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
all 127
Movies 93
TV Shows 34
self 28
Voice 15
Narrator 8
Producer 1
The Batman - Part II (2026)
ARK: The Animated Series (2024)
Atrabilious (2024)
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter (2023)
American Fiction (2023)
Rustin (2023)
Asteroid City (2023)
Digman! (2023)
Bill Russell: Legend (2023)
Say Hey, Willie Mays! (2022)
The Jennifer Hudson Show (2022)
I Am Groot (2022)
Vengeance in the Making (2022)
The Batman (2022)
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches (2022)
Lincoln's Dilemma (2022)
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special (2021)
The French Dispatch (2021)
No Time to Die (2021)
Being James Bond (2021)
NYC Epicenters 9/11➔2021½ (2021)
What If...? (2021)
What If...? (2021)
Monster (2021)
Marvel Studios Assembled (2021)
While The Rest Of Us Die (2020)
American Pathogen (2020)
The Oedipus Project (2020)
All Day and a Night (2020)
Marvel Studios: Expanding the Universe (2019)
Green Eggs and Ham (2019)
The Laundromat (2019)
The Goldfinch (2019)
The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)
Wolves in the Walls: It's All Over (2019)
The Public (2019)
We Are Not Done Yet (2018)
Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook (2018)
Moynihan (2018)
Hold the Dark (2018)
Age Out (2018)
O.G. (2018)
Game Night (2018)
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait (2017)
Unseen Enemy (2017)
Westworld (2016)
Confirmation (2016)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015)
The Good Dinosaur (2015)
The Gospel According to Mac (2015)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015)
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (2015)
Straight From The Heart: A Tribute To Philip Seymour Hoffman (2015)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (2014)
Saving My Tomorrow (2014)
Mass Extinction: Life at the Brink (2014)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)
The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire (2014)
Forgotten Four: The Integration of Pro Football (2014)
BoJack Horseman (2014)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
Rick and Morty (2013)
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete (2013)
A Single Shot (2013)
Broken City (2013)
Bond on Location (2012)
Finding Your Roots (2012)
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)
The Ides of March (2011)
A Child's Garden of Poetry (2011)
Source Code (2011)
Boardwalk Empire (2010)
Cadillac Records (2008)
Quantum of Solace (2008)
W. (2008)
Chicago 10 (2008)
CNN Heroes (2007)
Blackout (2007)
The Invasion (2007)
New Orleans (2007)
Blood Diamonds (2006)
Casino Royale (2006)
Becoming Bond (2006)
Lady in the Water (2006)
Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner (2006)
Syriana (2005)
Broken Flowers (2005)
Lackawanna Blues (2005)
The True Story of Hannibal (2005)
House (2004)
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004)
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
Sin's Kitchen (2004)
With All Deliberate Speed (2004)
Angels in America (2003)
Sam Cooke: Legend (2003)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)
The Topdog Diaries (2002)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones (2002)
D-Tox (2002)
Ali (2001)
Boycott (2001)
Crime + Punishment in Suburbia (2000)
Shaft (2000)
Hamlet (2000)
Cement (2000)
Ride with the Devil (1999)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920 (1999)
Celebrity (1998)
Too Tired to Die (1998)
Critical Care (1997)
Basquiat (1996)
Faithful (1996)
New York Undercover (1994)
In the Wings: Angels in America On Broadway (1993)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues (1993)
Homicide: Life on the Street (1993)
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992)
Jumpin' at the Boneyard (1991)
Presumed Innocent (1990)
American Experience (1988)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
The Oscars (1953)
High and Low
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1965-12-07 (58 years old)
Birth NameJeffrey Wright
Birth PlaceWashington, D.C., United States of America
RelationshipsCarmen Ejogo (2000-01-01 - 2014-01-01)
ChildrenElijah Wright
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesBrooklyn, United States of America
Also Known As제프리 라이트, Τζέφρι Ράιτ, Джеффри Райт, جفری رایت, 杰弗里·怀特, Джеффрі Райт, 杰弗里·赖特
Awardshonorary doctor of the University of Pennsylvania, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play, Black Reel Award for Best Supporting Actor, Black Reel Award for Best Ensemble, Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
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