Jeffrey Wright
Known for Acting · 135 credits
- Born
- 1965-12-07 (age 60)
- Place of birth
- Washington, D.C., USA
- Also known as
- Τζέφρι Ράιτ · 杰弗里·赖特
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
TV Shows (38)
Rick and Morty
2013
as Tony (voice)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
House
2004
as Dr. Walter Cofield
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
as Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
as Self - Guest
Westworld
2016
as Bernard Lowe
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
BoJack Horseman
2014
as Cuddlywhiskers / Father (voice) / Cuddlywhiskers (voice)
American Experience
1988
as Narrator (voice)
The Last of Us
2023
as Isaac Dixon
Boardwalk Empire
2010
as Valentin Narcisse
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
as Hal Wilson
What If...?
2021
as The Watcher (voice)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
Chelsea Lately
2007
as Self
New York Undercover
1994
as Andre Foreman
Finding Your Roots
2012
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self
The Agency
2024
as Henry Ogletree
The Venture Bros.
2004
as Think Tank / Dr. Nidaba (voice)
Green Eggs and Ham
2019
as McWinkle (voice)
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992
as Sidney Bechet
Steve
2017
as Self
Marvel Studios Assembled
2021
as Self
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
2023
as Self
I Am Groot
2022
as The Watcher (voice)
Digman!
2023
as (voice) / Uncle Christ (voice)
ARK: The Animated Series
2024
as Henry Townsend (voice)
Angels in America
2003
as Norman 'Belize' Ariaga / Mr. Lies / Homeless man / The Angel Europa
Bill Russell: Legend
2023
as Bill Russell (voice)
CNN Heroes
2007
as Self - Guest
Separate but Equal
1991
as William Coleman
Lincoln's Dilemma
2022
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Dispatch
2025
as Chase / Track Star / Starblazer
Movies (97)
The Batman
2022
as Lt. James Gordon
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
2025
as Bp. Langstrom
No Time to Die
2021
as Felix Leiter
Casino Royale
2006
as Felix Leiter
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
2014
as Beetee Latier
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013
as Beetee Latier
The Good Dinosaur
2015
as Poppa (voice)
The Phoenician Scheme
2025
as Marty
Quantum of Solace
2008
as Felix Leiter
The Wizard of the Kremlin
2026
as Rowland
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015
as Beetee Latier
Source Code
2011
as Dr. Rutledge
Highest 2 Lowest
2025
as Paul Christopher
Asteroid City
2023
as General Gibson
Game Night
2018
as FBI Agent Henderson (uncredited)
The Invasion
2007
as Dr. Stephen Galeano
Shaft
2000
as Peoples Hernandez
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
2021
as Roebuck Wright
Ali
2001
as Howard Bingham
American Fiction
2023
as Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison
Broken City
2013
as Carl Fairbanks
The Ides of March
2011
as Senator Thompson
Syriana
2005
as Bennett Holiday
Presumed Innocent
1990
as Prosecuting Attorney
The Goldfinch
2019
as James 'Hobie' Hobart
Only Lovers Left Alive
2013
as Dr. Watson
D-Tox
2002
as Jaworski
The Manchurian Candidate
2004
as CPL Al Melvin
Untitled The Batman Sequel
2027
as Lt. James Gordon
The Laundromat
2019
as Malchus Irvin Boncamper
W.
2008
as Colin Powell
Lady in the Water
2006
as Mr. Dury
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
2011
as William Black
Monster
2021
as Mr. Harmon
Broken Flowers
2005
as Winston
Cadillac Records
2008
as Muddy Waters
Hold the Dark
2018
as Russell Core
Basquiat
1996
as Jean Michel Basquiat
Celebrity
1998
as Greg
Ride with the Devil
1999
as Daniel Holt
Rustin
2023
as Rep. Adam Clayton Powell
Boycott
2001
as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
as Other Voices (voice)
Age Out
2018
as Detective Portnoy
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
2021
as The Watcher (voice) (archive footage)
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
2015
as Self - Beetee
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
1999
as Sidney Bechet
Critical Care
1997
as Rafael ("Bed Two")
Lackawanna Blues
2005
as Mr. Paul
Marvel Studios: Expanding the Universe
2019
as Self
Confirmation
2016
as Charles Ogletree
Chicago 10
2008
as Bobby Seale (voice)
O.G.
2018
as Louis Menkins
The Public
2019
as Anderson
Crime + Punishment in Suburbia
2000
as Chris
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete
2013
as Henry
Hamlet
2000
as Gravedigger
Cement
2000
as Ninny
A Single Shot
2013
as Simon
Faithful
1996
as Young Man at Rolls
All Day and a Night
2020
as JD
Too Tired to Die
1998
as Balzac Man
Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
2006
as Self
The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire
2014
as Self
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920
1999
as Sidney Bechet
The True Story of Hannibal
2005
as Narrator (voice)
The Oedipus Project
2020
as Tiresias
Blackout
2007
as Nelson
A Child's Garden of Poetry
2011
as Self (voice)
W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause
2026
as Self
Atrabilious
2024
as Vincent Daugherty
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches
2022
as Self
Bond on Location
2012
as Self / Felix Leiter
Jumpin' at the Boneyard
1991
as Derek
Samo Lives
2026
We Are Not Done Yet
2018
as Self
Becoming Bond
2006
as Self
Say Hey, Willie Mays!
2022
as Jackie Robinson (voice)
Mass Extinction: Life at the Brink
2014
as Narrator (voice)
In the Wings: Angels in America On Broadway
1993
The Giraffe
1999
as Win
The Topdog Diaries
2002
as Self / Lincoln
Separate But Equal
1991
as William Coleman
Blood Diamonds
2006
as Narrator (voice)
Unseen Enemy
2017
as Narrator (voice)
Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook
2019
as Narrator (voice)
Sin's Kitchen
2004
as Rex
Hero With A Thousand Faces
2016
as Self
With All Deliberate Speed
2004
as Narrator (Voice)
Moynihan
2018
as Narrator (voice)
The Gospel According to Mac
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Sam Cooke: Legend
2003
as Narrator (voice)
Death of a Salesman
as Willy Loman
The Making of 'Ali'
2001
as Self
New Orleans
2007
as Narrator (voice)
American Pathogen
2020
as Self - Narrator
Forgotten Four: The Integration of Pro Football
2014
as Narrator (voice)
About Jeffrey Wright
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 Marve… With 135 credits spanning from 1953 to 2027, Jeffrey Wright has appeared in 97 films and 38 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jeffrey Wright Movies
- The Batman (2022) — as Lt. James Gordon
- Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) — as Bp. Langstrom
- No Time to Die (2021) — as Felix Leiter
- Casino Royale (2006) — as Felix Leiter
- The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014) — as Beetee Latier
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