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