Jeffrey Wright

Career timeline

1. 1965 · Born

   Born in Washington, D.C., USA

2. 1988 · Screen debut

   American Experience (TV)

3. 2004 · Breakthrough

   House (TV)

4. 2026 · Latest release

   The Wizard of the Kremlin (Movie)

Career in numbers

1 1980s

14 1990s

19 2000s

23 2010s

21 2020s

• Drama46
• Thriller19
• Crime18
• Comedy16
• Mystery12
• Adventure11

Highest-rated title Rick and Morty 2013 8.7 Most popular title House 2004 8.6

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Jeffrey Wright in our catalogue.

Daniel Craig

5 titles together

Liev Schreiber

3 titles together

Peter Craig

3 titles together

Lynne Thigpen

3 titles together

Tom Hanks

3 titles together

Scarlett Johansson

3 titles together

Tim Van Patten

3 titles together

David Arnold

3 titles together

Andy Serkis

2 titles together

Gloria Foster

2 titles together

1. 2028 The Batman: Part II Upcoming as Lt. James Gordon Movie
2. 2026 The Wizard of the Kremlin as Rowland 6.4 Movie
3. 2025 Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery as Bp. Langstrom 7.2 Movie
4. 2025 Highest 2 Lowest as Paul Christopher 5.5 Movie
5. 2025 The Phoenician Scheme as Marty 6.5 Movie
6. 2024 The Agency as Henry Ogletree 7.3 TV
7. 2024 ARK: The Animated Series as Henry Townsend (voice) 7.8 TV
8. 2023 American Fiction as Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison 7.2 Movie
9. 2023 Rustin as Rep. Adam Clayton Powell 6.5 Movie
10. 2023 Asteroid City as General Gibson 6.5 Movie
11. 2023 Digman! as Uncle Christ (voice) 6.1 TV
12. 2023 Bill Russell: Legend as Bill Russell (voice) 7.4 TV
13. 2023 The Last of Us as Isaac Dixon 8.4 TV
14. 2022 The Jennifer Hudson Show 5.6 TV
15. 2022 I Am Groot as The Watcher (voice) 7.0 TV
16. 2022 The Batman as Lt. James Gordon 7.7 Movie
17. 2021 Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special as The Watcher (voice) (archive footage) 7.0 Movie
18. 2021 The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun as Roebuck Wright 7.0 Movie
19. 2021 No Time to Die as Felix Leiter 7.3 Movie
20. 2021 What If...? as The Watcher (voice) 8.0 TV
21. 2021 Monster as Mr. Harmon 6.4 Movie
22. 2020 All Day and a Night as JD 6.3 Movie
23. 2019 Green Eggs and Ham as McWinkle (voice) 8.0 TV
24. 2019 The Laundromat as Malchus Irvin Boncamper 6.0 Movie
25. 2019 The Goldfinch as James 'Hobie' Hobart 7.1 Movie
26. 2019 The Public as Anderson 6.5 Movie
27. 2018 Hold the Dark as Russell Core 5.4 Movie
28. 2018 O.G. as Louis Menkins 6.0 Movie
29. 2018 Game Night as FBI Agent Henderson (uncredited) 6.9 Movie
30. 2016 Westworld as Bernard Lowe 8.0 TV
31. 2016 Confirmation as Charles Ogletree 6.9 Movie
32. 2015 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 as Beetee Latier 6.9 Movie
33. 2015 The Good Dinosaur as Poppa (voice) 6.8 Movie
34. 2014 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 as Beetee Latier 6.8 Movie
35. 2014 BoJack Horseman as Cuddlywhiskers / Father (voice) 8.5 TV
36. 2013 Only Lovers Left Alive as Dr. Watson 7.2 Movie
37. 2013 Rick and Morty as Tony (voice) 8.7 TV
38. 2013 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire as Beetee Latier 7.4 Movie
39. 2013 The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete as Henry 7.2 Movie
40. 2013 A Single Shot as Simon 5.7 Movie
41. 2013 Broken City as Carl Fairbanks 6.0 Movie
42. 2011 Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close as William Black 7.0 Movie
43. 2011 The Ides of March as Senator Thompson 6.7 Movie
44. 2011 Source Code as Dr. Rutledge 7.3 Movie
45. 2010 Boardwalk Empire as Valentin Narcisse 8.0 TV
46. 2008 Cadillac Records as Muddy Waters 7.1 Movie
47. 2008 Quantum of Solace as Felix Leiter 6.4 Movie
48. 2008 W. as Colin Powell 6.2 Movie
49. 2007 The Invasion as Dr. Stephen Galeano 6.1 Movie
50. 2006 Casino Royale as Felix Leiter 7.6 Movie
51. 2006 Lady in the Water as Mr. Dury 5.6 Movie
52. 2005 Syriana as Bennett Holiday 6.4 Movie
53. 2005 Broken Flowers as Winston 6.9 Movie
54. 2004 House as Dr. Walter Cofield 8.6 TV
55. 2004 Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson as Other Voices (voice) 7.2 Movie
56. 2004 The Venture Bros. as Think Tank / Dr. Nidaba (voice) 7.9 TV
57. 2004 The Manchurian Candidate as CPL Al Melvin 6.5 Movie
58. 2003 Angels in America as Norman 'Belize' Ariaga / Mr. Lies / Homeless man / The Angel Europa 7.6 TV
59. 2002 D-Tox as Jaworski 5.6 Movie
60. 2001 Ali as Howard Bingham 6.7 Movie
61. 2001 Boycott as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Movie
62. 2000 Crime + Punishment in Suburbia as Chris 5.7 Movie
63. 2000 Shaft as Peoples Hernandez 6.0 Movie
64. 2000 Hamlet as Gravedigger 5.8 Movie
65. 1999 Ride with the Devil as Daniel Holt 6.3 Movie
66. 1999 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues as Sidney Bechet 5.9 Movie
67. 1999 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920 as Sidney Bechet 5.6 Movie
68. 1998 Celebrity as Greg 6.0 Movie
69. 1997 Critical Care as Rafael ("Bed Two") 6.2 Movie
70. 1996 Basquiat as Jean Michel Basquiat 6.6 Movie
71. 1996 Faithful as Young Man at Rolls 5.5 Movie
72. 1994 New York Undercover as Andre Foreman 7.3 TV
73. 1993 Homicide: Life on the Street as Hal Wilson 8.1 TV
74. 1992 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles as Sidney Bechet 6.6 TV
75. 1991 Jumpin' at the Boneyard as Derek Movie
76. 1991 Separate but Equal as William Coleman TV
77. 1991 Separate but Equal as William Coleman Movie
78. 1990 Presumed Innocent as Prosecuting Attorney 6.8 Movie
79. 1988 American Experience as Narrator (voice) 6.5 TV

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