Jeffrey Wright
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Dec 7, 1965 (60 years old)
Place of Birth
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.
Known For
| 2027 | Untitled The Batman SequelLt. James Gordon | |
| 2026 | The Wizard of the KremlinRowland | |
| 2026 | W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a CauseSelf | |
| 2025 | Highest 2 LowestPaul Christopher | |
| 2025 | The Phoenician SchemeMarty | |
| 2025 | Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out MysteryBp. Langstrom | |
| 2024 | AtrabiliousVincent Daugherty | |
| 2024 | ARK: The Animated SeriesHenry Townsend (voice) | |
| 2024 | The Agency: Central IntelligenceHenry Ogletree | |
| 2023 | RustinRep. Adam Clayton Powell | |
| 2023 | American FictionThelonious 'Monk' Ellison | |
| 2023 | Asteroid CityGeneral Gibson | |
| 2023 | Bill Russell: LegendBill Russell (voice) | |
| 2023 | Digman!(voice) | |
| 2023 | Off Script with The Hollywood ReporterSelf | |
| 2023 | The Last of UsIsaac Dixon | |
| 2023 | Digman!Uncle Christ (voice) | |
| 2022 | Frederick Douglass: In Five SpeechesSelf | |
| 2022 | The BatmanLt. James Gordon | |
| 2022 | Say Hey, Willie Mays!Jackie Robinson (voice) | |
| 2022 | Lincoln's DilemmaSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2022 | I Am GrootThe Watcher (voice) | |
| 2022 | The Jennifer Hudson Show | |
| 2022 | The Jennifer Hudson ShowSelf | |
| 2021 | Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day SpecialThe Watcher (voice) (archive footage) | |
| 2021 | MonsterMr. Harmon | |
| 2021 | The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening SunRoebuck Wright | |
| 2021 | No Time to DieFelix Leiter | |
| 2021 | Marvel Studios AssembledSelf | |
| 2021 | What If...?The Watcher (voice) | |
| 2020 | American PathogenSelf - Narrator | |
| 2020 | All Day and a NightJD | |
| 2020 | The Oedipus ProjectTiresias | |
| 2019 | The PublicAnderson | |
| 2019 | The GoldfinchJames 'Hobie' Hobart | |
| 2019 | Rigged: The Voter Suppression PlaybookNarrator (voice) | |
| 2019 | The LaundromatMalchus Irvin Boncamper | |
| 2019 | Marvel Studios: Expanding the UniverseSelf | |
| 2019 | Green Eggs and HamMcWinkle (voice) | |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelf | |
| 2018 | Age OutDetective Portnoy | |
| 2018 | Hold the DarkRussell Core | |
| 2018 | O.G.Louis Menkins | |
| 2018 | MoynihanNarrator (voice) | |
| 2018 | We Are Not Done YetSelf | |
| 2018 | Game NightFBI Agent Henderson (uncredited) | |
| 2017 | Unseen EnemyNarrator (voice) | |
| 2016 | ConfirmationCharles Ogletree | |
| 2016 | Hero With A Thousand FacesSelf | |
| 2016 | WestworldBernard Lowe | |
| 2015 | The Gospel According to MacNarrator (voice) | |
| 2015 | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2Beetee Latier | |
| 2015 | The Good DinosaurPoppa (voice) | |
| 2015 | The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1Self - Beetee | |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf | |
| 2015 | Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSelf | |
| 2015 | The Late Late Show with James CordenSelf - Guest | |
| 2014 | The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk EmpireSelf | |
| 2014 | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1Beetee Latier | |
| 2014 | Mass Extinction: Life at the BrinkNarrator (voice) | |
| 2014 | Forgotten Four: The Integration of Pro FootballNarrator (voice) | |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf - Guest | |
