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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, 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), 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 The Wanderers (1979) as Clinton Streamers (1983) as Carlyle V (miniseries) (1983) as Elias Taylor (2 episodes) V: The Final Battle (1984) as Elias Taylor (3 episodes) V (The Series) (1984–1985) as Elias Taylor (13 episodes) The Laundromat as Shooter Stevens Bedtime Eyes (1987) as Spoon The Principal (1987) as Victor Duncan Private Times (1991) The 5 Heartbeats (1991) as Eddie King Jr. Sugar Hill (1994) as Raynathan "Ray" Skuggs New York Undercover (1996) as Rene Mazili The Cottonwood (1996) as Simon Z. Money Talks (1997) as Aaron Point Blank (1998) as Sonny Rage (1999) as "B-Boy" Piñero (2001) as Edgar Bowser Oz (2001–2003) as Omar White (22 episodes) Batman: Dark Tomorrow (2003) (VG) as Black Mask (voice) Downtown: A Street Tale (2004) as Rudy The Interpreter (2005) as Marcus Before I Self Destruct (2009) as First Victim Rel (2018) as Mr. Donaldson Black Lightning (2019) as Lazarus Prime (2 episodes) References External links Michael Wright at IMDb. Discover the Michael Wright popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Michael Wright books.
Best Seller Michael Wright Books of 2024
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Dirt Poor Islanders
Winnie Dunn'Islanders must do everything together. We painted ngatu together. We crossed the ocean together. We settled on isles together. We took up Christianity together. We entered into ne...
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Clough The Autobiography
Brian CloughFor the last three decades Brian Clough has been the most charismatic manager in football. Funny, outrageous, sentimental, he stands out sharply from the bland men in suits. Though...
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Rise Against
Hailey EdwardsWelcome to the ferocious world of The Foundling, set in a bayou town where men are men except when they are also dragons, kitties with wings, crocodiles and . . . well, Miller.Apo...
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The Next Great Crusade of Our Time
Michael P. WrightThe Next Great Crusade of Our Time is about the crusade and events between the Christians and the Muslims that have been happening since 1980 until today. All the events in this bo...
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Shelf Life
Gideon HaighFew journalists exemplify the creed ‘without fear or favour’ like Gideon Haigh. Shelf Life selects from twentyone years of writing on myriad subjects by one of our clearest thinker...
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Hudson Fysh
Grantlee KiezaThe extraordinary life of the Gallipoli veteran and WWI Flying Corp gunner who founded Qantas and gave Australia its wingsBy the critically acclaimed author of bestselling biograph...
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Built on a Lie
Owen WalkerHe was the most celebrated and successful British investor of his generation but it was all built on a lie. Neil Woodford spent years beating the market; betting against the dot c...
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The Plague Year
Lawrence WrightFrom the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Looming Tower, and the pandemic novel The End of October: an unprecedented, momentous account of Covid19its origins, its wideranging r...
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Jimi and Me
Jonathan Stathakis & Chris EptingA young screenwriter is invited to collaborate with Jimi Hendrix on a film, resulting in the wildest eighteen months of his life and coinciding with the tumultuous final months of ...
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State Minnesota v. Michael James Wright
Supreme Court of MinnesotaTrial court's sentencing departure in placing defendant on probation was based on substantial and compelling circumstances where the trial court reasonably concluded, on the basis ...
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The Dharma of Poetry
John BrehmDiscover how to engage with poetry to support your spiritual practice, leading to more mindfulness, equanimity, and joy.In The Dharma of Poetry, John Brehm shows how poems can open...
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Bad Buying
Peter Smith"A fascinating litany of the mistakes that can happen when buyers get it wrong" Luke Johnson, The Sunday Times"Packed full with amazing examples' Jeremy Vine, BBC Radio 2"Colossal...
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Jesus
Dr Geza VermesThe Nativity, Passion and Resurrection are the three defining episodes in the life of Jesus, forming the foundations of the Christian tradition. But what is the truth behind these ...
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Zidane
Patrick Fort, Jean Philippe & Laura BennettGet inside the mind of football's most enigmatic icon‘Zidane is the master’ PeleOne of modern football’s most brilliant players and one of its most iconic and mysterious figures ...
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Trousdale Estates
Steven M. PriceFilled with beautiful, vivid photographs, Trousdale is the definitive history of the architecture and design that defined both Beverly Hills and the ultimate American Dream.Trousda...
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Bayou Born
Hailey Edwards"Edwards [creates] amazing fantasy worlds that the reader becomes completely engrossed in." GoodreadsHer beginning may be our end . . . Deep in the humid Mississippi bayou, a halfw...
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End Game
Hailey EdwardsWelcome to the ferocious world of The Foundling.This is the unmissable climax to Hailey Edwards's epic The Foundling series, featuring the fiercest heroine in this world or any oth...
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Against the Water
Owen WrightThe gutwrenching story of how one of Australia’s finest surfers overcame a brain injury and despair to win an Olympic medal. On the morning of 10 December 2015, Owen Wright entered...
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Behind Closed Doors
Gary Lineker & Danny BakerIncludes a new foreword by Gary Lineker about football in lockdownShortlisted for The Telegraph Sports Book Awards'Lineker is nearly as good a presenter as I was a footballer' DIEG...
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Bone Driven
Hailey EdwardsBook Two in the powerfully addictive fantasy series The Foundling, perfect for fans of Ilona Andrews, Jenn Stark and Helen HarperThe bayou is burning, the battle is just beginning ...
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For Better For Worse, For Richer For Poorer
Damian Horner & Siobhan HornerA hilarious, true story of lifechange, no going back, 40th birthdays and midlife crisis. Follow the adventures of a husband and wife (plus two small children) as they take a barge ...
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32 Programmes
Dave RobertsWhen Dave Roberts relocates to the USA, his wife informs him that they can only take what is 'absolutely essential'. Packing his collection of football programmes (1,134 of them f...
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Leeds United
Gary EdwardsHe made you cry with laughter with Paint It White, now the celebrated Leedssupporting, cartoondrawing, paintinganddecorating eccentric Gary Edwards is back. It turns out that his f...
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Merchandise - A Short Story
Michael WrightJim Shoemaker comes upon an interesting new business venture of his neighbors, a neverending yard sale. But there is more to this sale than meets the eye. Bram and Linda Cain are i...
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Ask A Footballer
James Milner'Ask a Footballer is a fine read, showcasing how an unassuming man has forged success, winning the Premier League twice, the FA Cup and the Champions League' Matthew Syed, The Time...
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Heads Up
Alan Smith'Alan's book is like his game: incisive, thoughtful, intelligent and consistently hits the target' Gary Lineker'A brilliant, articulate, thoughtful man with a wonderful sense of hu...
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Madoff
Richard BeharFifteen years after Bernie Madoff’s arrest, renowned investigative journalist Richard Behar delivers the definitive account of history’s largestand longestrunningfinancial fraud.So...
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Be With
Forrest GanderWINNER OF THE 2019 PULITZER PRIZE IN POETRY LONGLISTED FOR THE 2018 NATIONAL BOOK AWARDPublishers Weekly Best Poetry Book of 2018 Forrest Gander’s first book of poems since hi...
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Quotations from the Public Comments of Arsene Wenger
David MansonWhen Arsene Wenger was appointed as manager by Arsenal Football Club in 1996, football fans everywhere gave a puzzled look and asked, 'who?'They were soon to find out just what kin...
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Mother Dearest
Michael WrightTom Morrison has just lost his fiance, and then his mother grows incredibly sick. In caring for his mother and missing Trisha, he finds more about his mother than he cared to ever ...