Jeffrey Wright

Jeffrey Wright

Birthday:Dec 7, 1965
Place of birth:Washington, D.C., USA

Filmography

2013
A Single Shot

A Single Shot

Drama Crime Thriller Organized Crime Investigation Suspense
5.7

20131h 56min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: David M. Rosenthal

The tragic death of a beautiful young girl starts a tense and atmospheric game of cat and mouse between hunter John Moon and the hardened backwater criminals out for his blood.


Broken City

Broken City

Thriller Crime Drama Political Thriller Organized Crime
6.1

20131h 49min

United States

Director: Allen Hughes

In a broken city rife with injustice, ex-cop Billy Taggart seeks redemption and revenge after being double-crossed and then framed by its most powerful figure, the mayor. Billy's relentless pursuit of justice, matched only by his streetwise toughness, makes him an unstoppable force - and the mayor's worst nightmare.

2011
Source Code

Source Code

Thriller Science Fiction Mystery Investigation Suspense Time Travel Sci-Fi
7.5

20111h 33min

United States, France

Director: Duncan Jones

When decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train.

2008
Cadillac Records

Cadillac Records

Drama History Music Historical Drama Music Biopic
7.0

20081h 49min

United States

Director: Darnell Martin

The story of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, and the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James and Chuck Berry.

2006
Casino Royale

Casino Royale

Adventure Action Thriller Spy Action Mind Game Thriller
8.0

20062h 24min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: Martin Campbell

Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his winnings to establish his financial grip on the terrorist market. M sends Bond—on his maiden mission as a 00 Agent—to attend this game and prevent Le Chiffre from winning. With the help of Vesper Lynd and Felix Leiter, Bond enters the most important poker game in his already dangerous career.

2005
Syriana

Syriana

Drama Thriller Political Drama Political Thriller
6.9

20052h 8min

United States

Director: Stephen Gaghan

The Middle Eastern oil industry is the backdrop of this tense drama, which weaves together numerous story lines. Bennett Holiday is an American lawyer in charge of facilitating a dubious merger of oil companies, while Bryan Woodman, a Switzerland-based energy analyst, experiences both personal tragedy and opportunity during a visit with Arabian royalty. Meanwhile, veteran CIA agent Bob Barnes uncovers an assassination plot with unsettling origins.


Broken Flowers

Broken Flowers

Comedy Drama Mystery Romance Relationship Drama
7.1

20051h 46min

United States, France

Director: Jim Jarmusch

Introverted Don Johnston receives an anonymous letter from an ex-lover informing him that he has a son who may be looking for him. A freelance sleuth neighbor motivates Don to embark on a cross-country search for his past flames seeking answers.

2004
The Manchurian Candidate

The Manchurian Candidate

Drama Thriller Mystery Political Thriller Political Drama
6.6

20042h 9min

United States

Director: Jonathan Demme

Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw, now a vice-presidential candidate, is the hero he remembers him being. As Marco's doubts deepen, Shaw's political power grows, and, when Marco finds a mysterious implant embedded in his back, the memory of what really happened begins to return.

2001
Ali

Ali

Drama Historical Drama
6.7

20012h 37min

United States

Director: Michael Mann

In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the scene: Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an entirely new image for African Americans in sport with his proud public self-confidence and his unapologetic belief that he is the greatest boxer of all time. Yet at the top of his game, both Ali's personal and professional lives face the ultimate test.

2000
Shaft

Shaft

Action Adventure Crime Thriller Organized Crime
6.0

20001h 39min

Germany, United States

Director: John Singleton

New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail for Switzerland. Two years later Wade returns to face trial, confident his money and influence will get him acquitted -- especially since he's paid a drug kingpin to kill the witness.