Born Dec. 7, 1965, in Washington, D.C., Jeffrey Wright was raised by his mother -- an attorney for the U.S. Customs Department -- when his father died during Wright's infancy. Planning to follow in his mom's footsteps, Wright majored in political science at college, but the acting bug bit. After graduating, he won a scholarship to study acting at New York University but soon dropped out to pursue the profession full time.His decision proved wise: In 1993, Wright was cast as Roy Cohn's flamboyant nurse in "Angels in America, Perestroika," a role that netted the actor a Tony Award and an Emmy when he reprised the part in the HBO miniseries. More accolades followed for his performance as the title character in Basquiat (1996).
Other notable films for Wright include Ali (2001), The Manchurian Candidate (2004), Broken Flowers (2005) and the James Bond saga Casino Royale (2006).
Cadillac RecordsThe sounds of 1950s Chicago color this drama based on the true story of a bar owner who signed a lineup of future legends to his fledgling record label. He crosses paths with Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry and Etta James, changing the face of pop music. Read More
BlackoutDuring the massive summer blackout in 2003, violence descends on Brooklyn's East Flatbush section. Agoraphobic James (Sean Blakemore), his put-upon girlfriend, Claudine (Zoe Saldana), apartment super George (Melvin Van Peebles) and building owner Sol (Saul Rubinek) are thrown together amidst looting... Read More
BasquiatDirector Julian Schnabel's biopic won an Independent Spirit Award for its depiction of Jean-Michel Basquiat's meteoric rise in New York's art world, his anguish over his family, and his hatred of a society that both courted and exploited him. In 1981, Basquiat (Jeffrey Wright) was a 19-year-old... Read More
BoycottInterweaving vintage newsreels, stock footage and home movies with scenes depicting events surrounding the birth of the civil rights movement, this made-for-cable drama recounts the story behind the Montgomery, Ala., bus boycott of 1955. Iris Little-Thomas plays Rosa Parks, the black seamstress... Read More
CementThe tenuous alliance between corrupt cops and the mob disintegrates over the course of three days. The action zigzags between a torture session at a freeway construction site where the brother of a notorious kingpin is slowly buried alive by a bad cop gone worse, and flashbacks to the twisted events... Read More
The Ides of March (2011) | R | |
PG-13 | ||
Source Code (2011) | PG-13 | |
A Child's Garden of Poetry (2011) | NR | |
Quantum of Solace (2008) | PG-13 | |
PG-13 | ||
Cadillac Records (2008) | R | |
PG-13 | ||
UR | ||
Blackout (2007) | NR | |
Chicago 10 (2007) | R | |
PG-13 | ||
Lady in the Water (2006) | PG-13 | |
NR | ||
NR | ||
R | ||
Broken Flowers (2005) | R | |
The Manchurian Candidate (2004) | R | |
With All Deliberate Speed (2004) | NR | |
The Topdog Diaries (2004) | NR | |
Angels in America (2003) | NR | |
R | ||
Ali (2001) | R | |
Boycott (2001) | PG | |
Shaft (2000) | R | |
Hamlet (2000) | R | |
R | ||
Ride with the Devil (1999) | R | |
Cement (1999) | R | |
Too Tired to Die (1998) | NR | |
Critical Care (1997) | R | |
NR | ||
NR | ||
Basquiat (1996) | R | |
Faithful (1996) | R | |
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