Born Dec. 7, 1965, in Washington, D.C., Jeffrey Wright was raised by his mother -- an attorney for the U.S. Customs Department -- when his father died during Wright's infancy. Planning to follow in his mom's footsteps, Wright majored in political science at college, but the acting bug bit. After graduating, he won a scholarship to study acting at New York University but soon dropped out to pursue the profession full time.His decision proved wise: In 1993, Wright was cast as Roy Cohn's flamboyant nurse in "Angels in America, Perestroika," a role that netted the actor a Tony Award and an Emmy when he reprised the part in the HBO miniseries. More accolades followed for his performance as the title character in Basquiat (1996).
Other notable films for Wright include Ali (2001), The Manchurian Candidate (2004), Broken Flowers (2005) and the James Bond saga Casino Royale (2006).
AddBasquiatDirector Julian Schnabel's biopic won an Independent Spirit Award for its depiction of Jean-Michel Basquiat's meteoric rise in New York's art world, his anguish over his family, and his hatred of a society that both courted and exploited him. In 1981, Basquiat (Jeffrey Wright) was a 19-year-old... Read More
AddBlackoutDuring the massive blackout in the summer of 2003, violence descends on Brooklyn's East Flatbush neighborhood. Agoraphobic James (Sean Blakemore), his put-upon girlfriend, Claudine (Zoe Saldana), apartment super George (Melvin Van Peebles) and building owner Sol (Saul Rubinek) are among the people... Read More
AddBoycottBy refusing to sit at the back of an Alabama bus, Rosa Parks (Iris Little-Thomas) sparked one of the most significant battles in the civil rights movement of the 1950s. The story behind the Montgomery Bus Boycott is told in this made-for-TV movie highlighting the work of Martin Luther King (Jeffrey... Read More
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