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Jeffrey Wright
MAIN
PHOTOS
VIDEOS
NEWS
CREDITS
BIOGRAPHY
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FANSITES
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RECENT CREDITS
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
(FILM)
Dec. 25, 2011
The Ides of March
(FILM)
Oct. 7, 2011
Source Code
(FILM)
Apr. 1, 2011
Cadillac Records
(FILM)
Dec. 5, 2008
Quantum of Solace
(FILM)
Nov. 14, 2008
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Jeffrey Wright Credits
HIGHLIGHTS
Father died when he was a baby and was raised by his mother, a lawyer for the US Customs Department.
In 1993, joined the Broadway cast of Tony Kushner's award-winning play
Angels in America;
later recreated the role of nurse Belize for the 2003 HBO adaptation.
Won a 2001 American Film Institute Actor of the Year Award for his portrayal of Martin Luther King Jr. in the HBO miniseries
Boycott
.
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Role
Category
Source Code
2011
-Dr. Rutledge
Actor
Film
Cadillac Records
2008
-Muddy Waters
Actor
Film
Quantum of Solace
2008
-Felix Leiter
Actor
Film
W.
2008
-Colin Powell
Actor
Film
Chicago 10
2008
-Bobby Seale
Voice
Film
The Invasion
2007
-Dr. Stephen Galeano
Actor
Film
Casino Royale
2006
-Felix Leiter
Actor
Film
Lady in the Water
2006
-Mr. Dury
Actor
Film
Syriana
2005
-Bennett Holiday
Actor
Film
Broken Flowers
2005
-Winston
Actor
Film
The Manchurian Candidate
2004
-Al Melvin
Actor
Film
With All Deliberate Speed
2004
-Narrator
Voice
Film
Ali
2001
-Howard Bingham
Actor
Film
Too Tired To Die
2001
-Balzac Man
Actor
Film
Crime + Punishment in Suburbia
2000
-Chris
Actor
Film
Shaft
2000
-Peoples Hernandez
Actor
Film
Hamlet
2000
-Gravedigger
Actor
Film
Ride With the Devil
1999
-Daniel Holt
Actor
Film
Celebrity
1998
-Off Off Broadway Director
Actor
Film
Jumpin' at the Boneyard
1992
-Derek
Actor
Film
Presumed Innocent
1990
-Prosecuting Attorney
Actor
Film
10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America
Narrator
TV
Antietam
(2006)
-Narrator
Narrator
TV Episode
Angels in America
2003
-Belize, Belize/Mr. Lies
Actor, Actor
TV
Heaven, I'm in Heaven
(2003)
-Belize
Actor
TV Episode
Beyond Nelly
(2003)
-Belize
Actor
TV Episode
Stop Moving!
(2003)
-Belize
Actor
TV Episode
Angels in America: Perestroika
(2003)
-Belize
Actor
TV Episode
The Messenger
(2003)
-Belize
Actor
TV Episode
In Vitro
(2003)
-Belize
Actor
TV Episode
Bad News
(2003)
-Belize
Actor
TV Episode
Angels in America: Millennium Approaches
(2003)
-Belize
Actor
TV Episode
Lackawanna Blues
-Small Paul
Actor
TV
Eye See You
2002
-Jaworski
Actor
Film
The Giraffe
1999
-Win
Actor
Film
Critical Care
1997
-Bed Two
Actor
Film
Basquiat
1996
-Jean Michel Basquiat
Actor
Film
Faithful
1996
Actor
Film
Blackout
Producer, Actor
Film
Boycott
-Martin Luther King Jr.
Actor
Film
Keeping Time: The Life, Music & Photographs of Milt Hinton
-Narrator
Voice
Film
Lackawanna Blues
-Small Paul
Actor
Film
Cement
-Nin
Actor
Film
Ali's 65
-Narrator
Voice
Film
American Experience: New Orleans
-Narrator
Voice
Film
Angels in America
-Belize, Mr. Lies
Actor, Actor
Film
Antietam (September 17, 1862)
-Narrator
Voice
Film
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Voice
Film
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
2011
-William Black
Actor
Film
The Ides of March
2011
Actor
Film
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Highlights
Father died when he was a baby and was raised by his mother, a lawyer for the US Customs Department.
In 1993, joined the Broadway cast of Tony Kushner's award-winning play
Angels in America;
later recreated the role of nurse Belize for the 2003 HBO adaptation.
Won a 2001 American Film Institute Actor of the Year Award for his portrayal of Martin Luther King Jr. in the HBO miniseries
Boycott
.
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Recently Worked With...
Tom Hanks
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Released: Dec. 25, 2011
Ryan Gosling
The Ides of March
Released: Oct. 14, 2011
Jake Gyllenhaal
Source Code
Released: Apr. 1, 2011
Adrien Brody
Cadillac Records
Released: Dec. 5, 2008
Daniel Craig
Quantum of Solace
Released: Nov. 14, 2008
Jesse Bradford
W.
Released: Oct. 17, 2008
Nicole Kidman
The Invasion
Released: Aug. 17, 2007
Paul Giamatti
Lady in the Water
Released: Jul. 21, 2006
George Clooney
Syriana
Released: Dec. 9, 2005
Bill Murray
Broken Flowers
Released: Aug. 5, 2005
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