Jeffrey Wright
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 7, 1965 (age 60)
- Birthplace
- Washington, D.C., USA
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.
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Filmography
Death of a Salesman
Movie · as Willy Loman
The Batman: Part II
Movie · as Lt. James Gordon
The Wizard of the Kremlin
Movie · as Rowland
Samo Lives
Movie
W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause
Movie · as Self
Highest 2 Lowest
Movie · as Paul Christopher
The Phoenician Scheme
Movie · as Marty
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Movie · as Bp. Langstrom
Atrabilious
Movie · as Vincent Daugherty
ARK: The Animated Series
TV · as Henry Townsend (voice) · 14 eps
The Agency
TV · as Henry Ogletree · 20 eps
Rustin
Movie · as Rep. Adam Clayton Powell
American Fiction
Movie · as Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison
Asteroid City
Movie · as General Gibson
Bill Russell: Legend
TV · as Bill Russell (voice) · 2 eps
Digman!
TV · as (voice), Uncle Christ (voice) · 1 ep
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Last of Us
TV · as Isaac Dixon · 2 eps
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches
Movie · as Self
The Batman
Movie · as Lt. James Gordon
Say Hey, Willie Mays!
Movie · as Jackie Robinson (voice)
Lincoln's Dilemma
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 4 eps
I Am Groot
TV · as The Watcher (voice) · 1 ep
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
Movie · as The Watcher (voice) (archive footage)
Monster
Movie · as Mr. Harmon
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Movie · as Roebuck Wright
No Time to Die
Movie · as Felix Leiter
Marvel Studios Assembled
TV · as Self · 1 ep
What If...?
TV · as The Watcher (voice) · 26 eps
American Pathogen
Movie · as Self - Narrator
All Day and a Night
Movie · as JD
The Oedipus Project
Movie · as Tiresias
The Public
Movie · as Anderson
The Goldfinch
Movie · as James 'Hobie' Hobart
Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Laundromat
Movie · as Malchus Irvin Boncamper
Marvel Studios: Expanding the Universe
Movie · as Self
Green Eggs and Ham
TV · as McWinkle (voice) · 13 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Age Out
Movie · as Detective Portnoy
Hold the Dark
Movie · as Russell Core
O.G.
Movie · as Louis Menkins
Moynihan
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
We Are Not Done Yet
Movie · as Self
Game Night
Movie · as FBI Agent Henderson (uncredited)
Unseen Enemy
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Steve
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Confirmation
Movie · as Charles Ogletree
Hero With A Thousand Faces
Movie · as Self
Westworld
TV · as Bernard Lowe · 36 eps
The Gospel According to Mac
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Movie · as Beetee Latier
The Good Dinosaur
Movie · as Poppa (voice)
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Movie · as Self - Beetee
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire
Movie · as Self
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Movie · as Beetee Latier
Mass Extinction: Life at the Brink
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Forgotten Four: The Integration of Pro Football
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
BoJack Horseman
TV · as Cuddlywhiskers (voice), Cuddlywhiskers / Father (voice) · 2 eps
Broken City
Movie · as Carl Fairbanks
Only Lovers Left Alive
Movie · as Dr. Watson
A Single Shot
Movie · as Simon
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete
Movie · as Henry
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Movie · as Beetee Latier
Rick and Morty
TV · as Tony (voice) · 1 ep
Bond on Location
Movie · as Self / Felix Leiter
Finding Your Roots
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Ides of March
Movie · as Senator Thompson
Source Code
Movie · as Dr. Rutledge
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Movie · as William Black
A Child's Garden of Poetry
Movie · as Self (voice)
Boardwalk Empire
TV · as Valentin Narcisse · 20 eps
W.
Movie · as Colin Powell
Quantum of Solace
Movie · as Felix Leiter
Chicago 10
Movie · as Bobby Seale (voice)
Cadillac Records
Movie · as Muddy Waters
The Invasion
Movie · as Dr. Stephen Galeano
Blackout
Movie · as Nelson
New Orleans
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Chelsea Lately
TV · as Self · 1 ep
CNN Heroes
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Lady in the Water
Movie · as Mr. Dury
Casino Royale
Movie · as Felix Leiter
Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
Movie · as Self
Blood Diamonds
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Becoming Bond
Movie · as Self
Syriana
Movie · as Bennett Holiday
Broken Flowers
Movie · as Winston
Lackawanna Blues
Movie · as Mr. Paul
The True Story of Hannibal
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Manchurian Candidate
Movie · as CPL Al Melvin
With All Deliberate Speed
Movie · as Narrator (Voice)
Sin's Kitchen
Movie · as Rex
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Movie · as Other Voices (voice)
House
TV · as Dr. Walter Cofield · 1 ep
The Venture Bros.
TV · as Think Tank / Dr. Nidaba (voice) · 1 ep
Sam Cooke: Legend
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Angels in America
TV · as Norman 'Belize' Ariaga / Mr. Lies / Homeless man / The Angel Europa · 6 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
D-Tox
Movie · as Jaworski
The Topdog Diaries
Movie · as Self / Lincoln
Ali
Movie · as Howard Bingham
Boycott
Movie · as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Making of 'Ali'
Movie · as Self
Shaft
Movie · as Peoples Hernandez
Hamlet
Movie · as Gravedigger
Cement
Movie · as Ninny
Crime + Punishment in Suburbia
Movie · as Chris
Ride with the Devil
Movie · as Daniel Holt
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
Movie · as Sidney Bechet
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920
Movie · as Sidney Bechet
The Giraffe
Movie · as Win
Celebrity
Movie · as Greg
Too Tired to Die
Movie · as Balzac Man
Critical Care
Movie · as Rafael ("Bed Two")
Basquiat
Movie · as Jean Michel Basquiat
Faithful
Movie · as Young Man at Rolls
New York Undercover
TV · as Andre Foreman · 1 ep
In the Wings: Angels in America On Broadway
Movie
Homicide: Life on the Street
TV · as Hal Wilson · 3 eps
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
TV · as Sidney Bechet · 2 eps
Jumpin' at the Boneyard
Movie · as Derek
Separate but Equal
Movie · as William Coleman
Separate but Equal
TV · as William Coleman · 2 eps
Presumed Innocent
Movie · as Prosecuting Attorney
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
American Experience
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
American Playhouse
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep