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Michael Wright

Acting · Born April 30, 1956 · New York City, New York, USA

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.

Movies with Michael Wright

• The Interpreter (2005) — Marcus
• Money Talks (1997) — Aaron
• The Wanderers (1979) — Clinton
• The Principal (1987) — Victor Duncan
• El Cantante (2006) — Shooting Gallery Man
• Bedtime Eyes (1987)
• Sugar Hill (1994) — Raynathan Skuggs
• Point Blank (1998) — Sonny
• Diminished Capacity (2008) — McCormick
• The Five Heartbeats (1991) — Eddie
• Piñero (2001) — Edgar Bowser
• Streamers (1983) — Carlyle

TV shows with Michael Wright

• V (1984) — Elias Taylor