Michael Wright
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.…
Filmography
The Cottonwood
1996 · 10.0
Oz
1997 · 8.0
Dream House
1981 · 8.0
V
1983 · 7.8
The Laundromat
1985 · 7.5
Miami Vice
1984 · 7.4
V: The Final Battle
1984 · 7.4
New York Undercover
1994 · 7.3
The Five Heartbeats
1991 · 7.3
El Cantante
2006 · 7.2
V
1984 · 7.1
The Wanderers
1979 · 7.0
We're Fighting Back
1981 · 7.0
Black Lightning
2018 · 6.9
Raving
2007 · 6.5
The Principal
1987 · 6.4
The Interpreter
2005 · 6.3
Confessions of a Hitman
1994 · 6.3
Piñero
2001 · 6.1
Money Talks
1997 · 6.0
Sugar Hill
1994 · 5.7
Streamers
1983 · 5.6
Downtown: A Street Tale
2004 · 5.5
Diminished Capacity
2008 · 5.4
Coalition
2006 · 5.0
Before I Self Destruct
2009 · 4.8
Bedtime Eyes
1987 · 4.7
Point Blank
1998 · 4.5
Jesse
2011 · 1.5
2 Aces and a Dirty Heart
2017 · 1.0
Hardrock
2007 · 0.0
D'Curse
2013 · 0.0
The Moonstone Gem
1983 · 0.0