Jeffrey Wright

Actor, Producer, Additional Crew

Birthdate: December 7, 1965 (60 Years Old)

Birthplace: Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Born and raised in Washington DC, Jeffrey Wright graduated from Amherst College in 1987. Although he studied Political Science while at Amherst, Wright left the school with a love for acting. Shortly after graduating he won an acting scholarship to NYU, but dropped out after only two months to pursue acting full-time. With roles in Presumed Innocent (1990), and the Broadway production of Angels in America, (in which he won a Tony award), within a relatively short time Wright was able to show off his exceptional talent and ability on both stage and screen alike. His first major on-screen performance came in 1996 in the Julian Schnabel directed film Basquiat (1996). Wright's harrowing performance as the late painter Jean Michele Basquiat was critically acclaimed. Wright later had a continuing role in the HBO dramatic series Boardwalk Empire (2010).

Movies

Known For

The Batman Part II

(2027)

The Wizard of the Kremlin

(2026)

Wake Up Dead Man

(2025)

Highest 2 Lowest

(2025)

American Fiction

Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison (2023)

Jeffrey Wright Movies

Actor

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2025 |
The Phoenician Scheme
The Phoenician Scheme
2025
Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
The story of a family and a family business.
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2023 |
Asteroid City
Asteroid City
2023
Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
World-changing events spectacularly disrupt the annual Asteroid Day celebration in an American desert town.
asGeneral Gibson
2023 |
American Fiction
American Fiction
2023
Comedy, Drama
A novelist who's fed up with the establishment profiting from Black entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of the hypocrisy and madness he claims to disdain.
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asThelonious 'Monk' Ellison
2023 |
Monster
Monster
2023
Drama, Thriller
A mother demands answers from her son's teacher when her son begins acting strangely.
asMr. Harmon
2022 |
The Batman
The Batman
2022
Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
When a sadistic serial killer begins murdering key political figures in Gotham, Batman is forced to investigate the city's hidden corruption and question his family's involvement.
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asLt. James Gordon
2021 |
The French Dispatch
The French Dispatch
2021
Comedy, Drama, Romance
A love letter to journalists set in an outpost of an American newspaper in a fictional twentieth century French city, that brings to life a collection of stories published in "The French Dispatch Magazine".
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asRoebuck Wright
2019 |
The Goldfinch
The Goldfinch
2019
Crime, Drama, Mystery
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 steals 'The Goldfinch', a painting that eventually draws him into a world of crime.
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asHobie
2019 |
The Public
The Public
2019
Drama
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 the bitter cold.
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asAnderson
2019 |
Shaft
Shaft
2019
Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
JJ Shaft, a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, enlists his family's help to uncover the truth behind his best friend's untimely death.
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asPeoples Hernandez
2018 |
Moynihan
Moynihan
2018
Biography, Documentary, History
A biographical portrait of Daniel Patrick Moynihan, twentieth century colossus: public intellectual, policy specialist, ambassador and U.S. Senator from New York. The film captures the spirit of Moynihan's remarkable ideas as they evolved over the course of his tumultuous life in... Read all
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as James Gordon
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as Felix Leiter
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The Good Dinosauras Poppa
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Broken Cityas Carl Fairbanks
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The Ides of Marchas Senator Thompson
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The Invasionas Dr. Stephen Galeano
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as Felix Leiter
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Basquiatas Jean Michel Basquiat
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as Beetee
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Boycottas Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Closeas William Black
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as Beetee
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as Felix Leiter
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as Paul Christopher
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as Bp. Langstrom
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as Howard Bingham
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as Rowland
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as Muddy Waters