Jeffrey Wright

58 · Born: Dec 7, 1965

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Born Dec 7, 1965 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.

Career

acting

2025

The Batman Part II

The Batman Part II as Lt. James Gordon

2024

Atrabilious as Vincent Daugherty

Ark: The Animated Series

Ark: The Animated Series as Henry Townsend (voice)

2023

American Fiction

American Fiction as Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison

Asteroid City as General Grif Gibson

Rustin as Rep. Adam Clayton Powell Jr.

Untitled Bill Russell/Netflix Documentary

Untitled Bill Russell/Netflix Documentary as Bill Russell (voice)

Digman! as (voice)

2022

Say Hey, Willie Mays!

Say Hey, Willie Mays! as Jackie Robinson

Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

The Batman as Lt. James Gordon

2021

Monster as Mr. Harmon

No Time to Die as Felix Leiter

The French Dispatch

The French Dispatch as Roebuck Wright

What If...? as The Watcher (voice)

2020

All Day and a Night

All Day and a Night as JD

2019

The Laundromat as Malchus Irvin Boncamper

The Goldfinch as James 'Hobie' Hobart

Green Eggs and Ham

Green Eggs and Ham as McWinkle (voice)

Rick and Morty as Tony (voice)

2018

Hold the Dark as Russell Core

Moynihan as Narrator (voice)

Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook

Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook as Narrator

Friday's Child as Detective Portnoy

O.G. as Louis Menkins

2016

Running for His Life: The Lawrence Phillips Story

Running for His Life: The Lawrence Phillips Story as Narrator

Confirmation as Charles Ogletree

Westworld as Bernard Lowe

2015

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 as Beetee

The Good Dinosaur

The Good Dinosaur as Poppa (voice)

2014

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 as Beetee

Forgotten Four: The Integration of Pro Football

Forgotten Four: The Integration of Pro Football as Narrator

Mass Extinction: Life at the Brink

Mass Extinction: Life at the Brink as Narrator

Boardwalk Empire

Boardwalk Empire as Valentin Narcisse

2013

A Single Shot as Simon

Broken City as Carl Fairbanks

The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete

The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete as Henry

Only Lovers Left Alive

Only Lovers Left Alive as Dr. Watson

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire as Beetee

2012

Bond on Location

Bond on Location

2011

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close as William Black

Source Code as Dr. Rutledge

A Child's Garden of Poetry

A Child's Garden of Poetry

The Ides of March

The Ides of March as Senator Thompson

House M.D. as Dr. Walter Cofield

2008

Quantum of Solace

Quantum of Solace as Felix Leiter

Cadillac Records

Cadillac Records as Muddy Waters

W. as Colin Powell

2007

Blackout as Nelson

The Invasion as Dr. Stephen Galeano

Chicago 10 as Bobby Seale (voice)

2006

Blood Diamonds as Narrator

Casino Royale as Felix Leiter

Lady in the Water

Lady in the Water as Mr. Dury

2005

Syriana as Bennett Holiday

Broken Flowers as Winston

2004

The Manchurian Candidate

The Manchurian Candidate as CPL Al Melvin

With All Deliberate Speed

With All Deliberate Speed as Narrator (Voice)

2003

VH1 Legends as Narrator

Angels in America

Angels in America as Norman "Belize" Ariaga / Mr. Lies / Homeless man / The Angel Europa

2002

D-Tox as Jaworski

2001

Boycott as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Ali as Howard Bingham

2000

Cement as Ninny

Shaft as Peoples Hernandez

Crime + Punishment in Suburbia

Crime + Punishment in Suburbia as Chris

1999

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles as Sidney Bechet

Ride with the Devil

Ride with the Devil as Daniel Holt

1998

Too Tired to Die

Too Tired to Die as Balzac Man

The Giraffe as Win

1997

Critical Care as Rafael ("Bed Two")

1996

Basquiat as Jean-Michel Basquiat

Faithful as Young Man at Rolls

1993

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles as Sidney Bechet

1991

Jumpin' at the Boneyard

Jumpin' at the Boneyard as Derek

appearances

2022

Lincoln's Dilemma

Lincoln's Dilemma

2021

Marvel Studios: Assembled

Marvel Studios: Assembled

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2018

We Are Not Done Yet

We Are Not Done Yet

2017

Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait

Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait

Close Up with the Hollywood Reporter

Close Up with the Hollywood Reporter

2016

Hero with a Thousand Faces

Hero with a Thousand Faces

2015

The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1

The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1

2008

Classical Baby (I'm Grown Up Now): The Poetry Show

Classical Baby (I'm Grown Up Now): The Poetry Show

2002

Stage on Screen: The Topdog Diaries

Stage on Screen: The Topdog Diaries