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Jeffrey Wright

Actor

Jeffrey Wright

Born December 7, 1965 in Washington, D.C., USA67 films

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.

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The Batman posterFirst watchThe Batman20227.7as Lt. James GordonIn 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.View film

Essential films

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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire poster7.4The Hunger Games: Catching Fire2013Casino Royale poster7.6Casino Royale2006Source Code poster7.3Source Code2011The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 poster6.8The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 12014The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 poster6.9The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 22015No Time to Die poster7.3No Time to Die2021Game Night poster6.8Game Night2018The Good Dinosaur poster6.8The Good Dinosaur2015

Filmography

67 films as actor
  1. TBADeath of a SalesmanWilly Loman
  2. 2028The Batman: Part IILt. James Gordon
  3. 2026Samo Lives
  4. 2026The Wizard of the KremlinRowland
  5. 2025Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out MysteryBp. Langstrom
  6. 2025Highest 2 LowestPaul Christopher
  7. 2025The Phoenician SchemeMarty
  8. 2024AtrabiliousVincent Daugherty
  9. 2023American FictionThelonious 'Monk' Ellison
  10. 2023RustinRep. Adam Clayton Powell
  11. 2023Asteroid CityGeneral Gibson
  12. 2022The BatmanLt. James Gordon
  13. 2021The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening SunRoebuck Wright
  14. 2021No Time to DieFelix Leiter
  15. 2021MonsterMr. Harmon
  16. 2020The Oedipus ProjectTiresias
  17. 2020All Day and a NightJD
  18. 2019The LaundromatMalchus Irvin Boncamper
  19. 2019The GoldfinchJames 'Hobie' Hobart
  20. 2019The PublicAnderson
  21. 2018Hold the DarkRussell Core
  22. 2018Age OutDetective Portnoy
  23. 2018O.G.Louis Menkins
  24. 2018Game NightFBI Agent Henderson (uncredited)
  25. 2016ConfirmationCharles Ogletree
  26. 2015The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2Beetee Latier
  27. 2015The Good DinosaurPoppa (voice)
  28. 2014The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1Beetee Latier
  29. 2013Only Lovers Left AliveDr. Watson
  30. 2013The Hunger Games: Catching FireBeetee Latier
  31. 2013The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & PeteHenry
  32. 2013A Single ShotSimon
  33. 2013Broken CityCarl Fairbanks
  34. 2011Extremely Loud & Incredibly CloseWilliam Black
  35. 2011The Ides of MarchSenator Thompson
  36. 2011Source CodeDr. Rutledge
  37. 2008Cadillac RecordsMuddy Waters
  38. 2008Quantum of SolaceFelix Leiter
  39. 2008W.Colin Powell
  40. 2007BlackoutNelson
  41. 2007The InvasionDr. Stephen Galeano
  42. 2006Casino RoyaleFelix Leiter
  43. 2006Lady in the WaterMr. Dury
  44. 2005SyrianaBennett Holiday
  45. 2005Broken FlowersWinston
  46. 2005Lackawanna BluesMr. Paul
  47. 2004The Manchurian CandidateCPL Al Melvin
  48. 2004Sin's KitchenRex
  49. 2002D-ToxJaworski
  50. 2001AliHoward Bingham
  51. 2001BoycottDr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
  52. 2000Crime + Punishment in SuburbiaChris
  53. 2000ShaftPeoples Hernandez
  54. 2000HamletGravedigger
  55. 2000CementNinny
  56. 1999Ride with the DevilDaniel Holt
  57. 1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the BluesSidney Bechet
  58. 1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920Sidney Bechet
  59. 1999The GiraffeWin
  60. 1998CelebrityGreg
  61. 1998Too Tired to DieBalzac Man
  62. 1997Critical CareRafael ("Bed Two")
  63. 1996BasquiatJean Michel Basquiat
  64. 1996FaithfulYoung Man at Rolls
  65. 1991Jumpin' at the BoneyardDerek
  66. 1991Separate but EqualWilliam Coleman
  67. 1990Presumed InnocentProsecuting Attorney