Michael Wright

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,^[1] Carlyle in Streamers (1983), and Raynathan in Sugar Hill (1994). and known for his television roles such as Elias Taylor in V: The Series (1984–1985),^[2] Omar White in Oz (2001–2003), and Lazarus Prime in Black Lightning (2019).

Career[]

Wright's body of work in television includes the 1983 NBC science fiction miniseries V, the 1984 sequel V: The Final Battle, and V: The Series as Elias Taylor. He appeared in the 1987 episode "Duty and Honor" of Miami Vice as the "Savage", and on the 1997 HBO series Oz as Omar White from 2001 to 2003. Wright has appeared on New York Undercover, and as Lazarus Prime on Black Lightning.

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. He played Clinton, the leader of the Del Bombers gang in the cult film The Wanderers. His most recent film is 2005's The Interpreter. Wright was born and raised in New York City. He is a graduate of the New Lincoln School.

Filmography[]

Film[]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	The Wanderers	Clinton
1981	We're Fighting Back	Unknown	Television film
1981	Dream House	Mace
1982	Benny's House	Jimmy Mills
1983	The Moonstone Gem	Narrator
	V	Elias Taylor	Television miniseries
	Streamers	Carlyle
	Lontano da dove	Sylvester
1984	V: The Final Battle	Elias Taylor	Television miniseries
1985	The Laundromat	Shooter Stevens
1987	Bedtime Eyes	Spoon
1987	The Principal	Victor Duncan
1991	Private Times	Unknown	Television film
1991	The 5 Heartbeats	Eddie King Jr.
1994	Sugar Hill	Raynathan "Ray" Skuggs
1994	Confessions of a Hitman	Charley
1996	The Cottonwood	Simon Z
1997	Money Talks	Aaron
1998	Point Blank	Sonny
1999	Rage	B-Boy at the Elephant
1999	Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story	Student	Uncredited; television film
2001	Piñero	Edgar Bowser
2004	Coalition	Lou
2004	Downtown: A Street Tale	Rudy
2005	The Interpreter	Marcus
2005	Blood on the Wall$	Himself
2006	El Cantante	Shooting Gallery Man
2007	Raving	Security Guard
	Light and the Sufferer	Randall
	Hardrock	Unknown	Video
2008	Diminished Captivity	McCormick
2009	Before I Self Destruct	First Victim	Video
2010	The Gift	Officer Conway
2011	Jesse	Juan
	Beto! The Bad Boy of Thompson Street	Unknown	Presented by The Prince of Darkness
	Passages from Miles	Miles	Short film
2013	Firefighter	Arsonist	Short film
	D'Curse	Officer Ruda
	Good Brutha Bad Brutha	Sterling Jones
	The Devil Goes Down	Pops	Short film
2016	Lies	Hallway Boy	Short film
2017	2 Aces and a Dirty Heart	Redds

Television[]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984–1985	V	Elias Taylor	13 episodes
1987	Miami Vice	Savage	Episode: "Duty and Honor"
1996	New York Undercover	Rene Mazili	Episode: "Toy Soldiers"
1998	Nash Bridges	Ben	Episode: "Crossfire"
1999	Daring Capers	Reenactment Actor	Episode: "Plunder Under Nice"
2001–2003	Oz	Omar White	22 episodes
2014	Stitch	Michael Stitch Grey
2018	Rel	Mr. Donaldson	Episode: "Kids First Visit"
2019	Black Lightning	Lazarus Prime	2 episodes
2019	Transitions	Lloyd Blackwell	Episode: "Nigerian Nightmare"

Video game[]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Batman: Dark Tomorrow	Black Mask	Voice

References[]

↑ "All the Wright Moves". New York. New York Media, LLC (April 1, 1991). Retrieved on July 15, 2023.
↑ Copp, Dan (March 8, 2017). "Fascist Lizards from Outer Space: The Politics, Literary Influences and Cultural History of Kenneth Johnson's V". McFarland & Company.

External links[]

Michael Wright at Wikipedia

Michael Wright at V Wiki
Michael Wright at the Internet Movie Database

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v - e - d

Media
Miniseries: V: The Original Miniseries • V: The Final Battle Television: V: The Series (Episodes) • V (Episodes)

Characters

Locations
Los Angeles

Episodes

V: The Series: Liberation Day • Dreadnought • Breakout • The Deception • The Sanction • Visitor's Choice • The Overlord • The Dissident • Reflections in Terror • The Conversion • The Hero • The Betrayal • The Rescue • The Champion • The Wildcats • The Littlest Dragon • War of Illusions • The Secret Underground • The Return

Season 1: Pilot • There Is No Normal Anymore • A Bright New Day • It's Only the Beginning • Welcome to the War • Pound of Flesh • John May • We Can't Win • Heretic's Fork • Hearts and Minds • Fruition • Red Sky
Season 2: Red Rain • Serpent's Tooth • Laid Bare • Unholy Alliance • Concordia • Siege • Birth Pangs • Uneasy Lies the Head • Devil in a Blue Dress • Mother's Day

People

[1] "All the Wright Moves". New York. New York Media, LLC (April 1, 1991). Retrieved on July 15, 2023.

[2] Copp, Dan (March 8, 2017). "Fascist Lizards from Outer Space: The Politics, Literary Influences and Cultural History of Kenneth Johnson's V". McFarland & Company.

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