Acting · Washington, D.C., USA · Born December 7, 1965
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.
MovieThe Batman: Part II
2028
as Lt. James Gordon
MovieSamo Lives
2026
MovieThe Hunger Games Series
2026
as Beetee Latier
MovieW.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause
2026
as Self
MovieThe Wizard of the Kremlin
2026
as Rowland
MovieWake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
2025
as Bp. Langstrom
MovieHighest 2 Lowest
2025
as Paul Christopher
MovieThe Phoenician Scheme
2025
as Marty
TVThe Agency
2024
as Henry Ogletree
MovieAtrabilious
2024
as Vincent Daugherty
TVARK: The Animated Series
2024
as Henry Townsend (voice)
TVOff Script with The Hollywood Reporter
2023
as Self
MovieAmerican Fiction
2023
as Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison
MovieRustin
2023
as Rep. Adam Clayton Powell
MovieAsteroid City
2023
as General Gibson
TVDigman!
2023
as (voice)
TVBill Russell: Legend
2023
as Bill Russell (voice)
TVThe Last of Us
2023
as Isaac Dixon
MovieSay Hey, Willie Mays!
2022
as Jackie Robinson (voice)
TVThe Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
TVI Am Groot
2022
as The Watcher (voice)
MovieThe Batman
2022
as Lt. James Gordon
MovieFrederick Douglass: In Five Speeches
2022
as Self
TVLincoln's Dilemma
2022
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MovieMarvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
2021
as The Watcher (voice) (archive footage)
MovieThe French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
2021
as Roebuck Wright
MovieNo Time to Die
2021
as Felix Leiter
TVWhat If...?
2021
as The Watcher (voice)
MovieMonster
2021
as Mr. Harmon
TVMarvel Studios Assembled
2021
as Self
MovieAmerican Pathogen
2020
as Self - Narrator
MovieThe Oedipus Project
2020
as Tiresias
MovieAll Day and a Night
2020
as JD
MovieMarvel Studios: Expanding the Universe
2019
as Self
TVGreen Eggs and Ham
2019
as McWinkle (voice)
MovieThe Laundromat
2019
as Malchus Irvin Boncamper
MovieThe Goldfinch
2019
as James 'Hobie' Hobart
TVThe Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
MovieThe Public
2019
as Anderson
MovieRigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook
2019
as Narrator (voice)
MovieWe Are Not Done Yet
2018
as Self
MovieMoynihan
2018
as Narrator (voice)
MovieHold the Dark
2018
as Russell Core
MovieAge Out
2018
as Detective Portnoy
MovieO.G.
2018
as Louis Menkins
MovieGame Night
2018
as FBI Agent Henderson (uncredited)
MovieUnseen Enemy
2017
as Narrator (voice)
TVSteve
2017
as Self
MovieHero With A Thousand Faces
2016
as Self
TVWestworld
2016
as Bernard Lowe
MovieConfirmation
2016
as Charles Ogletree
MovieThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015
as Beetee Latier
MovieThe Good Dinosaur
2015
as Poppa (voice)
MovieThe Gospel According to Mac
2015
as Narrator (voice)
TVThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
TVClose Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
TVThe Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
as Self - Guest
MovieThe Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
2015
as Self - Beetee
TVVariety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
MovieMass Extinction: Life at the Brink
2014
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
2014
as Beetee Latier
MovieThe Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire
2014
as Self
MovieForgotten Four: The Integration of Pro Football
2014
as Narrator (voice)
TVBoJack Horseman
2014
as Cuddlywhiskers / Father (voice)
TVLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
MovieOnly Lovers Left Alive
2013
as Dr. Watson
TVRick and Morty
2013
as Tony (voice)
MovieThe Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013
as Beetee Latier
MovieThe Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete
2013
as Henry
MovieA Single Shot
2013
as Simon
MovieBroken City
2013
as Carl Fairbanks
MovieBond on Location
2012
as Self / Felix Leiter
TVFinding Your Roots
2012
as Self
MovieExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close
2011
as William Black
MovieThe Ides of March
2011
as Senator Thompson
MovieA Child's Garden of Poetry
2011
as Self (voice)
MovieSource Code
2011
as Dr. Rutledge
TVBoardwalk Empire
2010
as Valentin Narcisse
MovieCadillac Records
2008
as Muddy Waters
MovieQuantum of Solace
2008
as Felix Leiter
MovieW.
2008
as Colin Powell
MovieChicago 10
2008
as Bobby Seale (voice)
TVCNN Heroes
2007
as Self - Guest
MovieBlackout
2007
as Nelson
MovieThe Invasion
2007
as Dr. Stephen Galeano
TVChelsea Lately
2007
as Self
MovieNew Orleans
2007
as Narrator (voice)
MovieBlood Diamonds
2006
as Narrator (voice)
MovieCasino Royale
2006
as Felix Leiter
MovieBecoming Bond
2006
as Self
MovieLady in the Water
2006
as Mr. Dury
MovieWrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
2006
as Self
MovieSyriana
2005
as Bennett Holiday
MovieBroken Flowers
2005
as Winston
MovieLackawanna Blues
2005
as Mr. Paul
The True Story of Hannibal
2005
as Narrator (voice)
TVHouse
2004
as Dr. Walter Cofield
MovieUnforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
as Other Voices (voice)
TVThe Venture Bros.
2004
as Think Tank / Dr. Nidaba (voice)
MovieThe Manchurian Candidate
2004
as CPL Al Melvin
Sin's Kitchen
2004
as Rex
MovieWith All Deliberate Speed
2004
as Narrator (Voice)
TVAngels in America
2003
as Norman 'Belize' Ariaga / Mr. Lies / Homeless man / The Angel Europa
MovieSam Cooke: Legend
2003
as Narrator (voice)
TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
MovieThe Topdog Diaries
2002
as Self / Lincoln
MovieD-Tox
2002
as Jaworski
MovieThe Making of 'Ali'
2001
as Self
MovieAli
2001
as Howard Bingham
MovieBoycott
2001
as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
MovieCrime + Punishment in Suburbia
2000
as Chris
MovieShaft
2000
as Peoples Hernandez
MovieHamlet
2000
as Gravedigger
MovieCement
2000
as Ninny
MovieRide with the Devil
1999
as Daniel Holt
MovieThe Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
1999
as Sidney Bechet
MovieThe Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920
1999
as Sidney Bechet
MovieThe Giraffe
1999
as Win
MovieCelebrity
1998
as Greg
MovieToo Tired to Die
1998
as Balzac Man
MovieCritical Care
1997
as Rafael ("Bed Two")
MovieBasquiat
1996
as Jean Michel Basquiat
MovieFaithful
1996
as Young Man at Rolls
TVNew York Undercover
1994
as Andre Foreman
MovieIn the Wings: Angels in America On Broadway
1993
TVHomicide: Life on the Street
1993
as Hal Wilson
TVThe Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992
as Sidney Bechet
MovieJumpin' at the Boneyard
1991
as Derek
MovieSeparate but Equal
1991
as William Coleman
TVSeparate but Equal
1991
as William Coleman
MoviePresumed Innocent
1990
as Prosecuting Attorney
TVAmerican Experience
1988
as Narrator (voice)
TVLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Self
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
Death of a Salesman
as Willy Loman
