Jeffrey Wright
Known for acting · Born 7 December 1965 · 60 · Washington, D.C., USA
136 credits
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
Westworld
2016
The Batman
2022
The Good Dinosaur
2015
What If...?
2021
Casino Royale
2006
Syriana
2005
Lady in the Water
2006
Shaft
2000
Source Code
2011
American Fiction
2023
Boardwalk Empire
2010
Hold the Dark
2018
Acting (135)
2028The Batman: Part IILt. James GordonFilm
2026The Wizard of the KremlinRowlandFilm
2026W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a CauseSelfFilm
2026Samo LivesFilm
2025Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out MysteryBp. LangstromFilm
2025The Phoenician SchemeMartyFilm
2025Highest 2 LowestPaul ChristopherFilm
2024The AgencyHenry Ogletree · 20 episodesSeries
2024ARK: The Animated SeriesHenry Townsend (voice) · 14 episodesSeries
2024AtrabiliousVincent DaughertyFilm
2023The Last of UsIsaac Dixon · 2 episodesSeries
2023Asteroid CityGeneral GibsonFilm
2023American FictionThelonious 'Monk' EllisonFilm
2023RustinRep. Adam Clayton PowellFilm
2023Digman!(voice), Uncle Christ (voice)Series
2023Bill Russell: LegendBill Russell (voice) · 2 episodesSeries
2023Off Script with The Hollywood ReporterSelf · 2 episodesSeries
2022The BatmanLt. James GordonFilm
2022I Am GrootThe Watcher (voice)Series
2022The Jennifer Hudson Show, SelfSeries
2022Lincoln's DilemmaSelf - Narrator (voice) · 4 episodesSeries
2022Say Hey, Willie Mays!Jackie Robinson (voice)Film
2022Frederick Douglass: In Five SpeechesSelfFilm
2021No Time to DieFelix LeiterFilm
2021What If...?The Watcher (voice) · 26 episodesSeries
2021The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening SunRoebuck WrightFilm
2021Marvel Studios AssembledSelfSeries
2021MonsterMr. HarmonFilm
2021Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day SpecialThe Watcher (voice) (archive footage)Film
2020All Day and a NightJDFilm
2020The Oedipus ProjectTiresiasFilm
2020American PathogenSelf - NarratorFilm
2019The LaundromatMalchus Irvin BoncamperFilm
2019The GoldfinchJames 'Hobie' HobartFilm
2019The PublicAndersonFilm
2019The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelf · 2 episodesSeries
2019Green Eggs and HamMcWinkle (voice) · 13 episodesSeries
2019Marvel Studios: Expanding the UniverseSelfFilm
2019Rigged: The Voter Suppression PlaybookNarrator (voice)Film
2018Game NightFBI Agent Henderson (uncredited)Film
2018Hold the DarkRussell CoreFilm
2018O.G.Louis MenkinsFilm
2018Age OutDetective PortnoyFilm
2018We Are Not Done YetSelfFilm
2018MoynihanNarrator (voice)Film
2017Unseen EnemyNarrator (voice)Film
2017SteveSelfSeries
2016WestworldBernard Lowe · 36 episodesSeries
2016ConfirmationCharles OgletreeFilm
2016Hero With A Thousand FacesSelfFilm
2015The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2Beetee LatierFilm
2015The Good DinosaurPoppa (voice)Film
2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - Guest · 2 episodesSeries
2015The Late Late Show with James CordenSelf - GuestSeries
2015The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1Self - BeeteeFilm
2015Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSelfSeries
2015The Gospel According to MacNarrator (voice)Film
2014The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1Beetee LatierFilm
2014BoJack HorsemanCuddlywhiskers / Father (voice), Cuddlywhiskers (voice) · 2 episodesSeries
