Jeffrey Wright
Actor
- Basquiat (1996)
- Dir. Julian Schnabel
Feat. Jeffrey Wright, David Bowie, Gary Oldman…
- The director sends a post–mortem loveletter to his friend and contemporary, Jean–Michel Basquiat, a celebrated but fragile New York black…
- Ride with the Devil (1999)
- Dir. Ang Lee
Feat. Tobey Maguire, John Caviezel, Skeet Ulrich…
- One of the best recent attempts at an American Civil War drama, demonstrating the South's point of view with sympathy and only a few wrong moves.…
- Shaft (2000)
- Dir. John Singleton
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Richard Roundtree, Toni Collette…
- Despite the excellent pedigree of those involved – Samuel L Jackson, Richard Roundtree, dir. John Singleton, Toni Collette – this revival…
- Ali (2001)
- Dir. Michael Mann
Feat. Will Smith, Jon Voight, Jeffrey Wright…
- Boxing–legend Muhammad Ali’s (Will Smith) 10 crucial years: 1964–74, are refought in this biopic composed in dynamic visuals and epic…
- Boycott (2001)
- Dir. Clark Johnson
Feat. Jeffrey Wright
- HBO’s excellent, underplayed dramatisation of the Rosa Parks story, who in Alabama in 1955 refused to give up her bus–seat to a white man, in…
- Angels in America (TV Mini Series) (2004)
- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Emma Thompson…
- An ambitious, multi–leveled portrait of the fractures, politics and metaphysical crises of 1980s America based on the stageplay by Tony…
- Manchurian Candidate, The (2004)
- Dir. Jonathan Demme
Feat. Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber…
- Slickly modernised version of the Cold War classic, tailors its twisted fable of political paranoia into a complex speculation on military, political…
- Broken Flowers (2005)
- Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Feat. Bill Murray, Julie Delpy, Frances Conroy…
- A beguiling middle–age lament starring Bill Murray, unfurled in typical low gear by the world's 'coolest' director, Jim Jarmusch.
Playing an…
- Syriana (2005)
- Dir. Stephen Gaghan
Feat. George Clooney, Matt Damon, Jeffrey Wright…
- Fierce and dense exploration of the machinations and consequences of the global oil industry in the form of a multiple–storyline drama (from…
- Lackawanna Blues (2005)
- Dir. George C. Wolfe
Feat. S. Epatha Merkerson, Mos Def, Delroy Lindo…
- An evocative series of linked vignettes set around the memories of playwright Ruben Santiago–Hudson, about a New York boarding house in the…
- Lady in the Water (2006)
- Dir. M. Night Shyamalan
Feat. Paul Giamatti, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jeffrey Wright…
- Adapting his own literary fairytale, M. Night Shyamalan's (SIGNS) fifth film is set around a dank apartment complex, where the dour superintendent…
- Casino Royale (2006)
- Dir. Martin Campbell
Feat. Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Eva Green…
- The James Bond franchise finds a new face, goes back to the very beginning, and rediscovers its mojo, with new Bond Daniel Craig and Kiwi dir. Martin…
- Cadillac Records (2008)
- Dir. Darnell Martin
Feat. Adrien Brody, Jeffrey Wright, Gabrielle Union…
- Flashy interpretation of the rise of the seminal Chess Records, regarded by many as America's greatest blues label.
This ensemble piece is more…
- W. (Bush) (2008)
- Dir. Oliver Stone
Feat. Josh Brolin, Richard Dreyfuss, James Cromwell…
- Oliver Stone examines the leadership of former U.S. President George W. Bush in this wayward, if strangely compelling account of the Texan’s…
- Source Code (2011)
- Dir. Duncan Jones
Feat. Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga…
- The dir. of MOON helms this smart sci–fi thriller, about a soldier (Gyllenhaal) thrust ‘neurologically’ into the shoes of a dead eyewitness…
- Ides of March, The (2011)
- Dir. George Clooney
Feat. George Clooney, Ryan Gosling, Philip Seymour Hoffman…
- Ryan Gosling plays an idealistic campaign worker forced to play dirty in a battle between opposing sides in a Democratic primary campaign in this…
- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011)
- Dir. Stephen Daldry
Feat. Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Thomas Horn…
- The grief and curiosity of a nine–year–old autistic boy is explored in this tough, but tender drama set in the aftermath of the September…
- Ernest & Celestine (Ernest and Celestine) (2012)
- Dir. Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar
Feat. Forest Whitaker, Lambert Wilson, Lauren Bacall…
- A bear and a mouse become firm friends in this lovely French animation.
- Broken City (2013)
- Dir. Allen Hughes
Feat. Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe, Catherine Zeta-Jones…
- In this serviceable political thriller, Mark Wahlberg plays a New York private eye who is recruited by the city mayor (Russell Crowe) to expose his…
- Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
- Dir. Francis Lawrence
Feat. Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson…
- The victors of the Hunger Games must rally at the threat of an uprising in this blockbuster sequel to Suzanne Collins's best–selling young…
- Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete, The (2013)
- Dir. George Tillman Jr.
Feat. Skylan Brooks, Ethan Dizon, Jennifer Hudson…
- Two Brooklyn adolescents must fend for themselves when their hard–living mother is taken into police custody in this moving tragidrama.
- Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
- Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Feat. Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, Anton Yelchin…
- Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston are sublimely cast as sophisticated vampire lovers who reunite after centuries in this stylish and imaginative new…
- A Single Shot (2013)
- Dir. David M. Rosenthal
Feat. Sam Rockwell, William H. Macy, Ted Levine…
- A hunter who accidentally shoots a woman is drawn into a game of cat and mouse in this lean, atmospheric backwoods thriller, adapted from Matthew F.…
- Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (2014)
- Dir. Francis Lawrence
Feat. Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth…
- Third in the series finds Katniss in District 13 fighting to save Peeta who is now a brainwashed captive of President Snow.
- Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 (2015)
- Dir. Francis Lawrence
Feat. Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth…
- Satisfying conclusion to the dystopian series has Katniss reunite with her friends as the war of Panem escalates.
- Good Dinosaur, The (2015)
- Dir. Peter Sohn
Feat. Jeffrey Wright, Frances McDormand, Anna Paquin…
- Charming pre–historic tale, set in an alternate world where the dinosaur–killing asteroid misses Earth. about the unlikely friendship…
- Westworld (TV Series) (2016)
- Feat. Evan Rachel Wood, Thandiwe Newton, Jeffrey Wright…
- Phenomenally popular science–fiction western series from creator Jonathan Nolan, set in a fictional theme park populated by android "hosts",…
- Game Night (2018)
- Dir. Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley
Feat. Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams, Billy Magnussen…
- Clever crime comedy with likeable leads Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams as a couple whose weekly table top gaming get–together turns into a…
- Goldfinch, The (2019)
- Dir. John Crowley
Feat. Ansel Elgort, Oakes Fegley, Aneurin Barnard…
- Sensitive coming–of–age story of growth and redemption, adapted from the Pulitzer Prize winning novel of the same name. A 13–year…
- No Time to Die (2021)
- Dir. Cary Joji Fukunaga
Feat. Daniel Craig, Rami Malek, Léa Seydoux…
- Another bombastic Bond film marking Daniel Craig's fifth and last outing as the British Secret Service agent, directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga (TRUE…