Jeffrey Wright Biography (1965?-)

Born December 6, 1965 (some sources cite 1966), in Washington, DC; mother, acustoms lawyer; married Carmen Ejogo (an actress), August, 2000; children: Elijah. Addresses: Agent: Jim Darmody, Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor
Birth Details: December 6, 1965?; Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Appearances
All's Well That Ends Well, Folger Shakespeare Theatre, Washington,DC, 1989
Les Blancs, Arena Stage, Washington, DC, 1989
Juno and the Paycock, Arena Stage, c. 1990
Hastings, She Stoops to Conquer, Arena Stage, 1990-91
Search and Destroy, Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1990-91
Gentleman, Othello, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre,Delacorte Theatre, New York City, 1991
Mr. Lies and Belize, Angels in America: Millennium Approaches; A Gay Fantasia on National Themes (performed with Angels in America: Perestroika), New York Shakespeare Festival, Walter Kerr Theatre, New York City,c. 1993-94
Mr. Lies and Belize, Angels in America: Perestroika (performed with Angels in America: Millennium Approaches; A Gay Fantasia on National Themes), New York Shakespeare Festival, Walter Kerr Theatre, c. 1993-94
"Da Voice" (the narrator), Bring in da Noise, Bring in da Funk (musical), New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, then Ambassador Theatre, both New York City, 1996
The fool, King Lear, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, Anspacher Theatre, New York City, 1996
Mark Antony, Julius Caesar, Public Theatre, Delacorte Theatre, 2000
Lincoln, Topdog/Underdog, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, Anspacher Theatre, 2001, then Ambassador Theatre, 2002, later Royal Court Theatre, London, 2003
Celebrity Charades: The Rematch at the Roxy (benefit), LAByrinth Theatre Company, The Roxy, New York City, 2004
Cody, This Is How It Goes, Public Theatre, Anspacher Theatre, 2005
Appeared in Daylight in Exile and Playboy of the West Indies, both Yale Repertory Theatre. Appeared in productions at Round House Theatre, Silver Spring, MD, 1989; also appeared in productions of the Acting Company and the Huntington Theatre Company, Boston, MA.
Television Appearances
Miniseries
William Coleman, Separate but Equal, ABC, 1991
Norman "Belize" Arriaga, Mr. Lies, and the Angel Antarctica, Angels inAmerica, HBO, 2003
Voice, Broadway: The American Musical (documentary), PBS and BBC Four, 2004
Movies
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Boycott, HBO, 2001
Small Paul, Lackawanna Blues, HBO, 2005
1001 Nights (also known as Scheherazade), HBO, 2006
Specials
In the Wings: Angels in America on Broadway, PBS, 1993
The Making of "Ali," 2001
Stage on Screen: The Topdog Diaries, 2002

Narrator, Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (documentary), PBS, 2005
The True Story of Hannibal, History Channel, 2005
Awards Presentations
The 56th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, ABC, 2004
The 61st Annual Golden Globe Awards, NBC, 2004
Episodic
Sidney Bechet, "Young Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues, Chicago, April, 1920," The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, ABC, 1993
Sidney Bechet, "Young Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues, Chicago, May, 1920," The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, ABC, 1993
Sidney Bechet, "Young Indiana Jones and the Scandal of 1920, New York, June, 1920," The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, ABC, 1993
Sidney Bechet, "Young Indiana Jones and the Scandal of 1920, New York, July, 1920," The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, ABC, 1993
Andre Foreman, "Garbage," New York Undercover (also known as Uptown Undercover), Fox, 1994
Hal Wilson, "Blood Ties: Parts 1-3," Homicide: Life on the Street(also known as H: LOTS and Homicide), NBC, 1997
Himself, "Ali," HBO First Look, HBO, 2001
Narrator of "Sam Cooke," an episode of Legends (also known as VH1 Legends), VH1.
Film Appearances
Prosecuting attorney, Presumed Innocent, Warner Bros., 1990
Derek, Jumpin' at the Boneyard, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1992
Jean-Michel Basquiat (title role), Basquiat (also known as Build a Fort, Set It on Fire), Miramax, 1996
Young man at Rolls, Faithful, New Line Cinema, 1996
Ben, Blossoms and Veils, 1997
Raphael, Critical Care, LIVE Entertainment, 1997
Balzac man, Too Tired to Die (also known as New York Daydream), Phaedra Cinema, 1998
Off-off Broadway director, Celebrity, Miramax, 1998
Win, Meschugge (also known as The Giraffe and Die Giraffe), Bavaria Film International, 1998
Daniel Holt, Ride with the Devil, MCA/Universal, 1999
Nin, Cement, Keystone Film Partners XIX/Cargo Films, 1999
Chris, Crime and Punishment in Suburbia (also known as Crime and Punishment in High School), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 2000
Gravedigger, Hamlet, Miramax, 2000
Peoples Hernandez, Shaft (also known as Shaft Returns and Shaft--Noch Fragen?), Paramount, 2000
Howard Bingham, Ali, Columbia, 2001
Jaworski, D-Tox (also known as Detox, Eye See You, and Im Auge der Angst), Universal, 2002
Al Melvin, The Manchurian Candidate, Paramount, 2004
Narrator, With All Deliberate Speed (documentary), Camera Planet/Discovery Docs, 2004
Rex, Sin's Kitchen, Cargo Films, 2004
Voice, Keeping Time: The Life, Music, & Photography of Milt Hinton (documentary), 2004
Bennett Holiday, Syriana (also known as See No Evil), Warner Bros., 2005
Dan Hughes, Fellowship, Anam Films/Powerstone Entertainment, 2005
Winston, Broken Flowers (also known as Untitled Jim Jarmusch Project), Focus Features, 2005
Expats, Porter Productions, 2005
Lord of War, Lions Gate Films, 2005
The Lady in the Water, Warner Bros., 2006
Film Work
Producer, Fellowship, Anam Films/Powerstone Entertainment, 2005

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

Current Biography, May, 2002, pp. 81-82
Entertainment Weekly, August 16, 1996, p. 37
Essence, November, 2000, p. 68
Interview, November, 1999, p. 74; July, 2000, p. 69
Maclean's, June 26, 2000, p. 50
NME, April 5, 1997, p. 26
Premiere, December, 2001, p. 102
Time, June 26, 2000, p. 70

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