| 2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on ActorsSelf | |
| 2014 | BoJack HorsemanCuddlywhiskers / Father (voice) | |
| 2014 | BoJack HorsemanCuddlywhiskers (voice) | |
| 2013 | Broken CityCarl Fairbanks | |
| 2013 | Only Lovers Left AliveDr. Watson | |
| 2013 | A Single ShotSimon | |
| 2013 | The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & PeteHenry | |
| 2013 | The Hunger Games: Catching FireBeetee Latier | |
| 2013 | Rick and MortyTony (voice) | |
| 2012 | Bond on LocationSelf / Felix Leiter | |
| 2012 | Finding Your RootsSelf | |
| 2011 | The Ides of MarchSenator Thompson | |
| 2011 | Source CodeDr. Rutledge | |
| 2011 | Extremely Loud & Incredibly CloseWilliam Black | |
| 2011 | A Child's Garden of PoetrySelf (voice) | |
| 2010 | Boardwalk EmpireValentin Narcisse | |
| 2008 | W.Colin Powell | |
| 2008 | Quantum of SolaceFelix Leiter | |
| 2008 | Chicago 10Bobby Seale (voice) | |
| 2008 | Cadillac RecordsMuddy Waters | |
| 2007 | The InvasionDr. Stephen Galeano | |
| 2007 | BlackoutNelson | |
| 2007 | New OrleansNarrator (voice) | |
| 2007 | Chelsea LatelySelf | |
| 2006 | Lady in the WaterMr. Dury | |
| 2006 | Casino RoyaleFelix Leiter | |
| 2006 | Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony KushnerSelf | |
| 2006 | Blood DiamondsNarrator (voice) | |
| 2006 | Becoming BondSelf | |
| 2005 | SyrianaBennett Holiday | |
| 2005 | Broken FlowersWinston | |
| 2005 | Lackawanna BluesMr. Paul | |
| 2005 | The True Story of HannibalNarrator (voice) | |
| 2004 | The Manchurian CandidateCPL Al Melvin | |
| 2004 | With All Deliberate SpeedNarrator (Voice) | |
| 2004 | Sin's KitchenRex | |
| 2004 | Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack JohnsonOther Voices (voice) | |
| 2004 | HouseDr. Walter Cofield | |
| 2004 | The Venture Bros.Think Tank / Dr. Nidaba (voice) | |
| 2003 | Sam Cooke: LegendNarrator (voice) | |
| 2003 | Angels in AmericaNorman 'Belize' Ariaga / Mr. Lies / Homeless man / The Angel Europa | |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self | |
| 2002 | D-ToxJaworski | |
| 2002 | The Topdog DiariesSelf / Lincoln | |
| 2001 | AliHoward Bingham | |
| 2001 | BoycottDr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | |
| 2000 | ShaftPeoples Hernandez | |
| 2000 | HamletGravedigger | |
| 2000 | CementNinny | |
| 2000 | Crime + Punishment in SuburbiaChris | |
| 1999 | Ride with the DevilDaniel Holt | |
| 1999 | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the BluesSidney Bechet | |
| 1999 | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920Sidney Bechet | |
| 1999 | The GiraffeWin | |
| 1998 | CelebrityGreg | |
| 1998 | Too Tired to DieBalzac Man | |
| 1997 | Critical CareRafael ("Bed Two") | |
| 1996 | BasquiatJean Michel Basquiat | |
| 1996 | FaithfulYoung Man at Rolls | |
| 1994 | New York UndercoverAndre Foreman | |
| 1993 | In the Wings: Angels in America On Broadway | |
| 1993 | Homicide: Life on the StreetHal Wilson | |
| 1992 | The Young Indiana Jones ChroniclesSidney Bechet | |
| 1991 | Jumpin' at the BoneyardDerek | |
| 1991 | Separate But EqualWilliam Coleman | |
| 1991 | Separate but EqualWilliam Coleman | |
| 1990 | Presumed InnocentProsecuting Attorney | |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and MarkSelf - Guest | |
| 1988 | American ExperienceNarrator (voice) | |
| 1953 | The OscarsSelf | |
| - | Death of a SalesmanWilly Loman | |
| - | Samo Lives |
| 2018 | We Are Not Done YetProducer |