Acting
Jeffrey Wright
EN, FR cinema · 97 credits
Born
7 December 1965 (age 60)
Birthplace
Washington, D.C., USA
Also known as Jeffrey Charles Wright
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
Death of a Salesman
as Willy Loman
The Batman: Part II
as Lt. James Gordon
The Wizard of the Kremlin
as Rowland
Highest 2 Lowest
as Paul Christopher
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
as Bp. Langstrom
Atrabilious
as Vincent Daugherty
Rustin
as Rep. Adam Clayton Powell
American Fiction
as Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison
Asteroid City
as General Gibson
The Batman
as Lt. James Gordon
Say Hey, Willie Mays!
as Jackie Robinson (voice)
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
as The Watcher (voice) (archive footage)
Monster
as Mr. Harmon
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
as Roebuck Wright
No Time to Die
as Felix Leiter
American Pathogen
as Self - Narrator
The Oedipus Project
as Tiresias
The Public
as Anderson
The Goldfinch
as James 'Hobie' Hobart
Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook
as Narrator (voice)
The Laundromat
as Malchus Irvin Boncamper
Age Out
as Detective Portnoy
Hold the Dark
as Russell Core
O.G.
as Louis Menkins
Moynihan
as Narrator (voice)
We Are Not Done Yet
as Self, Producer
Game Night
as FBI Agent Henderson (uncredited)
Unseen Enemy
as Narrator (voice)
Confirmation
as Charles Ogletree
The Gospel According to Mac
as Narrator (voice)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
as Beetee Latier
The Good Dinosaur
as Poppa (voice)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
as Beetee Latier
Mass Extinction: Life at the Brink
as Narrator (voice)
Forgotten Four: The Integration of Pro Football
as Narrator (voice)
Broken City
as Carl Fairbanks
Only Lovers Left Alive
as Dr. Watson
A Single Shot
as Simon
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
as Beetee Latier
Bond on Location
as Self / Felix Leiter
The Ides of March
as Senator Thompson
Source Code
as Dr. Rutledge
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
as William Black
A Child's Garden of Poetry
as Self (voice)
W.
as Colin Powell
Quantum of Solace
as Felix Leiter
Chicago 10
as Bobby Seale (voice)
Cadillac Records
as Muddy Waters
The Invasion
as Dr. Stephen Galeano
Blackout
as Nelson
New Orleans
as Narrator (voice)
Lady in the Water
as Mr. Dury
Casino Royale
as Felix Leiter
Blood Diamonds
as Narrator (voice)
Becoming Bond
as Self
Syriana
as Bennett Holiday
Broken Flowers
as Winston
Lackawanna Blues
as Mr. Paul
The True Story of Hannibal
2005
The True Story of Hannibal
as Narrator (voice)
The Manchurian Candidate
as CPL Al Melvin
With All Deliberate Speed
as Narrator (Voice)
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Other Voices (voice)
Sam Cooke: Legend
as Narrator (voice)
D-Tox
as Jaworski
The Topdog Diaries
as Self / Lincoln
Ali
as Howard Bingham
Boycott
as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Shaft
as Peoples Hernandez
Hamlet
as Gravedigger
Cement
as Ninny
Ride with the Devil
as Daniel Holt
The Giraffe
as Win
Celebrity
as Greg
Too Tired to Die
as Balzac Man
Critical Care
as Rafael ("Bed Two")
Basquiat
as Jean Michel Basquiat
Faithful
as Young Man at Rolls
Separate but Equal
as William Coleman
Presumed Innocent
as Prosecuting Attorney