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Jeffrey Wright

Actor · Born December 7, 1965 (60) · Washington, D.C., USA

Primetime Emmy winner · Golden Globe winner · BAFTA Award winner · 4 other major award bodies

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.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
December 7, 1965 (60)
From
Washington, D.C., USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
84 on MovieCove · 106 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Up 4% in 30 days

What are Jeffrey Wright's films like?

Across their 72 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.

Genres

Drama13 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 65th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Action12 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 71st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Comedy9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 65th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Documentary9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 82nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Biography7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 72nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Crime7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 32nd percentile
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
23%
Self
19%
Power
17%
Survival
15%
Bonds
11%
Society
10%
Ideas
6%
Justice20 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity18 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity12 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose8 titles, browse their movies with this themeOppression7 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival8 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds8 titles, browse their movies with this themeArt7 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 62 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 11 · Serious 13 · Dark 38

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 29 · Stylized 27 · Heightened 6

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 9 · Charged 16 · Intense 37

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 20 · Shifting 36 · Whiplash 6

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 45 · Some laughs 16 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 26 · Even-paced 30 · Relentless 6

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 6 · Engaged 41 · Full focus 15

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 6 · Affecting 26 · Heavy 30

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 28 · Open-ended 23 · Ambiguous 11

Roles they play

35 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 9 of 35 analyzed roles.

Ally
9 of 35
Mentor
9 of 35
Hero
6 of 35
Threshold guardian
4 of 35
Trickster
3 of 35
Shadow
2 of 35
Herald
2 of 35
Show the 35 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
52
Melancholic
34
Contemplative
30
Dread
19
Hopeful
16
Other
53

How their films linger

Thought-provoking41 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet26 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful17 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting17 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 15 with a twist

  • Happy5
  • Bittersweet34
  • Tragic6
  • Ambiguous26
  • Other1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Jeffrey Wright's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 63 of their 84 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (18).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Jeffrey Wright's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

106 credits, 84 with a MovieCove page; 32 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Batman: Part II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2028)

    as Lt. James Gordon

  • Samo Lives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Actor

  • The Wizard of the Kremlin(2025)

    as Rowland

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Wake Up Dead Man(2025)

    as Bp. Langstrom

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Highest 2 Lowest(2025)

    as Paul Christopher

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • The Phoenician Scheme(2025)

    as Marty

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • The Agency(2024)

    Show 20 episodes · as Henry Ogletree

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • Atrabilious (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as Vincent Daugherty

  • Ark: The Animated Series(2024)

    Show 14 episodes · as Henry Townsend (voice)

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows

  • American Fiction(2023)

    as Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Rustin(2023)

    as Rep. Adam Clayton Powell

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Asteroid City(2023)

    as General Gibson

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Digman!(2023)

    Show 1 episode · as (voice) · as Uncle Christ (voice)

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows

  • Bill Russell: Legend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 2 episodes · as Bill Russell (voice)

  • The Last of Us(2023)

    Show 2 episodes · as Isaac Dixon

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Say Hey, Willie Mays!(2022)

    as Jackie Robinson (voice)

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • I Am Groot(2022)

    Show 1 episode · as The Watcher (voice)

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows

  • The Batman(2022)

    as Lt. James Gordon

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as The Watcher (voice) (archive footage)

  • The French Dispatch(2021)

    as Roebuck Wright

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • No Time to Die(2021)

    as Felix Leiter

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • What If...?(2021)

    Show 26 episodes · as The Watcher (voice)

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows

  • Monster(2018)

    as Mr. Harmon

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • The Oedipus Project (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Tiresias

  • All Day and a Night(2020)

    as JD

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • While the Rest of Us Die: Secrets of America's Shadow Government(2020)

    Show as Narrator

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows

  • Green Eggs and Ham(2019)

    Show 13 episodes · as McWinkle (voice)

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • The Laundromat(2019)

    as Malchus Irvin Boncamper

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • The Goldfinch(2019)

    as James 'Hobie' Hobart

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • The Public(2018)

    as Anderson

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook(2019)

    as Narrator (voice)

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • We Are Not Done Yet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Producer · as Self

  • Moynihan(2018)

    as Narrator (voice)

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Hold the Dark(2018)

    as Russell Core

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Age Out(2018)

    as Detective Portnoy

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • O.G.(2018)

    as Louis Menkins

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Game Night(2018)

    as FBI Agent Henderson (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Unseen Enemy(2017)

    as Narrator (voice)

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Westworld(2016)

    Show 36 episodes · as Bernard Lowe

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Confirmation(2016)

    as Charles Ogletree

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Running for His Life: The Lawrence Phillips Story(2016)

    as Narrator

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2(2015)

    as Beetee Latier

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • The Good Dinosaur(2015)

    as Poppa (voice)

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • The Gospel According to Mac (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • Mass Extinction: Life at the Brink (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1(2014)

    as Beetee Latier

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Forgotten Four: The Integration of Pro Football (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • BoJack Horseman(2014)

    Show 2 episodes · as Cuddlywhiskers (voice) · as Cuddlywhiskers / Father (voice)

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Only Lovers Left Alive(2013)

    as Dr. Watson

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Rick and Morty(2013)

    Show 1 episode · as Tony (voice)

