Jeffrey Wright

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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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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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Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)

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

Antietam (2006) -Narrator

Narrator

TV Episode

Angels in America 2003 -Belize, Belize/Mr. Lies

Actor, Actor

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

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

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.