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Jeffrey Wright

Acting · Born 1965-12-07 · 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

2027The Batman: Part IILt. James Gordon
2026Samo Lives
2026W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a CauseSelf
2026The Wizard of the KremlinRowland
2025Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out MysteryBp. Langstrom
2025Highest 2 LowestPaul Christopher
2025The Phoenician SchemeMarty
2024The AgencyHenry Ogletree
2024AtrabiliousVincent Daugherty
2024ARK: The Animated SeriesHenry Townsend (voice)
2023Off Script with The Hollywood ReporterSelf
2023American FictionThelonious 'Monk' Ellison
2023RustinRep. Adam Clayton Powell
2023Asteroid CityGeneral Gibson
2023Digman!(voice)
2023Bill Russell: LegendBill Russell (voice)
2023The Last of UsIsaac Dixon
2022Say Hey, Willie Mays!Jackie Robinson (voice)
2022The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022I Am GrootThe Watcher (voice)
2022The BatmanLt. James Gordon
2022Frederick Douglass: In Five SpeechesSelf
2022Lincoln's DilemmaSelf - Narrator (voice)
2021Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day SpecialThe Watcher (voice) (archive footage)
2021The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening SunRoebuck Wright
2021No Time to DieFelix Leiter
2021What If...?The Watcher (voice)
2021MonsterMr. Harmon
2021Marvel Studios AssembledSelf
2020American PathogenSelf - Narrator
2020The Oedipus ProjectTiresias
2020All Day and a NightJD
2019Marvel Studios: Expanding the UniverseSelf
2019Green Eggs and HamMcWinkle (voice)
2019The LaundromatMalchus Irvin Boncamper
2019The GoldfinchJames 'Hobie' Hobart
2019The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelf
2019The PublicAnderson
2019Rigged: The Voter Suppression PlaybookNarrator (voice)
2018We Are Not Done YetSelf
2018MoynihanNarrator (voice)
2018Hold the DarkRussell Core
2018Age OutDetective Portnoy
2018O.G.Louis Menkins
2018Game NightFBI Agent Henderson (uncredited)
2017Unseen EnemyNarrator (voice)
2017SteveSelf
2016Hero With A Thousand FacesSelf
2016WestworldBernard Lowe
2016ConfirmationCharles Ogletree
2015The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2Beetee Latier
2015The Good DinosaurPoppa (voice)
2015The Gospel According to MacNarrator (voice)
2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf
2015Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSelf
2015The Late Late Show with James CordenSelf - Guest
2015The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1Self - Beetee
2014Variety Studio: Actors on ActorsSelf
2014Mass Extinction: Life at the BrinkNarrator (voice)
2014The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1Beetee Latier
2014The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk EmpireSelf
2014Forgotten Four: The Integration of Pro FootballNarrator (voice)
2014BoJack HorsemanCuddlywhiskers / Father (voice)
2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf - Guest
2013Only Lovers Left AliveDr. Watson
2013Rick and MortyTony (voice)
2013The Hunger Games: Catching FireBeetee Latier
2013The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & PeteHenry
2013A Single ShotSimon
2013Broken CityCarl Fairbanks
2012Bond on LocationSelf / Felix Leiter
2012Finding Your RootsSelf
2011Extremely Loud & Incredibly CloseWilliam Black
2011The Ides of MarchSenator Thompson
2011A Child's Garden of PoetrySelf (voice)
2011Source CodeDr. Rutledge
2010Boardwalk EmpireValentin Narcisse
2008Cadillac RecordsMuddy Waters
2008Quantum of SolaceFelix Leiter
2008W.Colin Powell
2008Chicago 10Bobby Seale (voice)
2007CNN HeroesSelf - Guest
2007BlackoutNelson
2007The InvasionDr. Stephen Galeano
2007Chelsea LatelySelf
2007New OrleansNarrator (voice)
2006Blood DiamondsNarrator (voice)
2006Casino RoyaleFelix Leiter
2006Becoming BondSelf
2006Lady in the WaterMr. Dury
2006Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony KushnerSelf
2005SyrianaBennett Holiday
2005Broken FlowersWinston
2005Lackawanna BluesMr. Paul
2005The True Story of HannibalNarrator (voice)
2004HouseDr. Walter Cofield
2004Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack JohnsonOther Voices (voice)
2004The Venture Bros.Think Tank / Dr. Nidaba (voice)
2004The Manchurian CandidateCPL Al Melvin
2004Sin's KitchenRex
2004With All Deliberate SpeedNarrator (Voice)
2003Angels in AmericaNorman 'Belize' Ariaga / Mr. Lies / Homeless man / The Angel Europa
2003Sam Cooke: LegendNarrator (voice)
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self
2002The Topdog DiariesSelf / Lincoln
2002D-ToxJaworski
2001The Making of 'Ali'Self
2001AliHoward Bingham
2001BoycottDr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
2000Crime + Punishment in SuburbiaChris
2000ShaftPeoples Hernandez
2000HamletGravedigger
2000CementNinny
1999Ride with the DevilDaniel Holt
1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the BluesSidney Bechet
1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920Sidney Bechet
1999The GiraffeWin
1998CelebrityGreg
1998Too Tired to DieBalzac Man
1997Critical CareRafael ("Bed Two")
1996BasquiatJean Michel Basquiat
1996FaithfulYoung Man at Rolls
1994New York UndercoverAndre Foreman
1993In the Wings: Angels in America On Broadway
1993Homicide: Life on the StreetHal Wilson
1992The Young Indiana Jones ChroniclesSidney Bechet
1991Jumpin' at the BoneyardDerek
1991Separate but EqualWilliam Coleman
1991Separate but EqualWilliam Coleman
1990Presumed InnocentProsecuting Attorney
1988American ExperienceNarrator (voice)
1988LIVE with Kelly and MarkSelf - Guest
1953The OscarsSelf
—Death of a SalesmanWilly Loman

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