Jeffrey Wright
83 movies · 20 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 7, 1965 (age 60)
- Place of birth
- Washington, D.C., USA
- Also known as
- Jeffrey Charles Wright
Biography
Jeffrey Wright (born December 7, 1965) is an American actor. He is well known for his Tony, Golden Globe and Emmy winning role as Belize in the Broadway production of Angels in America and its acclaimed HBO miniseries adaptation. He has starred as Jean-Michel Basquiat in Basquiat; Felix Leiter in the James Bond films Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace and No Time to Die; Valentin Narcisse in the HBO series Boardwalk Empire; Beetee Latier in The Hunger Games films; Isaac Dixon in the video game The Last Of Us Part II; and the Watcher in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) animated series What If...? Since 2016, he has starred as Bernard Lowe in the HBO series Westworld. He will portray Commissioner James Gordon in the superhero film The Batman (2022) by Matt Reeves.
Known for
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★ 7.4 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013 · Film
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★ 6.8 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
2014 · Film
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★ 6.9 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015 · Film
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★ 7.7 The Batman
2022 · Film
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★ 7.6 Casino Royale
2006 · Film
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★ 8.7 Rick and Morty
2013 · TV
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★ 7.3 Source Code
2011 · Film
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★ 6.3 Quantum of Solace
2008 · Film
Jeffrey Wright: movies and TV shows
Acting (103)
- Upcoming
- Upcoming The Batman: Part II
as Lt. James Gordon
- Upcoming Death of a Salesman
as Willy Loman
- 2026 The Wizard of the Kremlin
as Rowland
- 2025 Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
as Bp. Langstrom
- 2025 Highest 2 Lowest
as Paul Christopher
- 2025 The Phoenician Scheme
as Marty
- 2024
- 2024 Atrabilious
as Vincent Daugherty
- 2024
- 2023 American Fiction
as Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison
- 2023 Rustin
as Rep. Adam Clayton Powell
- 2023 Asteroid City
as General Gibson
- 2023
- 2023
- 2023
- 2022 Say Hey, Willie Mays!
as Jackie Robinson (voice)
- 2022
- 2022 The Batman
as Lt. James Gordon
- 2021 Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
as The Watcher (voice) (archive footage)
- 2021 The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
as Roebuck Wright
- 2021 No Time to Die
as Felix Leiter
- 2021
- 2021 Monster
as Mr. Harmon
- 2020 The Oedipus Project
as Tiresias
- 2020 All Day and a Night
as JD
- 2019
- 2019 The Laundromat
as Malchus Irvin Boncamper
- 2019 The Goldfinch
as James 'Hobie' Hobart
- 2019 The Public
as Anderson
- 2019 Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook
as Narrator (voice)
- 2018 Moynihan
as Narrator (voice)
- 2018 Hold the Dark
as Russell Core
- 2018 Age Out
as Detective Portnoy
- 2018 O.G.
as Louis Menkins
- 2018 Game Night
as FBI Agent Henderson (uncredited)
- 2017 Unseen Enemy
as Narrator (voice)
- 2016
- 2016 Confirmation
as Charles Ogletree
- 2015 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
as Beetee Latier
- 2015 The Good Dinosaur
as Poppa (voice)
- 2015 The Gospel According to Mac
as Narrator (voice)
- 2014 Mass Extinction: Life at the Brink
as Narrator (voice)
- 2014 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
as Beetee Latier
- 2014 Forgotten Four: The Integration of Pro Football
as Narrator (voice)
- 2014
- 2013 Only Lovers Left Alive
as Dr. Watson
- 2013
- 2013 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
as Beetee Latier
- 2013
- 2013 A Single Shot
as Simon
- 2013 Broken City
as Carl Fairbanks
- 2011 Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
as William Black
- 2011 The Ides of March
as Senator Thompson
- 2011 Source Code
as Dr. Rutledge
- 2010
- 2008 Cadillac Records
as Muddy Waters
- 2008 Quantum of Solace
as Felix Leiter
- 2008 W.
as Colin Powell
- 2008 Chicago 10
as Bobby Seale (voice)
- 2007 Blackout
as Nelson
- 2007 The Invasion
as Dr. Stephen Galeano
- 2007 New Orleans
as Narrator (voice)
- 2006 Blood Diamonds
as Narrator (voice)
- 2006 Casino Royale
as Felix Leiter
- 2006 Lady in the Water
as Mr. Dury
- 2005 Syriana
as Bennett Holiday
- 2005 Broken Flowers
as Winston
- 2005 Lackawanna Blues
as Mr. Paul
- 2005 The True Story of Hannibal
as Narrator (voice)
- 2004
- 2004 Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Other Voices (voice)
- 2004
- 2004 The Manchurian Candidate
as CPL Al Melvin
- 2004 Sin's Kitchen
as Rex
- 2004 With All Deliberate Speed
as Narrator (Voice)
- 2003 Angels in America · TV
as Norman 'Belize' Ariaga / Mr. Lies / Homeless man / The Angel Europa · 6 episodes
- 2003 Sam Cooke: Legend
as Narrator (voice)
- 2002 D-Tox
as Jaworski
- 2001 Ali
as Howard Bingham
- 2001 Boycott
as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- 2000 Crime + Punishment in Suburbia
as Chris
- 2000 Shaft
as Peoples Hernandez
- 2000 Hamlet
as Gravedigger
- 2000 Cement
as Ninny
- 1999 Ride with the Devil
as Daniel Holt
- 1999 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
as Sidney Bechet
- 1999 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920
as Sidney Bechet
- 1999 The Giraffe
as Win
- 1998 Celebrity
as Greg
- 1998 Too Tired to Die
as Balzac Man
- 1997 Critical Care
as Rafael ("Bed Two")
- 1996 Basquiat
as Jean Michel Basquiat
- 1996 Faithful
as Young Man at Rolls
- 1994
- 1993
- 1993
- 1992
- 1991 Jumpin' at the Boneyard
as Derek
- 1991 Separate but Equal
as William Coleman
- 1991
- 1990 Presumed Innocent
as Prosecuting Attorney
- 1988
Behind the camera (1)
- 2018 We Are Not Done Yet
Producer
Talk shows and appearances (31)
- 2026
- 2023 Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
2 episodes
- 2022 The Jennifer Hudson Show
2 episodes
- 2022
- 2022 Lincoln's Dilemma
4 episodes
- 2021 Marvel Studios Assembled
1 episode
- 2020
- 2019
- 2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show
2 episodes
- 2017 Steve
1 episode
- 2016
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2 episodes
- 2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
1 episode
- 2015 The Late Late Show with James Corden
1 episode
- 2015
- 2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
1 episode
- 2014
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers
2 episodes
- 2012
- 2012 Finding Your Roots
1 episode
- 2011
- 2007 CNN Heroes
1 episode
- 2007 Chelsea Lately
1 episode
- 2006
- 2006
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
1 episode
- 2002
- 2001
- 1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark
3 episodes
- 1982 American Playhouse
1 episode
- 1953 The Oscars
1 episode