
Michael Wright
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 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.
Known for

Miami Vice
1984

Oz
1997

New York Undercover
1994

Black Lightning
2018

V
1984

The Interpreter
2005

V
1983

Money Talks
1997

V: The Final Battle
1984

The Principal
1987

Point Blank
1998

Sugar Hill
1994

The Wanderers
1979

Bedtime Eyes
1987

El Cantante
2006

Diminished Capacity
2008

The Laundromat
1985

The Five Heartbeats
1991

Streamers
1983

Hardrock
2007

Jesse
2011

Confessions of a Hitman
1994

D'Curse
2013

Piñero
2001