Michael Wright is an American film and television actor, who is best known for his role as Eddie King, 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 Fi...
November 10, 2015, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
Place Of Birth
New York City, New York, United States
Height
6 ft (1.85 m)
Weight
108 kg
Profession
Actor
Nationality
United States of America
Spouse
Mitzie Lau (m. 1994–2000)
Children
Olivia Mead, Myles Wright, Alexandra Burt, Leonie Baldock
Parents
Alberta Wright
Awards
Volpi Cup for Best Actor (1984)
Movies
"The Five Heartbeats" (1991), "The Principal" (1987), “Wanderer” (1979), “Confessions Of A Hitman” (1994), “The Cottonwood” (1996), “Money Talks” (1997) , "Sugar Hill" (1994), “Good Brutha Bad Brutha” (2013), “D`Curse” (2013)
TV Shows
“Batman: Dark Tomorrow”, "Oz" (2001), "Miami Vice", "V: The Final Battle", "V: The Series", "New York Undercover'", “Stich” (2014)
Star Sign
Taurus
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Trademark
1
Frequently played bad guys
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Brass Knuckles
pre-production
Stitch
2014
TV Series
Michael Stitch Grey
The Devil Goes Down
2013
Short
Pops
Good Brutha Bad Brutha
2013
Sterling Jones
D'Curse
2013
Officer Ruda
Firefighter
2013
Short
Arsonist
Beto! The Bad Boy of Thompson Street
2011
Presented by The Prince of Darkness)
Passages from Miles
2011
Short
Miles
Jesse
2011/I
Juan
The Gift
2010/II
Officer Conway
Before I Self Destruct
2009
Video
First Victim
Diminished Capacity
2008
McCormick
Hardrock
2007
Video
Light and the Sufferer
2007
Randall
Raving
2007
Short
Security Guard
El cantante
2006
Shooting Gallery Man
Blood on the Wall$
2005
Michael Wright
The Interpreter
2005
Marcus
Downtown: A Street Tale
2004
Rudy
Coalition
2004
Lou
Batman: Dark Tomorrow
2003
Video Game
Black Mask (voice)
Oz
2001-2003
TV Series
Omar White
Piñero
2001
Edgar Bowser
Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story
1999
TV Movie
Student (uncredited)
Rage
1999
B-Boy at the Elephant
Daring Capers
1999
TV Series documentary
Reenactment Actor
Point Blank
1998
Sonny
Nash Bridges
1998
TV Series
Ben
Money Talks
1997
Aaron
Cartoon Sushi
1997
TV Series
The Cottonwood
1996
Simon Z
New York Undercover
1996
TV Series
Rene Mazili
Confessions of a Hitman
1994
Charley
Sugar Hill
1993
Raynathan Skuggs
The Five Heartbeats
1991
Eddie
Private Times
1991
TV Movie
Bedtime Eyes
1987
Spoon
The Principal
1987
Victor Duncan
Miami Vice
1987
TV Series
The Savage
The Laundromat
1985
TV Movie
Shooter Stevens
V
1984-1985
TV Series
Elias Taylor
V: The Final Battle
1984
TV Mini-Series
Elias Taylor
Streamers
1983
Carlyle
V
1983
TV Mini-Series
Elias Taylor
Benny's Place
1982
TV Movie
Jimmy Mills
Dream House
1981
TV Movie
Mace
We're Fighting Back
1981
TV Movie
The Wanderers
1979
Clinton
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Oz
2002
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Lionheart
1990
producer: "YOU SHOULD HAVE STEPPED" / writer: "YOU SHOULD HAVE STEPPED"
$500,000
510,500 USD
