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