[2] Wright was educated at Colet Court and St Paul's School, London, then studied drama, graduating with honours.
He later noted “I decided to specialise in puppetry, which seemed to be a good way of never being typecast and/or doomed to a life mainly out of work.”[3] Wright's work on screen began with ITV Entertainment's The Munch Bunch.
[4] He played Ludo's Eyebrows in Labyrinth (1986)[5] and created and voiced the Psammead for BBC Television in Five Children and It (1991),[6] returning to the role in The Return of the Psammead (1993) and The Phoenix and the Carpet (1997), for which he also created the puppet of the Phoenix, a character which was voiced by David Suchet.
[7] In the 1990s he also worked on Wizadora, Mortimer and Arabel, Hotch Potch House, Jay's World, Gophers!, and The Spooks of Bottle Bay, playing Sam the Seagull in Beachcomber Bay and created the March Hare for the star-studded Alice in Wonderland (1999).
He has also narrated two television series, B & B the Best for the BBC and Kitchen Showdown with Rosemary Shrager for ITV, and does voice-over work for commercials.