Biography
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...
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Complete Filmography

Untitled The Batman Sequel
2027
as Lt. James Gordon
Sequel to the 2022 film The Batman.

The Wizard of the Kremlin
2025
Russia, in the early 1990’s is the aftermath of the USSR’s collapse. In a new world that promises freedom and flirts with chaos, a young artist-turned...

Highest 2 Lowest
2025
as Paul Christopher
When a titan music mogul, widely known as having the "best ears in the business", is targeted with a ransom plot, he is jammed up in a life-or-death m...

The Phoenician Scheme
2025
as Marty
Wealthy businessman Zsa-zsa Korda appoints his only daughter, a nun, as sole heir to his estate. As Korda embarks on a new enterprise, they soon becom...

Atrabilious
2024
as Vincent Daugherty
Atrabilious follows Steven Joyner as he tries to solve the mystery behind his son's sudden, tragic and potentially fabricated death. He is led to the ...

American Fiction
2023
as Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison
A novelist fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of hypoc...

Rustin
2023
as Rep. Adam Clayton Powell
Activist Bayard Rustin faces racism and homophobia as he helps change the course of Civil Rights history by orchestrating the 1963 March on Washington...

Asteroid City
2023
as General Gibson
In an American desert town circa 1955, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.

VENGEANCE IN THE MAKING
2022
as Self
Documentary footage from The Batman (2022) Blu Ray.

The Batman
2022
as Lt. James Gordon
In his second year of fighting crime, Batman uncovers corruption in Gotham City that connects to his own family while facing a serial killer known as ...

Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches
2022
as Self
Acclaimed actors draw from five of Douglass’ legendary speeches, to represent a different moment in the tumultuous history of 19th century America as ...

Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
2021
as The Watcher (voice) (archive footage)
Explore the Disney+ series of the MCU—past, present and future!

The French Dispatch
2021
as Roebuck Wright
The staff of an American magazine based in France puts out its last issue, with stories featuring an artist sentenced to life imprisonment, student ri...

No Time to Die
2021
as Felix Leiter
Bond has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica. His peace is short-lived when his old friend Felix Leiter from the CIA turns ...

Being James Bond
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Daniel Craig candidly reflects on his 15 year adventure as James Bond. Including never-before-seen archival footage from Casino Royale to the upcoming...

Monster
2021
as Mr. Harmon
The story of Steve Harmon, a 17-year-old honor student whose world comes crashing down around him when he is charged with felony murder.

American Pathogen
2020
as Self - Narrator
Documentary film detailing how America became the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak, from the dismantling of our preparedness system starting in 2016...

The Oedipus Project
2020
as Tiresias
The Oedipus Project is an innovative new digital initiative by Theater of War Productions that will present acclaimed actors performing scenes from So...

All Day and a Night
2020
as JD
While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime.

Marvel Studios: Expanding the Universe
2019
as Self
An exciting look into the future of Marvel Studios' films and upcoming Disney+ series.

The Laundromat
2019
as Malchus Irvin Boncamper
When a widow gets swindled out of insurance money, her search for answers leads to two cunning lawyers in Panama who hide cash for the superrich.

The Goldfinch
2019
as James 'Hobie' Hobart
A boy in New York is taken in by a wealthy family after his mother is killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In a rush of panic, he st...

The Public
2019
An act of civil disobedience turns into a standoff with police when homeless people in Cincinnati take over the public library to seek shelter from th...

Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook
2019
as Narrator (voice)
"Rigged" shows viewers just what Republicans did – and continue to do – from creating new barriers to voter registration, to purging American citizens...

We Are Not Done Yet
2018
as Self
Follows veterans and active-duty service members from varied backgrounds who come together to combat their traumas through the written word in a USO-s...

We Are Not Done Yet
2018
Producer
Follows veterans and active-duty service members from varied backgrounds who come together to combat their traumas through the written word in a USO-s...

Moynihan
2018
as Narrator (voice)
A biographical portrait of Daniel Patrick Moynihan, twentieth century colossus: public intellectual, policy specialist, ambassador, and NY senator.

Hold the Dark
2018
as Russell Core
In the grim Alaskan winter, a naturalist hunts for wolves blamed for killing a local boy, but he soon finds himself swept into a chilling mystery.

Age Out
2018
as Detective Portnoy
Fresh out of foster care at age 18, a young drifter turns to petty crime to survive, and discovers an impossible love in an unlikely friend.

O.G.
2018
as Louis Menkins
Louis Menkins is five weeks away from being released after 26 years in prison. He is faced with the decision to put his own release at risk in order t...

