Jeffrey Wright

Known for: Acting

Born: 1965-12-07 (age 60)

From: 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 (135)

MOVIE
The Batman: Part II
2027
as Lt. James Gordon
MOVIE
Samo Lives
2026
MOVIE★ 6.0
W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause
2026
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Wizard of the Kremlin
2026
as Rowland
MOVIE★ 7.2
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
2025
as Bp. Langstrom
MOVIE★ 5.5
Highest 2 Lowest
2025
as Paul Christopher
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Phoenician Scheme
2025
as Marty
TV★ 7.1
The Agency
2024
as Henry Ogletree
MOVIE★ 1.0
Atrabilious
2024
as Vincent Daugherty
TV★ 7.8
ARK: The Animated Series
2024
as Henry Townsend (voice)
TV★ 2.9
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
2023
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.3
American Fiction
2023
as Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison
MOVIE★ 6.5
Rustin
2023
as Rep. Adam Clayton Powell
MOVIE★ 6.5
Asteroid City
2023
as General Gibson
TV★ 6.2
Digman!
2023
as (voice)
TV★ 7.2
Bill Russell: Legend
2023
as Bill Russell (voice)
TV★ 8.4
The Last of Us
2023
as Isaac Dixon
MOVIE★ 6.0
Say Hey, Willie Mays!
2022
as Jackie Robinson (voice)
TV★ 5.6
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
TV★ 7.0
I Am Groot
2022
as The Watcher (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.7
The Batman
2022
as Lt. James Gordon
MOVIE★ 4.6
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches
2022
as Self
TV★ 6.8
Lincoln's Dilemma
2022
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.9
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
2021
as The Watcher (voice) (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.0
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
2021
as Roebuck Wright
MOVIE★ 7.3
No Time to Die
2021
as Felix Leiter
TV★ 8.0
What If...?
2021
as The Watcher (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.4
Monster
2021
as Mr. Harmon
TV★ 7.2
Marvel Studios Assembled
2021
as Self
MOVIE
American Pathogen
2020
as Self - Narrator
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Oedipus Project
2020
as Tiresias
MOVIE★ 6.2
All Day and a Night
2020
as JD
MOVIE★ 5.8
Marvel Studios: Expanding the Universe
2019
as Self
TV★ 8.0
Green Eggs and Ham
2019
as McWinkle (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Laundromat
2019
as Malchus Irvin Boncamper
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Goldfinch
2019
as James 'Hobie' Hobart
TV★ 6.3
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Public
2019
as Anderson
MOVIE★ 8.5
Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook
2019
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.9
We Are Not Done Yet
2018
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
Moynihan
2018
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.5
Hold the Dark
2018
as Russell Core
MOVIE★ 6.0
Age Out
2018
as Detective Portnoy
MOVIE★ 5.9
O.G.
2018
as Louis Menkins
MOVIE★ 6.8
Game Night
2018
as FBI Agent Henderson (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.7
Unseen Enemy
2017
as Narrator (voice)
TV★ 6.0
Steve
2017
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.8
Hero With A Thousand Faces
2016
as Self
TV★ 8.0
Westworld
2016
as Bernard Lowe
MOVIE★ 6.9
Confirmation
2016
as Charles Ogletree
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015
as Beetee Latier
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Good Dinosaur
2015
as Poppa (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Gospel According to Mac
2015
as Narrator (voice)
TV★ 6.1
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
TV★ 6.2
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
TV★ 5.1
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
as Self - Guest
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
2015
as Self - Beetee
TV★ 4.2
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Mass Extinction: Life at the Brink
2014
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
2014
as Beetee Latier
MOVIE
The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire
2014
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
Forgotten Four: The Integration of Pro Football
