7.7Acting
Jeffrey Wright
- Born
- 1965-12-07
- 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.
Known For
Filmography
135 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits
The Batman: Part II
2028 · Movie
Lt. James Gordon
Samo Lives
2026 · Movie
Cast
The Wizard of the Kremlin
2026 · Movie
Rowland
W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause
2026 · Movie
Self
Highest 2 Lowest
2025 · Movie
Paul Christopher
The Phoenician Scheme
2025 · Movie
Marty
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
2025 · Movie
Bp. Langstrom
ARK: The Animated Series
2024 · TV Show
Henry Townsend (voice)
Atrabilious
2024 · Movie
Vincent Daugherty
The Agency
2024 · TV Show
Henry Ogletree
American Fiction
2023 · Movie
Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison
Asteroid City
2023 · Movie
General Gibson
Bill Russell: Legend
2023 · TV Show
Bill Russell (voice)
Digman!
2023 · TV Show
(voice) · Uncle Christ (voice)
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
2023 · TV Show
Self
Rustin
2023 · Movie
Rep. Adam Clayton Powell
The Last of Us
2023 · TV Show
Isaac Dixon
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches
2022 · Movie
Self
I Am Groot
2022 · TV Show
The Watcher (voice)
Lincoln's Dilemma
2022 · TV Show
Self - Narrator (voice)
Say Hey, Willie Mays!
2022 · Movie
Jackie Robinson (voice)
The Batman
2022 · Movie
Lt. James Gordon
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · TV Show
Cast · Self
Marvel Studios Assembled
2021 · TV Show
Self
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
2021 · Movie
The Watcher (voice) (archive footage)
Monster
2021 · Movie
Mr. Harmon
No Time to Die
2021 · Movie
Felix Leiter
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
2021 · Movie
Roebuck Wright
What If...?
2021 · TV Show
The Watcher (voice)
All Day and a Night
2020 · Movie
JD
American Pathogen
2020 · Movie
Self - Narrator
The Oedipus Project
2020 · Movie
Tiresias
Green Eggs and Ham
2019 · TV Show
McWinkle (voice)
Marvel Studios: Expanding the Universe
2019 · Movie
Self
Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook
2019 · Movie
Narrator (voice)
The Goldfinch
2019 · Movie
James 'Hobie' Hobart
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · TV Show
Self
The Laundromat
2019 · Movie
Malchus Irvin Boncamper
The Public
2019 · Movie
Anderson
Age Out
2018 · Movie
Detective Portnoy
Game Night
2018 · Movie
FBI Agent Henderson (uncredited)
Hold the Dark
2018 · Movie
Russell Core
Moynihan
2018 · Movie
Narrator (voice)
O.G.
2018 · Movie
Louis Menkins
We Are Not Done Yet
2018 · Movie
Self · Producer
Steve
2017 · TV Show
Self
Unseen Enemy
2017 · Movie
Narrator (voice)
Confirmation
2016 · Movie
Charles Ogletree
Hero With A Thousand Faces
2016 · Movie
Self
Westworld
2016 · TV Show
Bernard Lowe
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · TV Show
Self
The Good Dinosaur
2015 · Movie
Poppa (voice)
The Gospel According to Mac
2015 · Movie
Narrator (voice)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015 · Movie
Beetee Latier
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 · TV Show
Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · TV Show
Self - Guest
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
2015 · Movie
Self - Beetee
BoJack Horseman
2014 · TV Show
Cuddlywhiskers (voice) · Cuddlywhiskers / Father (voice)
Forgotten Four: The Integration of Pro Football
2014 · Movie
Narrator (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · TV Show
Self - Guest
Mass Extinction: Life at the Brink
2014 · Movie
Narrator (voice)
The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire
2014 · Movie
Self
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
2014 · Movie
Beetee Latier
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · TV Show
Self
A Single Shot
2013 · Movie
Simon
Broken City
2013 · Movie
Carl Fairbanks
Only Lovers Left Alive
2013 · Movie
Dr. Watson
Rick and Morty
2013 · TV Show
Tony (voice)
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013 · Movie
Beetee Latier
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete
2013 · Movie
Henry
Bond on Location
2012 · Movie
Self / Felix Leiter
Finding Your Roots
2012 · TV Show
Self
A Child's Garden of Poetry
2011 · Movie
Self (voice)
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
2011 · Movie
William Black
Source Code
2011 · Movie
Dr. Rutledge
The Ides of March
2011 · Movie
Senator Thompson
Boardwalk Empire
2010 · TV Show
Valentin Narcisse
Cadillac Records
2008 · Movie
Muddy Waters
Chicago 10
2008 · Movie
Bobby Seale (voice)
Quantum of Solace
2008 · Movie
Felix Leiter
W.
