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1979 -- 2005 the bronx , new york city 150p 21 april 1957 dorsey wright
 dorsey wright actor
dorsey wright

dorsey wright -lrb- born april 21 , 1957 -rrb- 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 '' .
