Dorsey Wright

Dorsey Wright
Born	(1957-04-21) April 21, 1957 The Bronx, New York City
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1979–2005

Dorsey Wright (born April 21, 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 in 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. 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. It was his last film role.

Dorsey Wright was part of a not-for-profit theater group based in Long Island City, New York 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 group put on plays for the institutionalized, ranging from prisons and drug rehab to hospitals in six states. Some of the plays were written in collaboration with the theater groups Dream 76 and Forever My Earth. More of them were adapted with playwrights' permissions to the intended audience.

He now works for the New York Transit Authority and does voice-overs for television and radio commercials. In 2005, he reprised his role as Cleon in the video game version of The Warriors.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1979	The Warriors	Cleon	Co-star
1979	Hair	Lafayette aka Hud	Co-star
1981	Ragtime	Gang Member #4
1984	The Hotel New Hampshire	Junior Jones
2005	The Warriors	Cleon	Voice

External links

• Dorsey Wright at IMDb