as Victor DuncanBurglary. Drugs. Assault. Rape. The students at Brandel High are more than new Principal Rick...
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Sugar Hill
as Raynathan SkuggsIn the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, the Mafia steps in when a drug dealer quits his...
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The Five Heartbeats
as EddieIn the early 1960s, a quintet of hopeful, young African-American men form an amateur vocal group...
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Point Blank
as SonnyConvicted corporate criminal Howard engineers a prison break as he and a number of fellow...
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Street Justice
as Ernie RaysWhen two detectives are fed up with the system that's not working, they seek the help of a...
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Streamers
as CarlyleFour young recruits about to be sent to Vietnam confront their prejudicial feelings toward one...
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Confessions of a Hitman
as CharleyA former hitman named Bruno steals some cash from his mobster uncle. He plans to go to Tahiti,...
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Downtown: A Street Tale
as RudyA group of street kids find that the only way to make it through the day is to hold onto their...
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Raving
as Security GuardIn New York City, a young woman forms a curious bond with a lonely older man after they...
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Before I Self Destruct
as First VictimA coming of age story about an inner-city youth raised by a hardworking single mother. When his...
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Jesse
as JuanNassau County, New York Police detective Jesse turns vigilante as she investigates her brother's...
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The Laundromat
as Shooter StevensTwo lonely women coincide at midnight in a laundromat, where they reveal their secrets.
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Hardrock
as uncreditedAfter a prominent judge's daughter dies from taking contaminated Ecstasy, the ensuing political...
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Benny's Place
as Jimmy MillsTime begins to catches up to a tough factory worker who is feeling threatened by younger men at...
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Dream House
as MaceVacationing Georgia construction worker (John Schneider) meets and falls for Manhattan's comely...
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D'Curse
as Officer RudaNYPD cop Ruda is a cop during the day and a religious Santerio (High Ranking Priest) of "Black...
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Free The Menendez Brothers
as Erik MenendezIn August of 1989, brothers Erik and Lyle Menendez killed their abusive parents in their Beverly...
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New York Undercover
as uncreditedNew York Undercover is an American police drama The series stars Detective J.C. Williams and...
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Black Lightning
as Lazarus PrimeJefferson Pierce is a man wrestling with a secret. As the father of two daughters and principal...
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Miami Vice
as uncreditedThe story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking...
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V
as Elias TaylorFifty spaceships, each three miles across, hover ominously above Earth's major cities. The...
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V
as Elias TaylorOnce again, Earth is the battleground. But now the aliens whose human guise hides their true...
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V: The Final Battle
as Elias TaylorIs there life out there? Finally we know. Beause they are there. Alien spacecraft with humanlike...
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