2014
as Narrator (voice)
TV★ 8.5
BoJack Horseman
2014
as Cuddlywhiskers / Father (voice)
TV★ 5.1
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
MOVIE★ 7.2
Only Lovers Left Alive
2013
as Dr. Watson
TV★ 8.7
Rick and Morty
2013
as Tony (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.4
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013
as Beetee Latier
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete
2013
as Henry
MOVIE★ 5.7
A Single Shot
2013
as Simon
MOVIE★ 6.0
Broken City
2013
as Carl Fairbanks
MOVIE★ 6.0
Bond on Location
2012
as Self / Felix Leiter
TV★ 6.5
Finding Your Roots
2012
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
2011
as William Black
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Ides of March
2011
as Senator Thompson
MOVIE★ 4.0
A Child's Garden of Poetry
2011
as Self (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.3
Source Code
2011
as Dr. Rutledge
TV★ 8.0
Boardwalk Empire
2010
as Valentin Narcisse
MOVIE★ 7.1
Cadillac Records
2008
as Muddy Waters
MOVIE★ 6.3
Quantum of Solace
2008
as Felix Leiter
MOVIE★ 6.1
W.
2008
as Colin Powell
MOVIE★ 5.8
Chicago 10
2008
as Bobby Seale (voice)
TV★ 1.0
CNN Heroes
2007
as Self - Guest
MOVIE★ 5.6
Blackout
2007
as Nelson
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Invasion
2007
as Dr. Stephen Galeano
TV★ 4.5
Chelsea Lately
2007
as Self
MOVIE
New Orleans
2007
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.8
Blood Diamonds
2006
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.6
Casino Royale
2006
as Felix Leiter
MOVIE★ 6.0
Becoming Bond
2006
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.6
Lady in the Water
2006
as Mr. Dury
MOVIE★ 5.0
Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
2006
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.4
Syriana
2005
as Bennett Holiday
MOVIE★ 6.9
Broken Flowers
2005
as Winston
MOVIE★ 5.9
Lackawanna Blues
2005
as Mr. Paul
MOVIE★ 7.0
The True Story of Hannibal
2005
as Narrator (voice)
TV★ 8.6
House
2004
as Dr. Walter Cofield
MOVIE★ 7.2
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
as Other Voices (voice)
TV★ 7.8
The Venture Bros.
2004
as Think Tank / Dr. Nidaba (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Manchurian Candidate
2004
as CPL Al Melvin
MOVIE★ 3.0
Sin's Kitchen
2004
as Rex
MOVIE★ 6.5
With All Deliberate Speed
2004
as Narrator (Voice)
TV★ 7.6
Angels in America
2003
as Norman 'Belize' Ariaga / Mr. Lies / Homeless man / The Angel Europa
MOVIE★ 7.1
Sam Cooke: Legend
2003
as Narrator (voice)
TV★ 5.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Topdog Diaries
2002
as Self / Lincoln
MOVIE★ 5.6
D-Tox
2002
as Jaworski
MOVIE
The Making of 'Ali'
2001
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.8
Ali
2001
as Howard Bingham
MOVIE★ 6.7
Boycott
2001
as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
MOVIE★ 5.8
Crime + Punishment in Suburbia
2000
as Chris
MOVIE★ 6.0
Shaft
2000
as Peoples Hernandez
MOVIE★ 5.8
Hamlet
2000
as Gravedigger
MOVIE★ 4.1
Cement
2000
as Ninny
MOVIE★ 6.4
Ride with the Devil
1999
as Daniel Holt
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
1999
as Sidney Bechet
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920
1999
as Sidney Bechet
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Giraffe
1999
as Win
MOVIE★ 6.0
Celebrity
1998
as Greg
MOVIE★ 5.1
Too Tired to Die
1998
as Balzac Man
MOVIE★ 6.3
Critical Care
1997
as Rafael ("Bed Two")
MOVIE★ 6.6
Basquiat
1996
as Jean Michel Basquiat
MOVIE★ 5.5
Faithful
1996
as Young Man at Rolls
TV★ 7.3
New York Undercover
1994
as Andre Foreman
MOVIE★ 10.0
In the Wings: Angels in America On Broadway
1993
TV★ 8.1
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
as Hal Wilson
TV★ 6.5
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992
as Sidney Bechet
MOVIE★ 6.3
Jumpin' at the Boneyard
1991
as Derek
MOVIE★ 6.5
Separate but Equal
1991
as William Coleman
TV★ 6.0
Separate but Equal
1991
as William Coleman
MOVIE★ 6.8
Presumed Innocent
1990
as Prosecuting Attorney
TV★ 6.5
American Experience
1988
as Narrator (voice)
TV★ 5.6
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
TV★ 6.6
American Playhouse
1982
as Self
TV★ 7.0
The Oscars
1953
as Self
MOVIE
Death of a Salesman
—
as Willy Loman