Jeffrey Wright is a veteran American character actor who is now known internationally for playing the iconic role of Felix Leiter in the James Bond movie series. On House, M.D., he portrayed Dr. Walter Cofield, the doctor who decided House's fate in the Season 8 episode Nobody's Fault.
Wright first came to wide attention playing the title role in Basquiat. Since then, he has had featured roles in Ride With The Devil, Hamlet, Cement, Shaft, Boycott, Ali, D-Tox, The Manchurian Candidate, Broken Flowers, Syriana, Lady in the Water, Casino Royale, The Invasion, W., Quantum of Solace, Cadillac Records, Source Code and The Ides of March.
Connections
- Appeared with Jimmi Simpson on Westworld
- Appeared with Willie C. Carpenter in Monster
- Appeared with Dylan Baker in Confirmation
- Appeared with Ron Livingston on Boardwalk Empire
- Appeared with Dennis Boutsikaris in W.
- Appeared with Michael B. Jordan in Blackout
- Appeared with Charles S. Dutton in D-Tox
- Appeared with Joe Morton in Ali
- Appeared with Sherilyn Fenn in Cement
- Appeared with Andre Braugher and Zeljko Ivanek on Homicide: Life on the Street
- Appeared with Michael Michele on New York Undercover
Famous Roles
- Muddy Waters in Cadillac Records
- Felix Leiter in Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace
- Colin Powell in W.
- Martin Luther King, Jr. in Boycott
- Jean-Michel Basquiat in Basquiat
- Bernard Lowe/Arnold Weber in Westworld
External links
- Jeffrey Wright at IMDB
- Jeffrey Wright article at Wikipedia
