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Michael Wright is a Actor American born on 30 april 1956 at New York City (USA)

Michael Wright

Michael Wright
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Nationality USA
Birth 30 april 1956 (67 years) at New York City (USA)

Michael Wright (born April 30, 1956) is an American film and television actor, who is best known for his role as Eddie Cain, 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 gang 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 & FOX's TV Award winning tv series "EMPIRE" second season.

Best films

The Principal (1987)
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50 Cent
50 Cent
(1 films)
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Filmography of Michael Wright (13 films)

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Before I Self Destruct, 1h30
Directed by 50 Cent
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Musical, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Hip hop films, Musical films, Gangster films
Actors Clifton Powell, 50 Cent, Michael Wright, Treach, LoLa Monroe, Gabriel Casseus
Roles First Victim
Rating48% 2.4064452.4064452.4064452.4064452.406445
The film is about Clarence Jenkins (Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson), who lives with his mom and his gifted brother Shocka (Elijah "Strong-E" Williams). Clarence loves basketball and had dreamed on making the pros in the championship. However, due to breaking his knee in the end, his basketball career ended before it begins. Basically, he has no way to earn a living and ends up working in a supermarket where he longs after pretty girls that he feels are beyond his reach as a stock person, where he also checks out a woman named Princess (Sasha Delvalle).
Raving
Raving (2007)

