Early Life
Wright was born in Washington DC, to a mother who worked as a customs lawyer and a father who died when Wright was a child. He graduated from St Albans School and attended Amherst College, receiving a bachelor's degree in political science and planning to go to law school; however, he decided to study acting instead. After attending New York University for two months, he left to became a full-time actor.
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