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Michael Wright
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Miami Vice Character
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The Savage ("Duty and Honor")
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Born
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April 30, 1956, New York, New York
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Active
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1979-present
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Michael Wright (born April 30, 1956, New York, New York) is an American actor who appeared as The Savage, a former CIA operative turned serial killer of women and assassin all over the world in the episode "Duty and Honor" of the series Miami Vice.
Career/Selected Filmography[]
Wright is best known for his appearance as "Elias Taylor" in the original V series (from 1983-85), including the first mini-series; V: The Final Battle, and the television series. He also appeared in the cable series Oz (with Terry Kinney and Matthew Cowles) from 2001-03.
- The Wanderers (1979, first movie appearance, with Samm-Art Williams)
- We're Fighting Back (TV movie, 1981, first TV appearance, with Ned Eisenberg)
- Dream House (TV movie, 1981, with Shawn Elliott)
- Streamers (1983, with Guy Boyd and Mitchell Lichtenstein)
- The Principal (1987, with Esai Morales)
- Sugar Hill (1993, with Wesley Snipes and Clarence Williams III)
- Confessions of a Hitman (1994, with John Snyder, Al Israel, and James Remar)
- The Cottonwood (1996, with Pruitt Taylor Vince and Frank Pesce)
- New York Undercover (TV, 1996, with Michael DeLorenzo and Patti D'Arbanville)
- Piñero (2001, with Giancarlo Esposito and Jaime L. Sanchez)
- The Gift (2010, with Charles S. Dutton)
- Good Brutha, Bad Brutha (2013, most recent movie appearance)
- Rel (TV, 2018, most recent TV appearance)
- Black Lightning (TV, 2019, with Bill Duke)
- Transitions (TV, 2019, most recent TV appearance)