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Jeffrey Wright

Acting

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.

Born: December 7, 1965

Place of Birth: Washington, D.C., USA

Known For

Poster for The Oedipus Project
Movie

The Oedipus Project

10.0
Poster for Rick and Morty
TV

Rick and Morty

8.7
Poster for House
TV

House

8.6
Poster for Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook
Movie

Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook

8.5
Poster for Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
TV

Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter

8.5
Poster for BoJack Horseman
TV

BoJack Horseman

8.5
Poster for BoJack Horseman
TV

BoJack Horseman

8.5
Poster for The Last of Us
TV

The Last of Us

8.5
Poster for ARK: The Animated Series
TV

ARK: The Animated Series

8.3
Poster for Homicide: Life on the Street
TV

Homicide: Life on the Street

8.1

Filmography

2027
Untitled The Batman Sequel

as Lt. James Gordon

2026
The Wizard of the Kremlin

as Rowland

2025
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

as Bp. Langstrom

2025
Dispatch

as Chase

2025
Highest 2 Lowest

as Paul Christopher

2025
The Phoenician Scheme

as Marty

2024
The Agency: Central Intelligence

as Henry Ogletree

2024
Atrabilious

as Vincent Daugherty

2024
ARK: The Animated Series

as Henry Townsend (voice)

2023
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter

as Self

2023
American Fiction

as Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison

2023
Rustin

as Rep. Adam Clayton Powell

2023
Asteroid City

as General Gibson

2023
Digman!

as (voice)

2023
Digman!

as Uncle Christ (voice)

2023
Bill Russell: Legend

as Bill Russell (voice)

2023
The Last of Us

as Isaac Dixon

2022
Say Hey, Willie Mays!

as Jackie Robinson (voice)

2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show

as Self

2022
I Am Groot

as The Watcher (voice)

2022
The Batman

as Lt. James Gordon

2022
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

as Self

2022
Lincoln's Dilemma

as Self - Narrator (voice)

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
What If...?

as The Watcher (voice)

2021
Monster

as Mr. Harmon

2021
Marvel Studios Assembled

as Self

2020
American Pathogen

as Self - Narrator

2020
The Oedipus Project

as Tiresias

2020
All Day and a Night

as JD

2019
Marvel Studios: Expanding the Universe

as Self

2019
Green Eggs and Ham

as McWinkle (voice)

2019
The Laundromat

as Malchus Irvin Boncamper

2019
The Goldfinch

as James 'Hobie' Hobart

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show

as Self

2019
The Public

as Anderson

2019
Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook

as Narrator (voice)

2018
We Are Not Done Yet

as Self

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
Hero With A Thousand Faces

as Self

2016
Westworld

as Bernard Lowe

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)

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self

2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

as Self

2015
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1

as Self - Beetee

2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

as Self

2014
Mass Extinction: Life at the Brink

as Narrator (voice)

2014
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

as Beetee Latier

2014
The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire

as Self

2014
Forgotten Four: The Integration of Pro Football

as Narrator (voice)

2014
BoJack Horseman

as Cuddlywhiskers (voice)

2014
BoJack Horseman

as Cuddlywhiskers / Father (voice)

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self

2013
Only Lovers Left Alive

as Dr. Watson

2013
Rick and Morty

as Tony (voice)

2013
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

as Beetee Latier

2013
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete

as Henry

2013
A Single Shot

as Simon

2013
Broken City

as Carl Fairbanks

2012
Bond on Location

as Self / Felix Leiter

2012
Finding Your Roots

as Self

2011
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

as William Black

2011
The Ides of March

as Senator Thompson

2011
A Child's Garden of Poetry

as Self (voice)

2011
Source Code

as Dr. Rutledge

2010
Boardwalk Empire

as Valentin Narcisse

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
Chelsea Lately

as Self

2007
New Orleans

as Narrator (voice)

2006
Blood Diamonds

as Narrator (voice)

2006
Casino Royale

as Felix Leiter

2006
Becoming Bond

as Self

2006
Lady in the Water

as Mr. Dury

2006
Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner

as Self

2005
Syriana

as Bennett Holiday

2005
Broken Flowers

as Winston

2005
Lackawanna Blues

as Mr. Paul

2004
House

as Dr. Walter Cofield

2004
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

as Other Voices (voice)

2004
The Venture Bros.

as Think Tank / Dr. Nidaba (voice)

2004
The Manchurian Candidate

as CPL Al Melvin

2004
With All Deliberate Speed

as Narrator (Voice)

2003
Angels in America

as Norman "Belize" Ariaga / Mr. Lies / Homeless man / The Angel Europa

2003
Sam Cooke: Legend

as Narrator (voice)

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self

2002
The Topdog Diaries

as Self / Lincoln

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

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
New York Undercover

as Andre Foreman

1993
In the Wings: Angels in America On Broadway
1993
Homicide: Life on the Street
1992
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

as Sidney Bechet

1991
Jumpin' at the Boneyard

as Derek

1991
Separate But Equal

as William Coleman

1991
Separate but Equal

as William Coleman

1990
Presumed Innocent

as Prosecuting Attorney

1988
American Experience

as Narrator (voice)

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self - Guest

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

1953
The Oscars

as Self

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