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Jeffrey Wright (born December 7, 1965 in Washington, DC) is an American film, television and stage actor.
Born in Washington D.C., he is known for such roles as Belize in the HBO miniseries Angels in America, Felix Leiter in the James Bond films starring Daniel Craig, Valentin Narcisse in the HBO series Boardwalk Empire, Beetee Latier in three out of the four The Hunger Games films and Bernard Lowe in HBO's Westworld. He was Oscar nominated in 2024 for American Fiction.
He was married to Carmen Ejogo and they have two children.
Film roles:
- Presumed Innocent (1990) as Prosecuting Attorney
- Basquiat as Jean-Michel Basquiat
- Celebrity (1998) as Greg
- Ride with the Devil (1999) as Daniel Holt
- Hamlet (2000) as Gravedigger
- Shaft (2000) as Peoples Hernandez
- Ali (2001) as Howard Bingham
- D-Tox (2002) as Jaworski
- The Manchurian Candidate (2004) as Al Melvin
- Broken Flowers (2005) as Winston
- Syriana (2005) as Bennett Holiday
- Lady in the Water (2006) as Mr. Dury
- James Bond as Felix Leiter note
- Casino Royale (2006)
- Quantum of Solace (2008)
- No Time to Die (2021)
- The Invasion (2007) as Dr. Stephen Galeano
- W. (2008) as Colin Powell
- Source Code (2011) as Dr. Rutledge
- The Ides of March (2011) as Senator Thompson
- Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011) as William Black
- The Hunger Games film series as Beetee:
- The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
- The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (2014) and Part 2 (2015)
- Ernest et Célestine (2014) as Grizzly Judge (voice in the English dub)
- Only Lovers Left Alive (2014) as Dr. Watson
- The Good Dinosaur (2015) as Poppa Henry (voice)
- Game Night (2018) as FBI Agent Henderson
- Hold the Dark (2018) as Russell Core
- The French Dispatch (2021) as Roebuck Wright
- The Batman (2022) as Lieutenant James Gordon
- Gotham PD series (TBA)
- Asteroid City (2023)
- American Fiction (2023)
- Rustin (2023)
Television roles:
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1993, 2 episodes) as Sidney Bechet
- New York Undercover (1994, episode: "Garbage") as Andre Foreman
- Homicide: Life on the Street (1997, 3 episodes) as Hal Wilson
- Angels in America (2003, 2 episodes) as Norman "Belize" Ariaga
- House (2011, episode: "Nobody's Fault") as Dr. Walter Cofield
- Boardwalk Empire (2013 – 2014) as Dr. Valentin Narcisse
- The Venture Brothers (2016, episode: "Tanks for Nuthin") as Think Tank (voice)
- BoJack Horseman (2016, 3 episodes) as Cuddlywhiskers (voice)
- Westworld (2016 – 2022) as Bernard Lowe/Dr. Arnold Weber
- Green Eggs and Ham (2019 – 2022) as McWinkle (voice)
- Marvel Cinematic Universe (2021 —) as Uatu the Watcher (voice)
- What If...? (2021)
- I Am Groot (2023)
Stage roles:
- Angels in America (1993) as Norman "Belize" Ariaga
- Topdog/Underdog (2001) as Lincoln
Video Game roles:
- The Last of Us Part II as Isaac