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • The Hunger Games: Catching Fire(2013)

    as Beetee Latier

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete(2013)

    as Henry

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • A Single Shot(2013)

    as Simon

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Broken City(2013)

    as Carl Fairbanks

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close(2011)

    as William Black

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • The Ides of March(2011)

    as Senator Thompson

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Source Code(2011)

    as Dr. Rutledge

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Boardwalk Empire(2010)

    Show 20 episodes · as Valentin Narcisse

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • Cadillac Records(2008)

    as Muddy Waters

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Quantum of Solace(2008)

    as Felix Leiter

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • W.(2008)

    as Colin Powell

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Chicago 10(2007)

    as Bobby Seale (voice)

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Blackout (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Nelson

  • The Invasion(2007)

    as Dr. Stephen Galeano

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • New Orleans (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • Blood Diamonds(2006)

    as Narrator (voice)

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Casino Royale(2006)

    as Felix Leiter

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Lady in the Water(2006)

    as Mr. Dury

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Syriana(2005)

    as Bennett Holiday

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Broken Flowers(2005)

    as Winston

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Lackawanna Blues(2005)

    as Mr. Paul

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • The True Story of Hannibal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • House(2004)

    Show 1 episode · as Dr. Walter Cofield

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Other Voices (voice)

  • The Venture Bros.(2003)

    Show 1 episode · as Think Tank / Dr. Nidaba (voice)

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • The Manchurian Candidate(2004)

    as CPL Al Melvin

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Sin's Kitchen(2004)

    as Rex

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • With All Deliberate Speed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Narrator (Voice)

  • Angels in America(2003)

    Show 6 episodes · as Norman 'Belize' Ariaga / Mr. Lies / Homeless man / The Angel Europa

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • Sam Cooke: Legend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • D-Tox(2002)

    as Jaworski

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Ali(2001)

    as Howard Bingham

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Boycott(2001)

    as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Crime + Punishment in Suburbia(2000)

    as Chris

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Shaft(2000)

    as Peoples Hernandez

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Hamlet(2000)

    as Gravedigger

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Cement(2000)

    as Ninny

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Ride with the Devil(1999)

    as Daniel Holt

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Sidney Bechet

  • The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Sidney Bechet

  • The Giraffe(1998)

    as Win

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Celebrity(1998)

    as Greg

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Too Tired to Die(1998)

    as Balzac Man

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Critical Care(1997)

    as Rafael ("Bed Two")

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Basquiat(1996)

    as Jean Michel Basquiat

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Faithful(1996)

    as Young Man at Rolls

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • New York Undercover(1994)

    Show 1 episode · as Andre Foreman

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows

  • In the Wings: Angels in America On Broadway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Actor

  • Homicide: Life on the Street(1993)

    Show 3 episodes · as Hal Wilson

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 2 episodes · as Sidney Bechet

  • Jumpin' at the Boneyard(1991)

    as Derek

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Separate but Equal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as William Coleman

  • Separate But Equal(1991)

    Show 2 episodes · as William Coleman

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • Presumed Innocent(1990)

    as Prosecuting Attorney

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • American Experience(1988)

    Show 1 episode · as Narrator (voice)

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows

  • Death of a Salesman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Willy Loman

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 105 titles, 102 of them dated from 1988 to 2026; peak year 2022.

Biggest box office

No Time to Die (2021)

$907M worldwide

Highest rated

Casino Royale (2006)

Midcredits 98th

Most popular right now

Westworld (2016)

Film career

MilestoneNomination
19882026

Peak 2022 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 19 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

Show 1 more milestone

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting104 of 105: 104 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score71stProducing1 of 105: 1 only producing, 0 with another role

By decade

1980s1 · acting1990s17 · acting2000s29 · acting2010s31 · 30 acting · 1 crew2020s24 · acting

Billing

usually 5th · top billed in 8% of 53 roles
960106111621

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

a Primetime Emmy, a Golden Globe, a BAFTA Award and 1 other major award from 20 major nominations, 1997–2026.

WinNomination
  1. 2026
    • BAFTA Award, won · Performer in a Supporting Role
  2. 2025
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
  3. 2024
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
    • +2 other major bodies · 1 win and 1 nomination
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Actor
      • Independent Spirit Award, won · Best Lead Performance
  4. 2022
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance
  5. 2020
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
  6. 2018
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
  7. 2017
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
  8. 2014
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Show 3 earlier years
  1. 2006
    • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Supporting Male
  2. 2004
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
    • Golden Globe, won · Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
  3. 1997
    • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Debut Performance

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Jeffrey Wright's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 69th percentile, the median of all 65; across their 62 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 67th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

67thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 62

Approval · how many liked their films

64thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 62

Reach · how many have seen their films

89thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 62

Midcredits score across 84 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up39
  • 50th to 74th19
  • 25th to 49th24
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

40 of their 84 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved14
  • Divisive2
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser40
  • Broadly Agreed9
  • Mixed17

Most divisive · actor

Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook (2019)

99th percentile spread · 61% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Casino Royale (2006)

Midcredits 98th · 90% liked

Reviewers score the acting 76/100 in their films, across 55 reviewed titles; fans 83, detractors 56. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Jeffrey Wright's work okay for kids?

Across up to 43 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore39 titles29–83 · median 60 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity43 titles10–59 · median 33 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity38 titles16–85 · median 50 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs35 titles15–58 · median 40 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense35 titles28–70 · median 54 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Jeffrey Wright work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jeffrey Wright's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Alexandre Desplat shares the most, 6.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles