Jeffrey Wright
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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.
Known for
Credits
The Batman (2022)
as Lt. James Gordon
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)
as Beetee Latier
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
as Beetee Latier
The Good Dinosaur (2015)
as Poppa (voice)
No Time to Die (2021)
as Felix Leiter
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025)
as Bp. Langstrom
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015)
as Beetee Latier
Casino Royale (2006)
as Felix Leiter
Quantum of Solace (2008)
as Felix Leiter
Source Code (2011)
as Dr. Rutledge
The Batman: Part II (2028)
as Lt. James Gordon
Highest 2 Lowest (2025)
as Paul Christopher
Game Night (2018)
as FBI Agent Henderson (uncredited)
The Phoenician Scheme (2025)
as Marty
The Invasion (2007)
as Dr. Stephen Galeano
Shaft (2000)
as Peoples Hernandez
The Wizard of the Kremlin (2026)
as Rowland
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (2021)
as Roebuck Wright
Asteroid City (2023)
as General Gibson
Broken City (2013)
as Carl Fairbanks
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
as CPL Al Melvin
Ali (2001)
as Howard Bingham
Presumed Innocent (1990)
as Prosecuting Attorney
American Fiction (2023)
as Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison
Syriana (2005)
as Bennett Holiday
The Goldfinch (2019)
as James 'Hobie' Hobart
Lady in the Water (2006)
as Mr. Dury
Cadillac Records (2008)
as Muddy Waters
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)
as William Black
Celebrity (1998)
as Greg
Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
as Dr. Watson
Broken Flowers (2005)
as Winston
The Ides of March (2011)
as Senator Thompson
The Laundromat (2019)
as Malchus Irvin Boncamper
D-Tox (2002)
as Jaworski
Hold the Dark (2018)
as Russell Core
W. (2008)
as Colin Powell
Ride with the Devil (1999)
as Daniel Holt
Basquiat (1996)
as Jean Michel Basquiat
O.G. (2018)
as Louis Menkins
Critical Care (1997)
as Rafael ("Bed Two")
Monster (2021)
as Mr. Harmon
New Orleans (2007)
as Narrator (voice)
W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause (2026)
as Self
A Single Shot (2013)
as Simon
The Giraffe (1999)
as Win
Rustin (2023)
as Rep. Adam Clayton Powell
Lackawanna Blues (2005)
as Mr. Paul
Atrabilious (2024)
as Vincent Daugherty
All Day and a Night (2020)
as JD
Age Out (2018)
as Detective Portnoy
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete (2013)
as Henry
Crime + Punishment in Suburbia (2000)
as Chris
A Child's Garden of Poetry (2011)
as Self (voice)
Jumpin' at the Boneyard (1991)
as Derek
Hamlet (2000)
as Gravedigger
Faithful (1996)
as Young Man at Rolls
Separate but Equal (1991)
as William Coleman
Death of a Salesman (—)
as Willy Loman
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special (2021)
as The Watcher (voice) (archive footage)
Cement (2000)
as Ninny
Sin's Kitchen (2004)
as Rex
Too Tired to Die (1998)
as Balzac Man
Say Hey, Willie Mays! (2022)
as Jackie Robinson (voice)
Hero With A Thousand Faces (2016)
as Self
The Oedipus Project (2020)
as Tiresias
Blackout (2007)
as Nelson
Samo Lives (2026)
Actor
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004)
as Other Voices (voice)
Bond on Location (2012)
as Self / Felix Leiter
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues (1999)
as Sidney Bechet
Marvel Studios: Expanding the Universe (2019)
as Self
Moynihan (2018)
as Narrator (voice)
Chicago 10 (2008)
as Bobby Seale (voice)
Confirmation (2016)
as Charles Ogletree
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (2015)
as Self - Beetee
The Making of 'Ali' (2001)
as Self
The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire (2014)
as Self
The Public (2019)
as Anderson
Becoming Bond (2006)
as Self
Unseen Enemy (2017)
as Narrator (voice)
American Pathogen (2020)
as Self - Narrator
Boycott (2001)
as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Topdog Diaries (2002)
as Self / Lincoln
With All Deliberate Speed (2004)
as Narrator (Voice)
Forgotten Four: The Integration of Pro Football (2014)
as Narrator (voice)
Sam Cooke: Legend (2003)
as Narrator (voice)
The True Story of Hannibal (2005)
as Narrator (voice)
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches (2022)
as Self
Blood Diamonds (2006)
as Narrator (voice)
We Are Not Done Yet (2018)
as Self
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920 (1999)
as Sidney Bechet
Mass Extinction: Life at the Brink (2014)
as Narrator (voice)
Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner (2006)
as Self
Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook (2019)
as Narrator (voice)
In the Wings: Angels in America On Broadway (1993)
Actor
The Gospel According to Mac (2015)
as Narrator (voice)