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