Jeffrey Wright
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 7, 1965
- Birthplace
- Washington, D.C., USA
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
- Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman TBA
as Willy Loman
The Batman: Part II 2028
as Lt. James Gordon
Samo Lives 2026
Actor
W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause 2026
as Self
The Wizard of the Kremlin 2026
as Rowland
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery 2025
as Bp. Langstrom
Highest 2 Lowest 2025
as Paul Christopher
The Phoenician Scheme 2025
as Marty
Atrabilious 2024
as Vincent Daugherty
American Fiction 2023
as Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison
Rustin 2023
as Rep. Adam Clayton Powell
Asteroid City 2023
as General Gibson
Say Hey, Willie Mays! 2022
as Jackie Robinson (voice)
The Batman 2022
as Lt. James Gordon
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches 2022
as Self
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special 2021
as The Watcher (voice) (archive footage)
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun 2021
as Roebuck Wright
No Time to Die 2021
as Felix Leiter
Monster 2021
as Mr. Harmon
American Pathogen 2020
as Self - Narrator
The Oedipus Project 2020
as Tiresias
All Day and a Night 2020
as JD
Marvel Studios: Expanding the Universe 2019
as Self
The Laundromat 2019
as Malchus Irvin Boncamper
The Goldfinch 2019
as James 'Hobie' Hobart
The Public 2019
as Anderson
Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook 2019
as Narrator (voice)
We Are Not Done Yet 2018
as Self, Producer
Moynihan 2018
as Narrator (voice)
Hold the Dark 2018
as Russell Core
Age Out 2018
as Detective Portnoy
O.G. 2018
as Louis Menkins
Game Night 2018
as FBI Agent Henderson (uncredited)
Unseen Enemy 2017
as Narrator (voice)
Hero With A Thousand Faces 2016
as Self
Confirmation 2016
as Charles Ogletree
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 2015
as Beetee Latier
The Good Dinosaur 2015
as Poppa (voice)
The Gospel According to Mac 2015
as Narrator (voice)
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 2015
as Self - Beetee
Mass Extinction: Life at the Brink 2014
as Narrator (voice)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 2014
as Beetee Latier
The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire 2014
as Self
Forgotten Four: The Integration of Pro Football 2014
as Narrator (voice)
Only Lovers Left Alive 2013
as Dr. Watson
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire 2013
as Beetee Latier
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete 2013
as Henry
A Single Shot 2013
as Simon
Broken City 2013
as Carl Fairbanks
Bond on Location 2012
as Self / Felix Leiter
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close 2011
as William Black
The Ides of March 2011
as Senator Thompson
A Child's Garden of Poetry 2011
as Self (voice)
Source Code 2011
as Dr. Rutledge
Cadillac Records 2008
as Muddy Waters
Quantum of Solace 2008
as Felix Leiter
W. 2008
as Colin Powell
Chicago 10 2008
as Bobby Seale (voice)
Blackout 2007
as Nelson
The Invasion 2007
as Dr. Stephen Galeano
New Orleans 2007
as Narrator (voice)
Blood Diamonds 2006
as Narrator (voice)
Casino Royale 2006
as Felix Leiter
Becoming Bond 2006
as Self
Lady in the Water 2006
as Mr. Dury
Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner 2006
as Self
Syriana 2005
as Bennett Holiday
Broken Flowers 2005
as Winston
Lackawanna Blues 2005
as Mr. Paul
- The True Story of Hannibal
The True Story of Hannibal 2005
as Narrator (voice)
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson 2004
as Other Voices (voice)
The Manchurian Candidate 2004
as CPL Al Melvin
Sin's Kitchen 2004
as Rex
With All Deliberate Speed 2004
as Narrator (Voice)
Sam Cooke: Legend 2003
as Narrator (voice)
The Topdog Diaries 2002
as Self / Lincoln
D-Tox 2002
as Jaworski
The Making of 'Ali' 2001
as Self
Ali 2001
as Howard Bingham
Boycott 2001
as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Crime + Punishment in Suburbia 2000
as Chris
Shaft 2000
as Peoples Hernandez
Hamlet 2000
as Gravedigger
Cement 2000
as Ninny
Ride with the Devil 1999
as Daniel Holt
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues 1999
as Sidney Bechet
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920 1999
as Sidney Bechet
The Giraffe 1999
as Win
Celebrity 1998
as Greg
Too Tired to Die 1998
as Balzac Man
Critical Care 1997
as Rafael ("Bed Two")
Basquiat 1996
as Jean Michel Basquiat
Faithful 1996
as Young Man at Rolls
In the Wings: Angels in America On Broadway 1993
Actor
Jumpin' at the Boneyard 1991
as Derek
Separate but Equal 1991
as William Coleman
Presumed Innocent 1990
as Prosecuting Attorney
Credits from TMDB.