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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1965-12-07 (59 years old)

Place of Birth

Washington, D.C., USA

Jeffrey Wright

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

Acting

2027

Untitled The Batman Sequel as Lt. James Gordon

2025

2024

Atrabilious as Vincent Daugherty
ARK: The Animated Series as Henry Townsend (voice)

2023

Rustin as Rep. Adam Clayton Powell
American Fiction as Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison
Asteroid City as General Gibson
Bill Russell: Legend as Bill Russell (voice)
Digman! as (voice)

2022

The Batman as Lt. James Gordon
Lincoln's Dilemma as Self - Narrator (voice)
I Am Groot as The Watcher (voice)

2021

Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special as The Watcher (voice) (archive footage)
Being James Bond as Self (archive footage)
Monster as Mr. Harmon
The French Dispatch as Roebuck Wright
No Time to Die as Felix Leiter
What If...? as The Watcher (voice)

2020

American Pathogen as Self - Narrator

2019

The Goldfinch as James 'Hobie' Hobart
The Laundromat as Malchus Irvin Boncamper
Green Eggs and Ham as McWinkle (voice)

2018

Age Out as Detective Portnoy
Hold the Dark as Russell Core
O.G. as Louis Menkins
Moynihan as Narrator (voice)
Game Night as FBI Agent Henderson (uncredited)

2017

Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait as Self (archive footage)
Unseen Enemy as Narrator (voice)

2016

Confirmation as Charles Ogletree
Westworld as Bernard Lowe

2015

The Gospel According to Mac as Narrator (voice)
The Good Dinosaur as Poppa (voice)

2014

BoJack Horseman as Cuddlywhiskers / Father (voice)
BoJack Horseman as Cuddlywhiskers (voice)

2013

Broken City as Carl Fairbanks
A Single Shot as Simon
Rick and Morty as Tony (voice)

2012

Bond on Location as Self / Felix Leiter

2011

The Ides of March as Senator Thompson
Source Code as Dr. Rutledge

2010

Boardwalk Empire as Valentin Narcisse

2008

W. as Colin Powell
Quantum of Solace as Felix Leiter
Chicago 10 as Bobby Seale (voice)
Cadillac Records as Muddy Waters

2007

The Invasion as Dr. Stephen Galeano
Blackout as Nelson
New Orleans as Narrator (voice)

2006

Lady in the Water as Mr. Dury
Casino Royale as Felix Leiter
Blood Diamonds as Narrator (voice)

2005

Syriana as Bennett Holiday
Broken Flowers as Winston
Lackawanna Blues as Mr. Paul
The True Story of Hannibal as Narrator (voice)

2004

The Manchurian Candidate as CPL Al Melvin
With All Deliberate Speed as Narrator (Voice)
House as Dr. Walter Cofield

2003

Sam Cooke: Legend as Narrator (voice)
Angels in America as Norman "Belize" Ariaga / Mr. Lies / Homeless man / The Angel Europa

2002

D-Tox as Jaworski
The Topdog Diaries as Self / Lincoln

2001

Ali as Howard Bingham
Boycott as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

2000

Shaft as Peoples Hernandez
Hamlet as Gravedigger
Cement as Ninny

1999

Ride with the Devil as Daniel Holt

1998

Celebrity as Greg
Too Tired to Die as Balzac Man

1997

Critical Care as Rafael ("Bed Two")

1996

Basquiat as Jean Michel Basquiat
Faithful as Young Man at Rolls

1994

New York Undercover as Andre Foreman

1993

1992

1991

Separate But Equal as William Coleman
Separate but Equal as William Coleman

1990

Presumed Innocent as Prosecuting Attorney

1988

LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
American Experience as Narrator (voice)

1953

The Oscars as Self

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Production

2018