2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf - Guest · 2 episodesSeries
2014Variety Studio: Actors on ActorsSelfSeries
2014Mass Extinction: Life at the BrinkNarrator (voice)Film
2014Forgotten Four: The Integration of Pro FootballNarrator (voice)Film
2014The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk EmpireSelfFilm
2013The Hunger Games: Catching FireBeetee LatierFilm
2013Rick and MortyTony (voice)Series
2013Only Lovers Left AliveDr. WatsonFilm
2013Broken CityCarl FairbanksFilm
2013A Single ShotSimonFilm
2013The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & PeteHenryFilm
2012Finding Your RootsSelfSeries
2012Bond on LocationSelf / Felix LeiterFilm
2011Source CodeDr. RutledgeFilm
2011The Ides of MarchSenator ThompsonFilm
2011Extremely Loud & Incredibly CloseWilliam BlackFilm
2011A Child's Garden of PoetrySelf (voice)Film
2010Boardwalk EmpireValentin Narcisse · 20 episodesSeries
2008Quantum of SolaceFelix LeiterFilm
2008W.Colin PowellFilm
2008Cadillac RecordsMuddy WatersFilm
2008Chicago 10Bobby Seale (voice)Film
2007The InvasionDr. Stephen GaleanoFilm
2007Chelsea LatelySelfSeries
2007BlackoutNelsonFilm
2007CNN HeroesSelf - GuestSeries
2007New OrleansNarrator (voice)Film
2006Casino RoyaleFelix LeiterFilm
2006Lady in the WaterMr. DuryFilm
2006Blood DiamondsNarrator (voice)Film
2006Becoming BondSelfFilm
2006Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony KushnerSelfFilm
2005SyrianaBennett HolidayFilm
2005Broken FlowersWinstonFilm
2005Lackawanna BluesMr. PaulFilm
2005The True Story of HannibalNarrator (voice)Film
2004HouseDr. Walter CofieldSeries
2004The Manchurian CandidateCPL Al MelvinFilm
2004The Venture Bros.Think Tank / Dr. Nidaba (voice)Series
2004Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack JohnsonOther Voices (voice)Film
2004Sin's KitchenRexFilm
2004With All Deliberate SpeedNarrator (Voice)Film
2003Angels in AmericaNorman 'Belize' Ariaga / Mr. Lies / Homeless man / The Angel Europa · 6 episodesSeries
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!SelfSeries
2003Sam Cooke: LegendNarrator (voice)Film
2002D-ToxJaworskiFilm
2002The Topdog DiariesSelf / LincolnFilm
2001AliHoward BinghamFilm
2001BoycottDr. Martin Luther King, Jr.Film
2001The Making of 'Ali'SelfFilm
2000ShaftPeoples HernandezFilm
2000HamletGravediggerFilm
2000Crime + Punishment in SuburbiaChrisFilm
2000CementNinnyFilm
1999Ride with the DevilDaniel HoltFilm
1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the BluesSidney BechetFilm
1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920Sidney BechetFilm
1999The GiraffeWinFilm
1998CelebrityGregFilm
1998Too Tired to DieBalzac ManFilm
1997Critical CareRafael ("Bed Two")Film
1996BasquiatJean Michel BasquiatFilm
1996FaithfulYoung Man at RollsFilm
1994New York UndercoverAndre ForemanSeries
1993Homicide: Life on the StreetHal Wilson · 3 episodesSeries
1993In the Wings: Angels in America On BroadwayFilm
1992The Young Indiana Jones ChroniclesSidney Bechet · 2 episodesSeries
1991Jumpin' at the BoneyardDerekFilm
1991Separate but EqualWilliam ColemanFilm
1991Separate but EqualWilliam Coleman · 2 episodesSeries
1990Presumed InnocentProsecuting AttorneyFilm
1988LIVE with Kelly and MarkSelf - Guest · 3 episodesSeries
1988American ExperienceNarrator (voice)Series
1982American PlayhouseSelfSeries
1953The OscarsSelfSeries
—Death of a SalesmanWilly LomanFilm
Production (1)
2018We Are Not Done YetProducerFilm