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  2. Oct 14, 2014 · Ethnicity: African-American. Jeffrey Wright is an American film, television, and stage actor. His IMDB biography describes him as “quite possibly the most underrated and underexposed actor of his caliber and generation.”.

  3. Feb 23, 2024 · On Friday, Feb. 23 at 12:00 p.m. ET, Wright joins The Post’s Jonathan Capehart to talk about the film’s exploration of race and identity and the landscape for Black storytellers in Hollywood.

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    Jeffrey had graduated from the St. Albans School, an independent college preparatory, boys’ school in Washington, D.C. He had then joined Amherst College, a private liberal arts college in Massachusetts, from where he had earned a bachelor’s degree in political science, in 1987. Jeffrey had later joined the Master of Fine Arts acting program at the...

    Father– James Charles Wright, Jr. (d. 1966)
    Mother– Barbara Evon Wright (née Whiting) (Customs Lawyer)
    Others– Brian Wright (Cousin), James Charles Wright, Sr. (Paternal Grandfather), Mary Lois Potts (Paternal Grandmother), William Henry ‘Boo White’ Whiting (Maternal Grandfather), Mary Ellen ‘Mamie’...

    Jeffrey has dated – 1. Carmen Ejogo (2000–2014) – Jeffrey had married English actress and singer Carmen Ejogo in August 2000 after having first met her during the shooting of the biographical drama TV film Boycott(2001). They have 2 children together – a son named Elijah Wright and a daughter named Juno Wright. The couple got divorced, amicably, in...

    Toned physique
    Close-cropped, receding hairline
    Sports a thick beard
    Food Indulgence– Charred, buttery, pink-in-the-middle steak
    Subject in College– Constitutional Law
    Book – 1984 by George Orwell
    Movie– Apocalypse Now (1979)
    He had planned to attend a law school after he had graduated from Amherst Collegebut had changed his mind at the eleventh hour, switching his focus towards a career in acting.
    For portraying the character of Norman ‘Belize’ Arriaga in the TV miniseries Angels in America(2003), he had won the ‘Best Supporting Actor’ award at the 2004 Golden Globe Awards and the ‘Outstandi...
    Exactly a decade ago, in 1994, he had won a prestigious Tony Award in the ‘Best Featured Actor in a Play’ category for the exact same role, in the Broadway production of Angels in America. Interest...
    Amherst College, his alma mater, had conferred an honorary degree upon him in 2004.
    • December 7, 1965
    • 77 kg
    • 5 ft 10 in
    • Sagittarius
  4. Oct 1, 2021 · Jeffrey Wright reflects on being the first Black actor to play Jim Gordon and how important it is and why it makes sense in the context of Gotham City.

  5. Feb 20, 2024 · He cynically writes a book under a pseudonym that's full of clichés, like drug abuse, violence, and poverty — and it's a hit. Wright's first starring role was in the 1996 film Basquiat.

  6. Feb 13, 2024 · The film explores, and sends up, cliches of Black life in popular culture. Jeffrey Brown spoke with Wright for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.

  7. Jeffrey Wright. Born: 7-Dec - 1965. Birthplace: Washington, DC. Gender: Male. Race or Ethnicity: Black. Sexual orientation: Straight. Occupation: Actor. Nationality: United States. Executive summary: Basquiat.

    • December 7, 1965
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