Directed by Julia Stiles
Genres Drama
Actors Michael Wright, Wynn Everett, Zooey Deschanel, Bill Irwin
Roles Security Guard
Rating67% 3.3898553.3898553.3898553.3898553.389855
In New York City, a man in a suit and tie has undisclosed problems: his corporate I.D. has expired and he's denied entrance to an office building. A young woman cadges money from strangers with an emotional story of losing her ride home and needing funds. One morning at a diner, he offers her a job. She accepts with an eye to anything of value in his flat. Then, his conversation turns to raving.
The Interpreter, 2h
Directed by Sydney Pollack
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films set in Africa, Monde imaginaire, Politique, Political films, Films about language and translation
Actors Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Catherine Keener, Jesper Christensen, Yvan Attal, Earl Cameron
Roles Marcus
Rating63% 3.199413.199413.199413.199413.19941
Silvia Broome (Nicole Kidman) is an interpreter working at the United Nations in New York City. She was raised in the Republic of Matobo, a fictional African country, but has dual citizenship. The U.N. is considering indicting Edmond Zuwanie (Earl Cameron), Matobo's president, to stand trial in the International Criminal Court. Initially a liberator, over the past 20 years he has become as corrupt and tyrannical as the government he overthrew, and is now responsible for ethnic cleansing and other atrocities within Matobo. Zuwanie is soon to visit the U.N. and put forward his own case to the General Assembly, in an attempt to avoid the indictment.
Point Blank, 1h29
Directed by Matt Earl Beesley
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Mickey Rourke, Danny Trejo, Michael Wright, Kevin Gage, James Gammon, Frederic Forrest
Roles Sonny
Rating42% 2.110752.110752.110752.110752.11075
A group of escapees from prison take over a shopping mall, only to be stopped by the brother of one of the fugitives.
Money Talks, 1h37
Directed by Brett Ratner
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Buddy films, Chase films
Actors Chris Tucker, Charlie Sheen, Heather Locklear, Elise Neal, Michael Wright, Paul Sorvino
Roles Aaron
Rating61% 3.099023.099023.099023.099023.09902
Franklin Maurice Hatchett (Chris Tucker) is a small-time car wash hustler and ticket scalper who owes money to a local gang leader named Carmine (Damian Chapa). He gets dimed out to the police by an investigating news reporter named James Russell (Charlie Sheen) after unintentionally thwarting Russell's attempts to have him confess his crimes on camera, and is taken to jail. When placed on a prison transport unit, he is handcuffed to a French criminal named Raymond Villard. The transport unit is attacked on a bridge, with mercenaries killing all the police officers and prisoners except for Franklin and Villard; the mercenaries are Villard's men, but since he is handcuffed to Hatchett he decides to bring him for the moment, and they escape on a helicopter with another French criminal named Dubray. While on the helicopter, Hatchett overhears the two discussing the location of a cache of stolen diamonds. Hatchett then jumps out of the helicopter after realizing that Villard and Dubray plan to kill him. While eating at a local diner, Franklin and Villard's mugshots are shown on the news as the two men who killed several police officers. Two other officers in the diner then recognize Franklin, and chase him into the street. He is able to elude them, and decides to call Russell after seeing his face on an advertisement.
Sugar Hill
Sugar Hill (1994)
, 2h3
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Wesley Snipes, Michael Wright, Theresa Randle, Clarence Williams III, Abe Vigoda, Ernie Hudson
Roles Raynathan Skuggs
Rating57% 2.8997052.8997052.8997052.8997052.899705
Through the course of the film, several flashbacks are shown involving the Skuggs brothers, including (in the beginning of the film) the drug-overdose death of their mother Ella (Khandi Alexander), the non-fatal shooting of their drug-addicted musician father, Arthur Romello "A.R." Skuggs (Clarence Williams III) (ultimately at the hands of the man they would later work for—Gus Molino (Abe Vigoda), and a scene where Roemello is offered a full scholarship to Georgetown. Roemello, as a teenager (Dulé Hill) avenges his father’s shooting by shooting and killing Sal Marconi (Raymond Serra), a business partner of Gus’s. After contemplating for a while, Roemello decides to quit dealing and start a new life with his girlfriend, Melissa (Theresa Randle), to the disdain of Raynathan, who is scared and hesitant to leave the drug game. However, Roemello learns that getting out is nowhere near as easy as getting in.
The Five Heartbeats, 2h2
Directed by Robert Townsend
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Robert Townsend, Michael Wright, Leon Robinson, Harry Lennix, Diahann Carroll, James Hawthorne
Roles Eddie
Rating74% 3.7456553.7456553.7456553.7456553.745655
In the early 1990s, Donald "Duck" Matthews browses a Rolling Stone magazine, noticing an article questioning the recent exploits of The Five Heartbeats, The Temptations, and The Four Tops and why the groups disbanded.
The Principal, 1h49
Directed by Christopher Cain
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about education, Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Hip hop films, Gangster films, Films about school violence
Actors James Belushi, Louis Gossett Jr., Rae Dawn Chong, Kelly Jo Minter, Esai Morales, Michael Wright
Roles Victor Duncan
Rating63% 3.151943.151943.151943.151943.15194
Rick Latimer (James Belushi) is a high-school teacher with a drinking problem. Spotting his ex-wife Kimberly (Sharon Thomas Cain) in a bar one night, Rick gets into a fight with the man she's with, culminating in his beating the hapless man's car with a baseball bat.
Streamers
Streamers (1983)
, 1h49
Directed by Robert Altman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Politique, Films about sexuality, Théâtre, LGBT-related films, Political films, Films based on plays, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Matthew Modine, George Dzundza, Michael Wright, Mitchell Lichtenstein, David Alan Grier, Guy Boyd
Roles Carlyle
Rating63% 3.196333.196333.196333.196333.19633
Four young soldiers waiting to be shipped to Vietnam deal with racial tension and their own intolerance when one soldier reveals he's gay.
The Wanderers, 1h57
Directed by Philip Kaufman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Romance
Themes Gangster films
Actors Ken Wahl, Karen Allen, Tony Ganios, Jim Youngs, Toni Kalem, Erland Van Lidth De Jeude
Roles Clinton
Rating72% 3.646913.646913.646913.646913.64691
Joey and Turkey are members of the Wanderers, an all-Italian street gang. In the Bronx, Joey tries to dissuade Turkey from joining a rival gang, the Fordham Baldies. Before Turkey can ask, Terror's girlfriend Peewee overhears Joey insulting the Baldies, calling them a "bunch of pricks with ears". Joey and Turkey flee and the Baldies chase them. Richie—the leader of the Wanderers—and Buddy come to help but they also flee from the Baldies. After being cornered, the Wanderers are helped by a tough stranger named Perry, who has recently moved to the Bronx from New Jersey. After much persuasion, Perry joins the Wanderers.