Jeffrey Wright
Acting • Born 1965-12-07
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.
Filmography
134 credits
Syriana
Movie • 2005
Bennett Holiday
Broken Flowers
Movie • 2005
Winston
Shaft
Movie • 2000
Peoples Hernandez
Basquiat
Movie • 1996
Jean Michel Basquiat
W.
Movie • 2008
Colin Powell
The Ides of March
Movie • 2011
Senator Thompson
Hamlet
Movie • 2000
Gravedigger
Quantum of Solace
Movie • 2008
Felix Leiter
The Invasion
Movie • 2007
Dr. Stephen Galeano
Rustin
Movie • 2023
Rep. Adam Clayton Powell
Ride with the Devil
Movie • 1999
Daniel Holt
Ali
Movie • 2001
Howard Bingham
Lady in the Water
Movie • 2006
Mr. Dury
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
Movie • 2021
The Watcher (voice) (archive footage)
Chicago 10
Movie • 2008
Bobby Seale (voice)
The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire
Movie • 2014
Self
Casino Royale
Movie • 2006
Felix Leiter
The Manchurian Candidate
Movie • 2004
CPL Al Melvin
Cadillac Records
Movie • 2008
Muddy Waters
Source Code
Movie • 2011
Dr. Rutledge
Blackout
Movie • 2007
Nelson
The Gospel According to Mac
Movie • 2015
Narrator (voice)
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches
Movie • 2022
Self
Broken City
Movie • 2013
Carl Fairbanks
Only Lovers Left Alive
Movie • 2013
Dr. Watson
Lackawanna Blues
Movie • 2005
Mr. Paul
A Single Shot
Movie • 2013
Simon
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete
Movie • 2013
Henry
Cement
Movie • 2000
Ninny
With All Deliberate Speed
Movie • 2004
Narrator (Voice)
Atrabilious
Movie • 2024
Vincent Daugherty
Boycott
Movie • 2001
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Sam Cooke: Legend
Movie • 2003
Narrator (voice)
D-Tox
Movie • 2002
Jaworski
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Movie • 2011
William Black
Jumpin' at the Boneyard
Movie • 1991
Derek
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Movie • 2014
Beetee Latier
Faithful
Movie • 1996
Young Man at Rolls
A Child's Garden of Poetry
Movie • 2011
Self (voice)
Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
Movie • 2006
Self
Celebrity
Movie • 1998
Greg
Critical Care
Movie • 1997
Rafael ("Bed Two")
Too Tired to Die
Movie • 1998
Balzac Man
Sin's Kitchen
Movie • 2004
Rex
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Movie • 2013
Beetee Latier
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Movie • 2015
Beetee Latier
The Good Dinosaur
Movie • 2015
Poppa (voice)
Untitled The Batman Sequel
Movie • 2027
Lt. James Gordon
American Fiction
Movie • 2023
Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison
Highest 2 Lowest
Movie • 2025
Paul Christopher
American Pathogen
Movie • 2020
Self - Narrator
Confirmation
Movie • 2016
Charles Ogletree
Presumed Innocent
Movie • 1990
Prosecuting Attorney
Separate But Equal
Movie • 1991
William Coleman
Age Out
Movie • 2018
Detective Portnoy
Mass Extinction: Life at the Brink
Movie • 2014
Narrator (voice)
Hold the Dark
Movie • 2018
Russell Core
The Public
Movie • 2019
Anderson
Unseen Enemy
Movie • 2017
Narrator (voice)
Crime + Punishment in Suburbia
Movie • 2000
Chris
Blood Diamonds
Movie • 2006
Narrator (voice)
Monster
Movie • 2021
Mr. Harmon
The Goldfinch
Movie • 2019
James 'Hobie' Hobart
O.G.
Movie • 2018
Louis Menkins
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
Movie • 1999
Sidney Bechet
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920
Movie • 1999
Sidney Bechet
In the Wings: Angels in America On Broadway
Movie • 1993
All Day and a Night
Movie • 2020
JD
Moynihan
Movie • 2018
Narrator (voice)
Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook
Movie • 2019
Narrator (voice)
The Laundromat
Movie • 2019
Malchus Irvin Boncamper
We Are Not Done Yet
Movie • 2018
Self
New Orleans
Movie • 2007
Narrator (voice)
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Movie • 2021
Roebuck Wright
No Time to Die
Movie • 2021
Felix Leiter
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Movie • 2004
Other Voices (voice)
The Topdog Diaries
Movie • 2002
Self / Lincoln
The Batman
Movie • 2022
Lt. James Gordon
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Movie • 2015
Self - Beetee
Game Night
Movie • 2018
FBI Agent Henderson (uncredited)
The Oedipus Project
Movie • 2020
Tiresias
The True Story of Hannibal
Movie • 2005
Narrator (voice)
Marvel Studios: Expanding the Universe
Movie • 2019
Self
Becoming Bond
Movie • 2006
Self
Bond on Location
Movie • 2012
Self / Felix Leiter
Asteroid City
Movie • 2023
General Gibson
The Wizard of the Kremlin
Movie • 2026
Rowland
The Phoenician Scheme
Movie • 2025
Marty
Say Hey, Willie Mays!
Movie • 2022
Jackie Robinson (voice)
Hero With A Thousand Faces
Movie • 2016
Self
Death of a Salesman
Movie
Willy Loman
Forgotten Four: The Integration of Pro Football
Movie • 2014
Narrator (voice)
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Movie • 2025
Bp. Langstrom
Samo Lives
Movie
W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause
Movie • 2026
Self
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
TV • 1992
Sidney Bechet
Finding Your Roots
TV • 2012
Self
Homicide: Life on the Street
TV • 1993
Hal Wilson
ARK: The Animated Series
TV • 2024
Henry Townsend (voice)
Angels in America
TV • 2003
Norman "Belize" Ariaga / Mr. Lies / Homeless man / The Angel Europa
Bill Russell: Legend
TV • 2023
Bill Russell (voice)
Rick and Morty
TV • 2013
Tony (voice)
Westworld
TV • 2016
Bernard Lowe
Digman!
TV • 2023
(voice)
Marvel Studios Assembled
TV • 2021
Self
Lincoln's Dilemma
TV • 2022
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self
I Am Groot
TV • 2022
The Watcher (voice)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
Green Eggs and Ham
TV • 2019
McWinkle (voice)
American Experience
TV • 1988
Narrator (voice)
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV • 2022
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
TV • 2023
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
New York Undercover
TV • 1994
Andre Foreman
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV • 2014
Self
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
What If...?
TV • 2021
The Watcher (voice)
House
TV • 2004
Dr. Walter Cofield
BoJack Horseman
TV • 2014
Cuddlywhiskers (voice)
BoJack Horseman
TV • 2014
Cuddlywhiskers / Father (voice)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV • 2015
Self
Boardwalk Empire
TV • 2010
Valentin Narcisse
The Agency: Central Intelligence
TV • 2024
Henry Ogletree
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV • 2022
Self
Separate but Equal
TV • 1991
William Coleman
The Last of Us
TV • 2023
Isaac Dixon
The Venture Bros.
TV • 2004
Think Tank / Dr. Nidaba (voice)
Chelsea Lately
TV • 2007
Self
Digman!
TV • 2023
Uncle Christ (voice)
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
Batman: The Audio Adventures
TV • 2021
Bruce Wayne/Batman