Jeffrey Wright
Highest Rated: 100% Atrabilious (2024)
Lowest Rated: 6% Faithful (1996)
Birthday: Dec 7, 1965
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., USA
After developing a prolific and acclaimed career on the stage, actor Jeffrey Wright quietly worked his way into the public consciousness in chameleon-like fashion, playing a wide range of roles in features and on television. Though he spent several years honing his craft off-Broadway and in regional theater, Wright staked his reputation with a Tony Award-winning performance in the widely acclaimed play, "Angels in America: Perestroika," which he later reprised almost a decade later in the highly lauded HBO miniseries. In between the play and the six-part movie, Wright built a resume that included deft performances as such divergent historical figures as Martin Luther King, Jr. and Jean-Michel Basquiat, as well as an array of strong supporting roles in Woody Allen's "Celebrity" (1998) and "Shaft" (2000). After earning an Emmy for "Angels in America," Wright had finally broken through to the mainstream, earning meatier parts in "Syriana" (2005), "Casino Royale" (2006) and "W" (2008). The versatile actor continued to genre hop, jumping from the musical biopic "Cadillac Records" (2008) to the sci-fi thriller "Source Code" (2011) to the prescient political drama "The Ides of March" (2011) with impressive ease. During this period, he also gained mainstream success in the blockbuster "The Hunger Games" franchise, Pixar hit "The Good Dinosaur" (2015) and science-fiction cable drama "Westworld" (HBO 2016- ). While not the marquee draw of some of his contemporaries, Wright could always be counted upon to deliver a performance on par with the very best.
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Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ain't No Back to a Merry-Go-Round | The Black Press (Voice) | - | 2024 |
100% | No Score Yet | Atrabilious | Vincent Daugherty (Character) | - | 2024 |
93% |
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American Fiction | Thelonious "Monk" Ellison (Character) | $21.0M | 2023 |
84% |
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Rustin | Rep. Adam Clayton Powell (Character) | - | 2023 |
76% |
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Asteroid City | General Gibson (Character) | $28.1M | 2023 |
85% |
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The Batman | Lt. James Gordon (Character) | $369.3M | 2022 |
No Score Yet |
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Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches | Unknown (Character) | - | 2022 |
83% |
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No Time to Die | Felix Leiter (Character) | $160.8M | 2021 |
75% |
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The French Dispatch | Roebuck Wright (Character) | $16.1M | 2021 |
51% |
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All Day and a Night | J.D. (Character) | - | 2020 |
41% |
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The Laundromat | Boncamper (Character) | - | 2019 |
25% |
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The Goldfinch | Hobie (Character) | $5.3M | 2019 |
69% |
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Monster | Mr. Harmon (Character) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet |
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Age Out | Detective Portnoy (Character) | - | 2018 |
65% |
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The Public | Anderson (Character) | $571.2K | 2018 |
89% |
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O.G. | Louis (Character) | - | 2018 |
88% |
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Moynihan | Narrator | $19.2K | 2018 |
68% |
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Hold the Dark | Russell Core (Character) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Friday's Child | Unknown (Character) | - | 2018 |
84% |
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Confirmation | Charles Ogletree (Character) | - | 2016 |
75% |
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The Good Dinosaur | Poppa (Voice) | $123.1M | 2015 |
69% |
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2 | Beetee (Character) | $281.7M | 2015 |
69% |
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 | Beetee (Character) | - | 2014 |
86% |
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Only Lovers Left Alive | Dr. Watson (Character) | $1.9M | 2013 |
90% |
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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | Beetee (Character) | - | 2013 |
84% |
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The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete | Henry (Character) | $487.3K | 2013 |
48% |
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A Single Shot | Simon (Character) | - | 2013 |
27% |
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Broken City | Fairbanks (Character) | $19.7M | 2013 |
98% |
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Ernest & Celestine | Grizzly Judge (Voice) | $71.4K | 2012 |
45% |
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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | William Black (Character) | $31.8M | 2011 |
83% |
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The Ides of March | Sen. Thompson (Character) | $41.0M | 2011 |
92% |
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Source Code | Rutledge (Character) | $54.7M | 2011 |
66% |
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Cadillac Records | Muddy Waters (Character) | $8.1M | 2008 |
64% |
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Quantum of Solace | Felix Leiter (Character) | $168.4M | 2008 |
58% |
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W. | Colin Powell (Character) | $25.5M | 2008 |
