Jeffrey Wright

ActorProducer Dec 7 (age 60) Washington, D.C., USA 1988–2027 (39 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Beetee Latier

Film

The Batman

Lt. James Gordon

Film

Casino Royale

Felix Leiter

Film

Westworld

Bernard Lowe

Film

What If...?

The Watcher (voice)

Film

Source Code

Dr. Rutledge

Film

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

Beetee Latier

Film

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

Beetee Latier

Filmography

Acting (132)

Movies (94)

Untitled The Batman Sequel

2027 Upcoming

as Lt. James Gordon

Sep 30

The Wizard of the Kremlin

2026

as Rowland

6.4

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

2025

as Bp. Langstrom

7.2

The Phoenician Scheme

as Marty

Highest 2 Lowest

as Paul Christopher

Atrabilious

as Vincent Daugherty

Asteroid City

as General Gibson

American Fiction

as Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison

7.3

Rustin

2023

as Rep. Adam Clayton Powell

6.5

The Batman

2022

as Lt. James Gordon

7.7

Say Hey, Willie Mays!

2022

as Jackie Robinson (voice)

6.0

Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches

as Self

No Time to Die

as Felix Leiter

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

as Roebuck Wright

Monster

as Mr. Harmon

Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special

2021

as The Watcher (voice) (archive footage)

The Oedipus Project

as Tiresias

All Day and a Night

as JD

American Pathogen

as Self - Narrator

The Goldfinch

2019

as James 'Hobie' Hobart

7.1

The Laundromat

2019

as Malchus Irvin Boncamper

6.0

The Public

2019

as Anderson

6.5

Marvel Studios: Expanding the Universe

2019

as Self

5.9

Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook

2019

as Narrator (voice)

8.5

Game Night

2018

as FBI Agent Henderson (uncredited)

Hold the Dark

as Russell Core

O.G.

as Louis Menkins

Moynihan

as Narrator (voice)

Age Out

as Detective Portnoy

We Are Not Done Yet

as Self

Unseen Enemy

as Narrator (voice)

Hero With A Thousand Faces

as Self

Confirmation

as Charles Ogletree

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

as Beetee Latier

The Good Dinosaur

as Poppa (voice)

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

2015

as Self - Beetee

7.2

The Gospel According to Mac

2015

as Narrator (voice)

7.0

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

2014

as Beetee Latier

6.8

The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire

2014

as Self

Mass Extinction: Life at the Brink

2014

as Narrator (voice)

7.0

Forgotten Four: The Integration of Pro Football

2014

as Narrator (voice)

6.0

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

as Beetee Latier

Broken City

as Carl Fairbanks

Only Lovers Left Alive

as Dr. Watson

A Single Shot

as Simon

The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete

2013

as Henry

7.1

Bond on Location

2012

as Self / Felix Leiter

Source Code

as Dr. Rutledge

The Ides of March

as Senator Thompson

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

2011

as William Black

7.0

A Child's Garden of Poetry

as Self (voice)

Quantum of Solace

as Felix Leiter

Cadillac Records

as Muddy Waters

as Colin Powell

Chicago 10

as Bobby Seale (voice)

5.8

The Invasion

2007

as Dr. Stephen Galeano

Blackout

as Nelson

New Orleans

as Narrator (voice)

Casino Royale

as Felix Leiter

Lady in the Water

as Mr. Dury

Becoming Bond

as Self

Blood Diamonds

as Narrator (voice)

Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner

as Self

Syriana

as Bennett Holiday

Broken Flowers

as Winston

Lackawanna Blues

as Mr. Paul

The True Story of Hannibal

2005

as Narrator (voice)

6.7

The Manchurian Candidate

as CPL Al Melvin

Sin's Kitchen

as Rex

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

2004

as Other Voices (voice)

7.1

With All Deliberate Speed

as Narrator (Voice)

Sam Cooke: Legend

as Narrator (voice)

D-Tox

as Jaworski

The Topdog Diaries

as Self / Lincoln

Ali

2001

as Howard Bingham

6.8

Boycott

2001

as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Shaft

as Peoples Hernandez

Cement

as Ninny

Hamlet

as Gravedigger

Crime + Punishment in Suburbia

as Chris

Ride with the Devil

as Daniel Holt

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues

1999

as Sidney Bechet

5.7

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920

as Sidney Bechet

Celebrity

as Greg

Too Tired to Die

as Balzac Man

Critical Care

as Rafael ("Bed Two")

6.4

Basquiat

1996

as Jean Michel Basquiat

6.6

Faithful

1996

as Young Man at Rolls

5.2

In the Wings: Angels in America On Broadway

1993

Separate But Equal

1991

as William Coleman

6.5

Jumpin' at the Boneyard

1991

as Derek

6.3

Presumed Innocent

1990

as Prosecuting Attorney

6.8

Samo Lives

Death of a Salesman

as Willy Loman

Television (38)

The Agency: Central Intelligence

2024

as Henry Ogletree

7.1

ARK: The Animated Series

2024

as Henry Townsend (voice)

The Last of Us

as Isaac Dixon

Digman!

as (voice)

Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter

2023

as Self

4.0

Bill Russell: Legend

2023

as Bill Russell (voice)

7.2

The Jennifer Hudson Show

2022

5.6

I Am Groot

2022

as The Watcher (voice)

7.1

Lincoln's Dilemma

2022

as Self - Narrator (voice)

6.9

What If...?

2021

as The Watcher (voice)

8.1

Marvel Studios Assembled

2021

as Self

7.2

Batman: The Audio Adventures

2021

as Bruce Wayne/Batman

The Kelly Clarkson Show

as Self

Green Eggs and Ham

as McWinkle (voice)

Westworld

as Bernard Lowe

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

as Self

6.2

The Late Late Show with James Corden

2015

as Self - Guest

5.2

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

2015

as Self

6.2

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

as Self - Guest

5.2

BoJack Horseman

2014

as Cuddlywhiskers (voice)

8.5

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

as Self

Rick and Morty

as Tony (voice)

Finding Your Roots

as Self

Boardwalk Empire

as Valentin Narcisse

Chelsea Lately

as Self

America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions

2006

as Narrator (voice)

8.0

House

2004

as Dr. Walter Cofield

8.6

The Venture Bros.

2004

as Think Tank / Dr. Nidaba (voice)

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self

Angels in America

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

7.6

New York Undercover

1994

as Andre Foreman

7.1

Homicide: Life on the Street

1993

as Hal Wilson

8.1

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

as Sidney Bechet

Separate but Equal

as William Coleman

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self - Guest

American Experience

as Narrator (voice)

Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

The Oscars

as Self

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

We Are Not Done Yet

2018

Producer

6.9