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
Casino Royale (2006)
as Felix Leiter
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025)
as Bp. Langstrom
No Time to Die (2021)
as Felix Leiter
The Good Dinosaur (2015)
as Poppa (voice)
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
The Wizard of the Kremlin (2026)
as Rowland
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015)
as Beetee Latier
Source Code (2011)
as Dr. Rutledge
Game Night (2018)
as FBI Agent Henderson (uncredited)
The Phoenician Scheme (2025)
as Marty
The Batman: Part II (2027)
as Lt. James Gordon
Asteroid City (2023)
as General Gibson
Highest 2 Lowest (2025)
as Paul Christopher
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (2021)
as Roebuck Wright
The Invasion (2007)
as Dr. Stephen Galeano
Shaft (2000)
as Peoples Hernandez
Presumed Innocent (1990)
as Prosecuting Attorney
Broken City (2013)
as Carl Fairbanks
American Fiction (2023)
as Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison
Syriana (2005)
as Bennett Holiday
The Goldfinch (2019)
as James 'Hobie' Hobart
The Laundromat (2019)
as Malchus Irvin Boncamper
Ali (2001)
as Howard Bingham
The Ides of March (2011)
as Senator Thompson
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
as CPL Al Melvin
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)
as William Black
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches (2022)
as Self
Cadillac Records (2008)
as Muddy Waters
Broken Flowers (2005)
as Winston
Hold the Dark (2018)
as Russell Core
Lady in the Water (2006)
as Mr. Dury
D-Tox (2002)
as Jaworski
Celebrity (1998)
as Greg
Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
as Dr. Watson
Basquiat (1996)
as Jean Michel Basquiat
Rustin (2023)
as Rep. Adam Clayton Powell
Crime + Punishment in Suburbia (2000)
as Chris
W. (2008)
as Colin Powell
Ride with the Devil (1999)
as Daniel Holt
O.G. (2018)
as Louis Menkins
A Single Shot (2013)
as Simon
The Public (2019)
as Anderson
Monster (2021)
as Mr. Harmon
Critical Care (1997)
as Rafael ("Bed Two")
Chicago 10 (2008)
as Bobby Seale (voice)
Confirmation (2016)
as Charles Ogletree
Age Out (2018)
as Detective Portnoy
All Day and a Night (2020)
as JD
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues (1999)
as Sidney Bechet
Hamlet (2000)
as Gravedigger
Atrabilious (2024)
as Vincent Daugherty
Boycott (2001)
as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Mass Extinction: Life at the Brink (2014)
as Narrator (voice)
Cement (2000)
as Ninny
Samo Lives (2026)
Actor
Lackawanna Blues (2005)
as Mr. Paul
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004)
as Other Voices (voice)
Faithful (1996)
as Young Man at Rolls
Becoming Bond (2006)
as Self
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete (2013)
as Henry
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special (2021)
as The Watcher (voice) (archive footage)
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (2015)
as Self - Beetee
Say Hey, Willie Mays! (2022)
as Jackie Robinson (voice)
The Oedipus Project (2020)
as Tiresias
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920 (1999)
as Sidney Bechet
Marvel Studios: Expanding the Universe (2019)
as Self
Separate But Equal (1991)
as William Coleman
The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire (2014)
as Self
Moynihan (2018)
as Narrator (voice)
Unseen Enemy (2017)
as Narrator (voice)
Blackout (2007)
as Nelson
The Topdog Diaries (2002)
as Self / Lincoln
Death of a Salesman (—)
as Willy Loman
A Child's Garden of Poetry (2011)
as Self (voice)
New Orleans (2007)
as Narrator (voice)
Too Tired to Die (1998)
as Balzac Man
Bond on Location (2012)
as Self / Felix Leiter
Sin's Kitchen (2004)
as Rex
The Making of 'Ali' (2001)
as Self
Jumpin' at the Boneyard (1991)
as Derek
Hero With A Thousand Faces (2016)
as Self
Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook (2019)
as Narrator (voice)
Blood Diamonds (2006)
as Narrator (voice)
The True Story of Hannibal (2005)
as Narrator (voice)
American Pathogen (2020)
as Self - Narrator
Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner (2006)
as Self
Sam Cooke: Legend (2003)
as Narrator (voice)
W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause (2026)
as Self
In the Wings: Angels in America On Broadway (1993)
Actor
The Giraffe (1999)
as Win
With All Deliberate Speed (2004)
as Narrator (Voice)
We Are Not Done Yet (2018)
as Self
The Gospel According to Mac (2015)
as Narrator (voice)
Forgotten Four: The Integration of Pro Football (2014)
as Narrator (voice)