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

Rick and Morty

Westworld

House

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Agency

The Jennifer Hudson Show

All Movies (97)

• The Batman: Part II2027 · as Lt. James Gordon
• Samo Lives2026
• W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause2026 · as Self
• The Wizard of the Kremlin2026 · as Rowland
• Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery2025 · as Bp. Langstrom
• Highest 2 Lowest2025 · as Paul Christopher
• The Phoenician Scheme2025 · as Marty
• Atrabilious2024 · as Vincent Daugherty
• American Fiction2023 · as Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison
• Rustin2023 · as Rep. Adam Clayton Powell
• Asteroid City2023 · as General Gibson
• Say Hey, Willie Mays!2022 · as Jackie Robinson (voice)
• The Batman2022 · as Lt. James Gordon
• Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches2022 · as Self
• Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special2021 · as The Watcher (voice) (archive footage)
• The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun2021 · as Roebuck Wright
• No Time to Die2021 · as Felix Leiter
• Monster2021 · as Mr. Harmon
• American Pathogen2020 · as Self - Narrator
• The Oedipus Project2020 · as Tiresias
• All Day and a Night2020 · as JD
• Marvel Studios: Expanding the Universe2019 · as Self
• The Laundromat2019 · as Malchus Irvin Boncamper
• The Goldfinch2019 · as James 'Hobie' Hobart
• The Public2019 · as Anderson
• Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook2019 · as Narrator (voice)
• We Are Not Done Yet2018 · as Self
• Moynihan2018 · as Narrator (voice)
• Hold the Dark2018 · as Russell Core
• Age Out2018 · as Detective Portnoy
• O.G.2018 · as Louis Menkins
• Game Night2018 · as FBI Agent Henderson (uncredited)
• Unseen Enemy2017 · as Narrator (voice)
• Hero With A Thousand Faces2016 · as Self
• Confirmation2016 · as Charles Ogletree
• The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 22015 · as Beetee Latier
• The Good Dinosaur2015 · as Poppa (voice)
• The Gospel According to Mac2015 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 12015 · as Self - Beetee
• Mass Extinction: Life at the Brink2014 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 12014 · as Beetee Latier
• The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire2014 · as Self
• Forgotten Four: The Integration of Pro Football2014 · as Narrator (voice)
• Only Lovers Left Alive2013 · as Dr. Watson
• The Hunger Games: Catching Fire2013 · as Beetee Latier
• The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete2013 · as Henry
• A Single Shot2013 · as Simon
• Broken City2013 · as Carl Fairbanks
• Bond on Location2012 · as Self / Felix Leiter
• Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close2011 · as William Black
• The Ides of March2011 · as Senator Thompson
• A Child's Garden of Poetry2011 · as Self (voice)
• Source Code2011 · as Dr. Rutledge
• Cadillac Records2008 · as Muddy Waters
• Quantum of Solace2008 · as Felix Leiter
• W.2008 · as Colin Powell
• Chicago 102008 · as Bobby Seale (voice)
• Blackout2007 · as Nelson
• The Invasion2007 · as Dr. Stephen Galeano
• New Orleans2007 · as Narrator (voice)
• Blood Diamonds2006 · as Narrator (voice)
• Casino Royale2006 · as Felix Leiter
• Becoming Bond2006 · as Self
• Lady in the Water2006 · as Mr. Dury
• Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner2006 · as Self
• Syriana2005 · as Bennett Holiday
• Broken Flowers2005 · as Winston
• Lackawanna Blues2005 · as Mr. Paul
• The True Story of Hannibal2005 · as Narrator (voice)
• Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson2004 · as Other Voices (voice)
• The Manchurian Candidate2004 · as CPL Al Melvin
• Sin's Kitchen2004 · as Rex
• With All Deliberate Speed2004 · as Narrator (Voice)
• Sam Cooke: Legend2003 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Topdog Diaries2002 · as Self / Lincoln
• D-Tox2002 · as Jaworski
• The Making of 'Ali'2001 · as Self
• Ali2001 · as Howard Bingham
• Boycott2001 · as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Crime + Punishment in Suburbia2000 · as Chris
• Shaft2000 · as Peoples Hernandez
• Hamlet2000 · as Gravedigger
• Cement2000 · as Ninny
• Ride with the Devil1999 · as Daniel Holt
• The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues1999 · as Sidney Bechet
• The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 19201999 · as Sidney Bechet
• The Giraffe1999 · as Win
• Celebrity1998 · as Greg
• Too Tired to Die1998 · as Balzac Man
• Critical Care1997 · as Rafael ("Bed Two")
• Basquiat1996 · as Jean Michel Basquiat
• Faithful1996 · as Young Man at Rolls
• In the Wings: Angels in America On Broadway1993
• Jumpin' at the Boneyard1991 · as Derek
• Separate But Equal1991 · as William Coleman
• Presumed Innocent1990 · as Prosecuting Attorney
• Death of a Salesman— · as Willy Loman

All TV Shows (40)

• The Agency2024 · as Henry Ogletree
• ARK: The Animated Series2024 · as Henry Townsend (voice)
• Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter2023 · as Self
• Digman!2023 · as (voice)
• Digman!2023 · as Uncle Christ (voice)
• Bill Russell: Legend2023 · as Bill Russell (voice)
• The Last of Us2023 · as Isaac Dixon
• The Jennifer Hudson Show2022
• The Jennifer Hudson Show2022 · as Self
• I Am Groot2022 · as The Watcher (voice)
• Lincoln's Dilemma2022 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• What If...?2021 · as The Watcher (voice)
• Marvel Studios Assembled2021 · as Self
• Green Eggs and Ham2019 · as McWinkle (voice)
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• Steve2017 · as Self
• Westworld2016 · as Bernard Lowe
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter2015 · as Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden2015 · as Self - Guest
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
• BoJack Horseman2014 · as Cuddlywhiskers / Father (voice)
• BoJack Horseman2014 · as Cuddlywhiskers (voice)
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
• Rick and Morty2013 · as Tony (voice)
• Finding Your Roots2012 · as Self
• Boardwalk Empire2010 · as Valentin Narcisse
• CNN Heroes2007 · as Self - Guest
• Chelsea Lately2007 · as Self
• House2004 · as Dr. Walter Cofield
• The Venture Bros.2004 · as Think Tank / Dr. Nidaba (voice)
• Angels in America2003 · as Norman 'Belize' Ariaga / Mr. Lies / Homeless man / The Angel Europa
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
• New York Undercover1994 · as Andre Foreman
• Homicide: Life on the Street1993 · as Hal Wilson
• The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles1992 · as Sidney Bechet
• Separate but Equal1991 · as William Coleman
• American Experience1988 · as Narrator (voice)
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
• The Oscars1953 · as Self