FrameThrower · Actors · Jeffrey Wright
Jeffrey Wright
21 films · 1,568 frames · top-billed in 7 · 2001–2025
Born 7 December 1965 · Washington, D.C., USA
Jeffrey Wright is an American actor. He is well known for his Tony, Golden Globe and Emmy winning role as Belize in the Broadway production of Angels in America and its acclaimed HBO miniseries adaptation. He has starred as Jean-Michel Basquiat in Basquiat; Felix Leiter in the James Bond films Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace and No Time to Die; Valentin Narcisse in the HBO series Boardwalk Empire; Beetee Latier in The Hunger Games films; Isaac Dixon in the video game The Last Of Us Part II; and the Watcher in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) animated series What If...? Since 2016, he has starred as Bernard Lowe in the HBO series Westworld. He will portray Commissioner James Gordon in the superhero film The Batman (2022) by Matt Reeves.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 21 films · 1,568 frames · top-billed in 7 · 2001–2025
- British Academy Games Award for Performer in a Supporting Role2026
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie2004
- Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play1994
- Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Performance2023
- Black Reel Award for Best Ensemble2008
- Black Reel Award for Best Supporting Actor2008
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play1994
- honorary doctor of the University of Pennsylvania
How their films are shot
Measured across 1,568 frames from the 21 films we hold. This is the look of the work Jeffrey takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 21 films we hold, 46% of their frames are day, 41% natural — the look of the work Jeffrey takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
American Fiction
2023 · Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison
The Batman
2022 · Lt. James Gordon
Hold The Dark
2018 · Russell Core
Cadillac Records
2008 · Muddy Waters
Lady in the Water
2006 · Mr. Dury
Syriana
2005 · Bennett Holiday
Boycott
2001 · Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Phoenician Scheme
2025 · Marty
Asteroid City
2023 · General Gibson
The French Dispatch
2021 · Roebuck Wright
No Time To Die
2021 · Felix Leiter
The Laundromat
2019 · Malchus Irvin Boncamper
Confirmation
2016 · Charles Ogletree
Only Lovers Left Alive
2013 · Dr. Watson
Source Code
2011 · Dr. Rutledge
Quantum of Solace
2008 · Felix Leiter
Casino Royale
2006 · Felix Leiter
The Manchurian Candidate
2004 · CPL Al Melvin
Ali
2001 · Howard Bingham
Ride With The Devil
· Daniel Holt
Broken Flowers
· Winston
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 1,568 frames from Jeffrey Wright's 21 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.