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