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