80% |
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Chicago 10 | Bobby Seale (Voice) | $176.5K | 2007 |
No Score Yet |
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Blackout |
Nelson (Character), Producer |
- | 2007 |
20% |
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The Invasion | Dr. Stephen Galeano (Character) | $15.1M | 2007 |
94% |
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Casino Royale | Felix Leiter (Character) | $167.0M | 2006 |
25% |
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Lady in the Water | Mr. Dury (Character) | $42.3M | 2006 |
75% |
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Lackawanna Blues | Mr. Paul (Character) | - | 2005 |
87% |
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Broken Flowers | Winston (Character) | $13.7M | 2005 |
73% |
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Syriana | Bennett Holiday (Character) | $50.8M | 2005 |
80% |
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The Manchurian Candidate | Al Melvin (Character) | $65.9M | 2004 |
76% |
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With All Deliberate Speed | Narrator | $4.9K | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
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Angels in America | Belize (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Keeping Time: The Life, Music & Photographs of Milt Hinton | Unknown (Character) | - | 2003 |
17% |
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Eye See You | Jaworski (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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Boycott | Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Character) | - | 2001 |
68% |
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Ali | Howard Bingham (Character) | $58.2M | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sin's Kitchen | Rex (Character) | - | 2000 |
59% |
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Hamlet | Gravedigger (Character) | $1.6M | 2000 |
21% |
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Crime and Punishment in Suburbia | Chris (Character) | $26.4K | 2000 |
67% |
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Shaft | Peoples Hernandez (Character) | $70.3M | 2000 |
64% |
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Ride With the Devil | Daniel Holt (Character) | $630.8K | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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Cement | Ninny (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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Too Tired to Die | Balzac Man (Character) | - | 1998 |
42% |
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Celebrity | Greg (Character) | $5.0M | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Meschugge | Win (Character) | - | 1998 |
59% |
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Critical Care | Bed Two (Character) | $169.4K | 1997 |
67% |
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Basquiat | Jean Michel Basquiat (Character) | $25.4K | 1996 |
6% |
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Faithful | Young Man at Rolls (Character) | $2.1M | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Young Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues | Sidney Bichet (Character) | - | 1993 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 62% | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Guest | 2024 |
No Score Yet | 54% | ARK: The Animated Series | Henry Townsend (Voice) | 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2024 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2018 2022 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Guest | 2024 |
No Score Yet | 41% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2024 |
89% | 79% | What If...? | The Watcher (Voice) | 2021 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Jennifer Hudson Show | Guest | 2023 |
89% | 77% | I Am Groot | The Watcher (Voice) | 2023 |
100% | 83% | Bill Russell: Legend | Narrator | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Inside the Black Box | Self | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Batman: The Audio Adventures | Batman (Voice) | 2021-2022 |
79% | 75% | Westworld | Bernard Lowe (Character) | 2016 2018 2020 2022 |
No Score Yet | 90% | Green Eggs and Ham | McWinkle (Voice) | 2019 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nick Cannon | Guest | 2022 |
94% | 80% | Lincoln's Dilemma | Narrator | 2022 |
No Score Yet | 49% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2018 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | While the Rest of Us Die | Narrator | 2020-2021 |
No Score Yet | 19% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Finding Your Roots | Guest | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Daily Show | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Last Call With Carson Daly | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Question Your Answers | Unknown (Character) | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Saving My Tomorrow | Unknown (Character) | 2014 |
92% | 95% | Boardwalk Empire | Dr. Valentin Narcisse (Character) | 2013-2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Totally Biased With W. Kamau Bell | Guest | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 106 & Park | Guest | 2013 |
No Score Yet | 85% | Robot Chicken | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 2013 |
90% | 96% | House | Dr. Walter Cofield (Guest Star) | 2012 |
90% | 93% | Angels in America | Unknown (Character) | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | New York Undercover | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1994 |
78% | 85% | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Unknown (Character) | 1993 |