Game Night
2018
as FBI Agent Henderson (uncredited)
Max and Annie's weekly game night gets kicked up a notch when Max's brother Brooks arranges a murder mystery party -- complete with fake thugs and fed...

Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
2017
as Self (archive footage)
A chronicle of the personal life and public career of the celebrated artist and filmmaker Julian Schnabel.

Unseen Enemy
2017
as Narrator (voice)
A documentary focused on infectious disease outbreaks.

Confirmation
2016
as Charles Ogletree
Judge Clarence Thomas' nomination to the United States' Supreme Court is called into question when former colleague, Anita Hill, testifies that he had...

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015
as Beetee
With the nation of Panem in a full scale war, Katniss confronts President Snow in the final showdown. Teamed with a group of her closest friends – inc...

The Good Dinosaur
2015
as Poppa (voice)
An epic journey into the world of dinosaurs where an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend.

The Gospel According to Mac
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Football is a religion to many people. But few know the depths of both faiths as well as Bill McCartney, the former head football coach of the Univer...

The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
2015
as Self (Beetee)
Documentary film about the making of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1. An impressively in depth assortment of seven featurettes that look at a var...

Mass Extinction: Life at the Brink
2014
as Narrator (voice)
It's death on an unimaginable scale, when a majority of Earth's species quickly die out. It's called "mass extinction," and it's happened at least fiv...

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
2014
as Beetee
Katniss Everdeen reluctantly becomes the symbol of a mass rebellion against the autocratic Capitol.

The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire
2014
as Self
A behind the scenes look at the series as a whole, interviews with cast, crew and creators on the whole journey.

Only Lovers Left Alive
2013
as Dr. Watson
A depressed musician reunites with his lover in the desolate streets of Detroit. Though their romance has endured several centuries, it is tested by t...

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013
as Beetee
Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they mu...

The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete
2013
as Henry
Coming of age story about two inner city youths, who are left to fend for themselves over the summer after their mothers are taken away by the authori...

A Single Shot
2013
as Simon
The tragic death of a beautiful young girl starts a tense and atmospheric game of cat and mouse between hunter John Moon and the hardened backwater cr...

Broken City
2013
as Carl Fairbanks
In a broken city rife with injustice, ex-cop Billy Taggart seeks redemption and revenge after being double-crossed and then framed by its most powerfu...

Bond on Location
2012
as Self / Felix Leiter
Behind the scenes of shooting in various notoriously difficult locations, including interviews with producers and lead actors.

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
2011
as William Black
A year after his father's death, Oskar, a troubled young boy, discovers a mysterious key he believes was left for him by his father and embarks on a s...

The Ides of March
2011
as Senator Thompson
Dirty tricks stand to soil an ambitious young press spokesman's idealism in a cutthroat presidential campaign where 'victory' is relative.

A Child's Garden of Poetry
2011
as Self (voice)
Poems by some of the greatest writers of all time are brought to life through lyrical animation and readings by some of today’s most respected perform...

Source Code
2011
as Dr. Rutledge
When decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chic...

Cadillac Records
2008
as Muddy Waters
The story of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, and the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, includ...

Quantum of Solace
2008
as Felix Leiter
Betrayed by Vesper, the woman he loved, 007 fights the urge to make his latest mission personal. Pursuing his determination to uncover the truth, Bond...

W.
2008
as Colin Powell
The story of the eventful life of George W. Bush—his struggles and triumphs, how he found both his wife and his faith—and the critical days leading up...

Chicago 10
2008
as Bobby Seale (voice)
Archival footage, animation and music are used to look back at the eight anti-war protesters who were put on trial following the 1968 Democratic Natio...

Blackout
2007
as Nelson
BLACKOUT takes you inside the personal journey of what went down and what it was really like in Brooklyn, NY on August 14. It examines the nature of m...

The Invasion
2007
as Dr. Stephen Galeano
Washington, D.C. psychologist Carol Bennell and her colleague Dr. Ben Driscoll are the only two people on Earth who are aware of an epidemic running r...

New Orleans
2007
as Narrator (voice)
In the wake of hurricane Katrina, as Americans begin a dialogue about the future of one of the nation's most distinctive cities, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE p...

Blood Diamonds
2006
as Narrator (voice)
Blood Diamonds is a made-for-TV documentary series, originally broadcast on the History Channel, that looks into the trade of diamonds which fund rebe...

Casino Royale
2006
as Felix Leiter
Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his win...

Becoming Bond
2006
as Self
A documentary which shows the creation of Casino Royale (2006).

Lady in the Water
2006
as Mr. Dury
Apartment building superintendent Cleveland Heep rescues what he thinks is a young woman from the pool he maintains. When he discovers that she is act...

Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
2006
as Self
Filmmaker Freida Lee Mock explores the life and work of playwright Tony Kushner. Starting in 2001, when Kushner was mounting the production of his pla...

Syriana
2005
as Bennett Holiday
The Middle Eastern oil industry is the backdrop of this tense drama, which weaves together numerous story lines. Bennett Holiday is an American lawyer...

Broken Flowers
2005
as Winston
As the devoutly single Don Johnston is dumped by his latest girlfriend, he receives an anonymous pink letter informing him that he has a son who may b...

Lackawanna Blues
2005
as Mr. Paul
In a story fueled by rhythm and blues, a young boy's life is shaped by love and the stories of a cast of characters in the boarding house where he liv...
The True Story of Hannibal
2005
as Narrator (voice)
Hannibal, one of the greatest military leaders in history, accompanied his father Amílcar Barca at the age of nine on the Carthaginian expedition to c...

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
as Other Voices (voice)
The story of Jack Johnson, the first African American Heavyweight boxing champion.

The Manchurian Candidate
2004
as CPL Al Melvin
Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow s...
Sin's Kitchen
2004
as Rex
Mobsters, ex-cons, grad students and other desperate persons see their various fates converge in the Mojave Desert.

With All Deliberate Speed
2004
as Narrator (Voice)
Documentary filmmaker Peter Gilbert unearths the legacy of the landmark Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education — where it was ruled tha...

Sam Cooke: Legend
2003
as Narrator (voice)
Singer, songwriter, business man, family man, civil rights activist: Sam Cooke transcends all barriers of race, faith and talent. This first-ever bio...

The Topdog Diaries
2002
as Self / Lincoln
An intimate portrait of Suzan-Lori Parks, featuring actors Don Cheadle and Jeffrey Wright. The film shows the playwright’s process and how a play gets...

D-Tox
2002
as Jaworski
A disgraced FBI agent with a drinking problem joins nine other troubled law enforcement officers at an isolated detox clinic in the wilds of Wyoming. ...

Ali
2001
as Howard Bingham
In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the scene: Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an enti...

Boycott
2001
as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
This made-for-TV movie dramatizes the historic boycott of public buses in the 1950s, led by civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Crime + Punishment in Suburbia
2000
as Chris
At school, Roseanne is the object of fellow student Vincent's infatuation. By night, she deals with a troubled family life: her mother, Maggie, cheats...

Shaft
2000
as Peoples Hernandez
New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail...

Hamlet
2000
as Gravedigger
Modern day adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal story about Hamlet's plight to avenge his father's murder in New York City.

Cement
2000
as Ninny
Take a walk on the seamy side of town, where you can’t tell the difference between the bad cops and the crooks. Bob Holt, a corrupt detective knee-dee...

Ride with the Devil
1999
as Daniel Holt
Ride with the Devil follows four people who are fighting for truth and justice amidst the turmoil of the American Civil War. Director Ang Lee takes us...

Celebrity
1998
as Greg
The career and personal life of writer Lee are at a standstill, so he divorces his bashful wife, Robin, and dives into a new job as an entertainment j...

Too Tired to Die
1998
as Balzac Man
Kenji is a Japanese twenty-something who is followed by Death in various disguises. When he finally faces her, Death tells him that he has only 12 hou...

Critical Care
1997
as Rafael ("Bed Two")
Werner Ernst is a young hospital resident who becomes embroiled in a legal battle between two half-sisters who are fighting over the care of their com...

Basquiat
1996
as Jean Michel Basquiat
The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame, drugs and his identity.

Faithful
1996
as Young Man at Rolls
A depressed housewife whose husband is having an affair contemplates suicide, but changes her mind when she faces death by a killer hired to do her in...

In the Wings: Angels in America On Broadway
1993
Backstage documentary chronicling the Original Broadway Production of “Angels in America.”

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920
1993
as Sidney Bechet
On summer break from college, Indy stage-manages a new Broadway musical revue composed by George Gershwin. Indy also trades quips with the razor wits ...

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
1993
as Sidney Bechet
Going to college and working in a seedy speakeasy bring Indy into contact with jazz great Sidney Bechet, who teaches him how to play the blues. Unfort...

Jumpin' at the Boneyard
1991
as Derek
Manny tries to get his crack addict brother, Danny, to clean up.

Separate But Equal
1991
as William Coleman
A dramatization of the events of Brown vs. Board of Education, the American court case that destroyed the legal validity of racial segregation.

Presumed Innocent
1990
as Prosecuting Attorney
Rusty Sabich is a deputy prosecutor engaged in an obsessive affair with a coworker who is murdered. Soon after, he's accused of the crime. And his fig...