2008 · Movie
Colin Powell
Blackout
2007 · Movie
Nelson
Chelsea Lately
2007 · TV Show
Self
CNN Heroes
2007 · TV Show
Self - Guest
New Orleans
2007 · Movie
Narrator (voice)
The Invasion
2007 · Movie
Dr. Stephen Galeano
Becoming Bond
2006 · Movie
Self
Blood Diamonds
2006 · Movie
Narrator (voice)
Casino Royale
2006 · Movie
Felix Leiter
Lady in the Water
2006 · Movie
Mr. Dury
Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
2006 · Movie
Self
Broken Flowers
2005 · Movie
Winston
Lackawanna Blues
2005 · Movie
Mr. Paul
Syriana
2005 · Movie
Bennett Holiday
The True Story of Hannibal
2005 · Movie
Narrator (voice)
House
2004 · TV Show
Dr. Walter Cofield
Sin's Kitchen
2004 · Movie
Rex
The Manchurian Candidate
2004 · Movie
CPL Al Melvin
The Venture Bros.
2004 · TV Show
Think Tank / Dr. Nidaba (voice)
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004 · Movie
Other Voices (voice)
With All Deliberate Speed
2004 · Movie
Narrator (Voice)
Angels in America
2003 · TV Show
Norman 'Belize' Ariaga / Mr. Lies / Homeless man / The Angel Europa
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · TV Show
Self
Sam Cooke: Legend
2003 · Movie
Narrator (voice)
D-Tox
2002 · Movie
Jaworski
The Topdog Diaries
2002 · Movie
Self / Lincoln
Ali
2001 · Movie
Howard Bingham
Boycott
2001 · Movie
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Making of 'Ali'
2001 · Movie
Self
Cement
2000 · Movie
Ninny
Crime + Punishment in Suburbia
2000 · Movie
Chris
Hamlet
2000 · Movie
Gravedigger
Shaft
2000 · Movie
Peoples Hernandez
Ride with the Devil
1999 · Movie
Daniel Holt
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
1999 · Movie
Sidney Bechet
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920
1999 · Movie
Sidney Bechet
The Giraffe
1999 · Movie
Win
Celebrity
1998 · Movie
Greg
Too Tired to Die
1998 · Movie
Balzac Man
Critical Care
1997 · Movie
Rafael ("Bed Two")
Basquiat
1996 · Movie
Jean Michel Basquiat
Faithful
1996 · Movie
Young Man at Rolls
New York Undercover
1994 · TV Show
Andre Foreman
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 · TV Show
Hal Wilson
In the Wings: Angels in America On Broadway
1993 · Movie
Cast
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992 · TV Show
Sidney Bechet
Jumpin' at the Boneyard
1991 · Movie
Derek
Separate but Equal
1991 · Movie
William Coleman
Separate but Equal
1991 · TV Show
William Coleman
Presumed Innocent
1990 · Movie
Prosecuting Attorney
American Experience
1988 · TV Show
Narrator (voice)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · TV Show
Self - Guest
American Playhouse
1982 · TV Show
Self
The Oscars
1953 · TV Show
Self
Death of a Salesman
Date unknown · Movie
Willy Loman