Dorsey Wright

Actor

Birthday April 21, 1957

Birth Sign Taurus

Birthplace New York City, New York, U.S.

Age 66 years old

Nationality United States

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1957

Dorsey Wright (born January 8, 1957) is an American actor, best known for his role as Cleon in the 1979 film The Warriors.

Wright was born in The Bronx, New York City on April 21, 1957, and earned his first acting role in 1979, in The Warriors, for which he is best remembered.

He co-starred in the film version of Hair that same year.

1981

In 1981, he appeared as a gang member in the film Ragtime and played Junior Jones in the 1984 film adaptation of John Irving's novel The Hotel New Hampshire.

Dorsey Wright was, for a brief time, part of a not-for-profit theater group based in New York City, called the Theater for the Forgotten.

The project was run by founders Akila Couloumbis and Beverly Rich, funded by The National Council for the Arts and several other sources.

The brainchild of Akila Couloumbis, the group put on plays for the institutionalized, ranging from prisons and drug rehab to hospitals in six states for thirty years, a long run for a creative non-profit organization.

Some of the plays were written in collaboration with the theater groups Dream 76 and Forever My Earth.

Wright now works for the New York Transit Authority and does voice-overs for television and radio commercials.

2005

In 2005, he reprised his role as Cleon in the video game version of The Warriors.