Jeffrey Wright

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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

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Beetee Latier

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

Beetee Latier

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

Beetee Latier

The Batman

Lt. James Gordon

Casino Royale

Felix Leiter

Rick and Morty

Tony (voice)

Source Code

Dr. Rutledge

Quantum of Solace

Felix Leiter

Full Filmography

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

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