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Jeffrey Wright

Film Producer / Actor | * 12/07/1965 (58) | Washington, D.C. (United States of America (USA))
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Jeffrey Wright (born December 7, 1965) is an American actor. He has received numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Tony Award, and a Golden Globe Award, in addition to a nomination for an Academy Award. Wright began his career in theater where he gained prominence for his role in the Broadway production of Tony Kushner's Angels in America (1993), for which he won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. He reprised his role in the acclaimed 2003 HBO miniseries adaptation, earning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. His first starring film role was as Jean-Michel Basquiat in Basquiat (1996). His other notable films include Shaft (2000), Syriana (2005), Lady in the Water (2006), Cadillac Records (2008), ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Documentaries | Thriller

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Thelonious “Monk” Ellison's writing career has stalled because his work isn’t deemed “Black enough.” Monk, a writer and English professor, writes a satirical novel under a pseudonym, aiming ...

American Fiction

R

2023 | 3.6/5 | 1h 57min
Comedy, Drama
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As the devoutly single Don Johnston is dumped by his latest girlfriend, he receives an anonymous pink letter informing him that he has a son who may be looking for him. ...

Broken Flowers

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2005 | 3.5/5 | 1h 46min
Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance / Love
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The staff of an American magazine based in France puts out its last issue, with stories featuring an artist sentenced to life imprisonment, student riots, and a kidnapping resolved by a chef. ...

The French Dispatch

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2021 | 3.6/5 | 1h 43min
Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
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In his second year of fighting crime, Batman uncovers corruption in Gotham City that connects to his own family while facing a serial killer known as the Riddler. ...

The Batman

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2022 | 3.9/5 | 2h 55min
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
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Awards & Nominations for Jeffrey Wright

Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play Black Reel Award for Best Supporting Actor Black Reel Award for Best Ensemble Honorary Doctor of The University of Pennsylvania Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
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Movies with Jeffrey Wright as Actor(82)

as Vincent Daugherty2024 Atrabilious
as General Grif Gibson2023 Asteroid City
as Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison2023 American Fiction
2023 Rustin
as himself2022 Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches
as Lt. James Gordon2022 The Batman
as himself2022 Vengeance in the Making
as Mr. Harmon2021 Monster
as The Watcher (voice) (archive footage)2021 Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
as Felix Leiter2021 No Time to Die
as Roebuck Wright2021 The French Dispatch
as Self (archive footage)2021 Being James Bond
as Self - Narrator2020 American Pathogen
as JD2020 All Day and a Night
as himself2019 Marvel Studios: Expanding the Universe
as James 'Hobie' Hobart2019 The Goldfinch
as Malchus Irvin Boncamper2019 The Laundromat
2019 The Public
as FBI Agent Henderson2018 Game Night
as himself2018 We Are Not Done Yet
as Narrator2018 Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook
as Russell Core2018 Hold the Dark
as Detective Portnoy2018 Age Out
as Louis Menkins2018 O.G.
as Narrator (voice)2018 Moynihan
as Himself - Narrator2017 Unseen Enemy
as Self (archive footage)2017 Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
as Charles Ogletree2016 Confirmation
as himself2015 The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
as Beetee2015 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
as Narrator (voice)2015 The Gospel According to Mac
as Poppa (voice)2015 The Good Dinosaur
as Beetee2014 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
as Narrator2014 Mass Extinction: Life at the Brink
as Beetee2013 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
as Henry2013 The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete
as Simon2013 A Single Shot
as Carl Fairbanks2013 Broken City
as Dr. Watson2013 Only Lovers Left Alive
2012 Bond on Location
as Dr. Rutledge2011 Source Code
2011 A Child's Garden of Poetry
as Senator Thompson2011 The Ides of March
as William Black2011 Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
as Colin Powell2008 W.
as Muddy Waters2008 Cadillac Records
as Felix Leiter2008 Quantum of Solace
as Dr. Stephen Galeano2007 The Invasion
as Narrator2007 New Orleans
as Bobby Seale (voice)2007 Chicago 10
as Nelson2007 Blackout
as Narrator2006 Blood Diamonds
as Mr. Dury2006 Lady in the Water
as himself2006 Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
as Felix Leiter2006 Casino Royale
as himself2006 Becoming Bond
2005 The True Story of Hannibal
as Bennett Holiday2005 Syriana
as Winston2005 Broken Flowers
as Mr. Paul2005 Lackawanna Blues
as CPL Al Melvin2004 The Manchurian Candidate
as Narrator (Voice)2004 With All Deliberate Speed
as Other Voices (voice)2004 Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Narrator2003 Sam Cooke: Legend
as Jaworski2002 D-Tox
as Himself / Lincoln2002 The Topdog Diaries
as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.2001 Boycott
as Howard Bingham2001 Ali
as Peoples Hernandez2000 Shaft
as Gravedigger2000 Hamlet
2000 Cement
as Chris2000 Crime + Punishment in Suburbia
as Daniel Holt1999 Ride with the Devil
as Sidney Bechet1999 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920
as Balzac Man1998 Too Tired to Die
as Greg1998 Celebrity
as Rafael ("Bed Two")1997 Critical Care
as Jean-Michel Basquiat1996 Basquiat
as Young Man at Rolls1996 Faithful
as Sidney Bechet1993 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
as Derek1991 Jumpin' at the Boneyard
as Prosecuting Attorney1990 Presumed Innocent

TV Shows/Series with Jeffrey Wright as Actor(20)

as Henry Townsend (voice)2024 ARK: The Animated Series
as Bill Russell (voice)2023 Bill Russell: Legend
as Narrator (voice)2022 Lincoln's Dilemma
as Uatu / The Watcher (voice)2021 What If...?
as himself2021 Marvel Studios Assembled
as McWinkle (voice)2019 Green Eggs and Ham
as Bernard Lowe2016 Westworld
as himself2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as himself2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Cuddlywhiskers (voice)2014 BoJack Horseman
as Cuddlywhiskers / Father (voice)2014 BoJack Horseman
as Tony (voice)2013 Rick and Morty
as himself2012 Finding Your Roots
as Valentin Narcisse2010 Boardwalk Empire
as Dr. Walter Cofield2004 House
as Andre Foreman1994 New York Undercover
1993 Homicide: Life on the Street
as Sidney Bechet1992 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
as Self - Guest1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Narrator (voice)1988 American Experience

Movies with Jeffrey Wright as Crew(1)

Production/Producer2018 We Are Not Done Yet

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Full Name: Jeffrey Wright
Born: Tuesday, 12/07 1965 (December) in Washington, D.C. (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 58 years + 139 days)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Amherst College, New York University, St. Albans School
Spouses (current/former): Carmen Ejogo
Children: Elijah Wright
Other names for Jeffrey Wright (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"제프리 라이트"
"Τζέφρι Ράιτ"
"Джеффри Райт"
"جفری رایت"
"杰弗里·怀特"
Jeffrey Wright frequently works together with these people:
Dan Harmon (25x, Crew)
Kari Wahlgren (24x, Actress)
Maurice LaMarche (20x, Actor)
Tom Kenny (19x, Actor)
Fred Tatasciore (17x, Actor)
Ryan Ridley (17x, Actor)
Justin Roiland (16x, Actor)
Patton Oswalt (13x, Actor)
David Kaye (13x, Actor)
Keith Ferguson (11x, Actor)
Adam Conover (11x, Actor)
Daniel Craig (8x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:2697, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/17/2024