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    Michael Wright

    1956-04-30 (68 years old) in New York City, New York, USA

    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.

    Movies

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    D'Curse
    40 %|Jan 17, 2013
    Action
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    Jesse
    20 %|Jan 1, 2011
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    Before I Self Destruct
    48 %|Nov 16, 2009
    Action, Drama
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    Diminished Capacity
    56 %|Jul 4, 2008
    Action, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
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    Hardrock
    0 %|Oct 30, 2007
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    Raving
    67 %|Apr 29, 2007
    Drama
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    Coalition
    0 %|Nov 7, 2006
    Drama
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    The Interpreter
    63.08 %|Apr 8, 2005
    Crime, Thriller
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    Downtown: A Street Tale
    10 %|Nov 7, 2004
    Drama
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    Piñero
    62 %|Oct 5, 2001
    Drama
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    Point Blank
    45 %|May 12, 1998
    Action, Drama, Crime
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    Money Talks
    60 %|Aug 22, 1997
    Comedy, Action, Crime
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    The Cottonwood
    0 %|Jan 1, 1996
    Comedy
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    Confessions of a Hitman
    60 %|May 4, 1994
    Crime, Drama
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    Sugar Hill
    56 %|Feb 25, 1994
    Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime
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    The Five Heartbeats
    73.2 %|Mar 29, 1991
    Drama, Music
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    The Principal
    65 %|Sep 18, 1987
    Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
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    Bedtime Eyes
    33 %|Apr 25, 1987
    Drama
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    The Laundromat
    60 %|Apr 1, 1985
    TV Movie, Drama
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    Streamers
    59 %|Sep 5, 1983
    Drama, War
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    Benny's Place
    100 %|May 31, 1982
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    Dream House
    0 %|Nov 28, 1981
    Comedy, Romance, TV Movie
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    We're Fighting Back
    60 %|Apr 28, 1981
    Action, Drama, TV Movie
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    The Wanderers
    70 %|Jul 13, 1979
    Drama
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    Street Justice
    0 %|Invalid Date
    Action

    Series

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    Black Lightning
    70 %|Jan 16, 2018
    Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
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    Oz
    80.10999999999999 %|Jul 12, 1997
    Crime, Drama
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    Oz (TV Series 1997-2003)
    0 %|Jul 12, 1997
    Crime, Drama
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    New York Undercover
    71.56 %|Sep 8, 1994
    Drama, Crime
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    V
    69.33 %|Oct 26, 1984
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    Miami Vice
    75 %|Sep 16, 1984
    Crime, Drama
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    V: The Final Battle
    72 %|May 6, 1984
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    V
    77.35000000000001 %|May 1, 1983
    Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    0 %|May 1, 1983
    Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy