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.
Untitled The Batman Sequel
Lt. James Gordon
2027
Highest 2 Lowest
Paul Christopher
2025
The Phoenician Scheme
Marty
2025
The Agency: Central Intelligence
Henry Ogletree · (10 episodes)
2024
Atrabilious
Vincent Daugherty
2024
ARK: The Animated Series
Henry Townsend (voice) · (6 episodes)
2024
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · (2 episodes)
2023
American Fiction
Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison
2023
Rustin
Rep. Adam Clayton Powell
2023
Asteroid City
General Gibson
2023
Digman!
(voice) · (1 episode)
2023
Bill Russell: Legend
Bill Russell (voice) · (2 episodes)
2023
The Last of Us
Isaac Dixon · (2 episodes)
2023
The Jennifer Hudson Show
(1 episode)
2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self · (1 episode)
2022
I Am Groot
The Watcher (voice) · (1 episode)
2022
The Batman
Lt. James Gordon
2022
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches
Self
2022
Lincoln's Dilemma
Self - Narrator (voice) · (4 episodes)
2022
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
The Watcher (voice) (archive footage)
2021
The French Dispatch
Roebuck Wright
2021
No Time to Die
Felix Leiter
2021
Being James Bond
Self (archive footage)
2021
What If...?
The Watcher (voice) · (26 episodes)
2021
Monster
Mr. Harmon
2021
Marvel Studios Assembled
Self · (1 episode)
2021
American Pathogen
Self - Narrator
2020
The Oedipus Project
Tiresias
2020
All Day and a Night
JD
2020
Marvel Studios: Expanding the Universe
Self
2019
Green Eggs and Ham
McWinkle (voice) · (13 episodes)
2019
The Laundromat
Malchus Irvin Boncamper
2019
The Goldfinch
James 'Hobie' Hobart
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · (1 episode)
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
(1 episode)
2019
The Public
2019
Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook
Narrator (voice)
2019
We Are Not Done Yet
Self
2018
Moynihan
Narrator (voice)
2018
Hold the Dark
Russell Core
2018
Age Out
Detective Portnoy
2018
O.G.
Louis Menkins
2018
Game Night
FBI Agent Henderson (uncredited)
2018
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
Self (archive footage)
2017
Unseen Enemy
Narrator (voice)
2017
Westworld
Bernard Lowe · (36 episodes)
2016
Confirmation
Charles Ogletree
2016
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Beetee
2015
The Good Dinosaur
Poppa (voice)
2015
The Gospel According to Mac
Narrator (voice)
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · (2 episodes)
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · (1 episode)
2015
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Self (Beetee)
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · (1 episode)
2014
Mass Extinction: Life at the Brink
Narrator (voice)
2014
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Beetee
2014
The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire
Self
2014
BoJack Horseman
Cuddlywhiskers / Father (voice) · (1 episode)
2014
BoJack Horseman
Cuddlywhiskers (voice) · (2 episodes)
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (2 episodes)
2014
Only Lovers Left Alive
Dr. Watson
2013
Rick and Morty
Tony (voice) · (1 episode)
2013
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Beetee
2013
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete
Henry
2013
A Single Shot
Simon
2013
Broken City
Carl Fairbanks
2013
Bond on Location
Self / Felix Leiter
2012
Finding Your Roots
Self · (1 episode)
2012
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
William Black
2011
The Ides of March
Senator Thompson
2011
A Child's Garden of Poetry
Self (voice)
2011
Source Code
Dr. Rutledge
2011
Boardwalk Empire
Valentin Narcisse · (20 episodes)
2010
Cadillac Records
Muddy Waters
2008
Quantum of Solace
Felix Leiter
2008
W.
Colin Powell
2008
Chicago 10
Bobby Seale (voice)
2008
Blackout
Nelson
2007
The Invasion
Dr. Stephen Galeano
2007
New Orleans
Narrator (voice)
2007
Blood Diamonds
Narrator (voice)
2006
Casino Royale
Felix Leiter
2006
Becoming Bond
Self
2006
Lady in the Water
Mr. Dury
2006
Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
Self
2006
Syriana
Bennett Holiday
2005
Broken Flowers
Winston
2005
Lackawanna Blues
Mr. Paul
2005
The True Story of Hannibal
Narrator (voice)
2005
House
Dr. Walter Cofield · (1 episode)
2004
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Other Voices (voice)
2004
The Manchurian Candidate
CPL Al Melvin
2004
Sin's Kitchen
Rex
2004
With All Deliberate Speed
Narrator (Voice)
2004
Angels in America
Norman "Belize" Ariaga / Mr. Lies / Homeless man / The Angel Europa · (6 episodes)
2003
Sam Cooke: Legend
Narrator (voice)
2003
The Topdog Diaries
Self / Lincoln
2002
In the Wings: Angels in America On Broadway
1993
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920
Sidney Bechet
1993
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
Sidney Bechet
1993
The Wizard of the Kremlin
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · (1 episode)
2003
D-Tox
Jaworski
2002
Ali
Howard Bingham
2001
Boycott
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
2001
Crime + Punishment in Suburbia
Chris
2000
Shaft
Peoples Hernandez
2000
Hamlet
Gravedigger
2000
Cement
Ninny
2000
Ride with the Devil
Daniel Holt
1999
Celebrity
Greg
1998
Too Tired to Die
Balzac Man
1998
Critical Care
Rafael ("Bed Two")
1997
Basquiat
Jean Michel Basquiat
1996
Faithful
Young Man at Rolls
1996
New York Undercover
Andre Foreman · (1 episode)
1994
Homicide: Life on the Street
(3 episodes)
1993
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Sidney Bechet · (2 episodes)
1992
Jumpin' at the Boneyard
Derek
1991
Separate But Equal
William Coleman
1991
Separate but Equal
William Coleman · (2 episodes)
1991
Presumed Innocent
Prosecuting Attorney
1990
American Experience
Narrator (voice) · (1 episode)
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
1988
The Oscars
Self · (1 episode)
1953