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