As one of the most talked-about figures, Jeffrey Wright has built a significant fortune. In this article, we dive deep into the assets and career highlights.

What Is Jeffrey Wright's Net Worth and Salary?

After performing in off-Broadway productions in Washington, D.C. and New York City, Wright made his film debut in 1990's "Presumed Innocent" alongsideHarrison Ford. He then appeared in the 1991 miniseries "Separate But Equal" and the films "Jumpin' at the Boneyard" (1991), "Faithful" (1996), "Critical Care" (1997), "Too Tired to Die" (1998), "Celebrity" (1998), and "Ride with the Devil" (1999), and he portrayed artistJean-Michel Basquiatin 1996's "Basquiat." Jeffrey guest-starred on "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" (1993), "New York Undercover" (1994), and "Homicide: Life on the Street" (1997), and he portrayed Dr.Martin Luther King Jr.in the 2001 Peabody Award-winning TV movie "Boycott." He appeared in the films "Hamlet" (2000), "Shaft" (2000), "Ali" (2001), "The Manchurian Candidate" (2004), "Syriana" (2005), and "Lady in the Water" (2006), and in 2004, he won a Primetime Emmy and Golden Globe for his performance in HBO's adaptation ofTony Kushner's"Angels in America." Wright returned to HBO for 2005's "Lackawanna Blues," and in 2006, he played Felix Leiter in "Casino Royale," the 21st film in the "James Bond" franchise. He has reprised the role in two more films, 2008's "Quantum of Solace" and 2021's "No Time to Die."

In 2008, Jeffrey portrayedColin Powellin "W." andMuddy Watersin "Cadillac Records," then he appeared in "The Ides of March" (2011), "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" (2011), "Broken City" (2013), "The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete" (2013), and "Only Lovers Left Alive" (2014) and played Beetee in "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" (2013), "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1" (2014), and "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2" (2015). In 2014, Wright joined the cast of HBO's "Boardwalk Empire," and in 2016, he portrayed attorney Charles Ogletree in the TV movie "Confirmation" and began playing Bernard Lowe / Arnold Weber on HBO's "Westworld," which has earned him three Primetime Emmy nominations. Jeffrey appeared in the 2018 films "Monster," "The Public," "Game Night," "Age Out," "O.G.," and "Hold the Dark," and in 2019, he guest-starred on "Sesame Street" and voiced McWinkle on Netflix's "Green Eggs and Ham." In 2021, he played Roebuck Wright in theWes Anderson-directed film "The French Dispatch" and voiced "The Watcher" on the Disney+ series "What If…?," which is part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In 2022, he portrayed Lt. James Gordon in "The Batman" alongsideRobert Pattinson,Zoë Kravitz, andPaul Dano.

Jeffrey Wright is an American actor and producer who has a net worth of $8 million. Jeffrey Wright won a Tony for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance as Belize in "Angels in America: Perestroika" (1993), and he received a Primetime Emmy and Golden Globe for reprising the role in the 2003 HBO miniseries "Angels in America." Jeffrey has also performed on Broadway in "Angels in America: Millennium Approaches" (2003), "Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk" (1996), "Topdog / Underdog" (2002), and "A Free Man of Color" (2010), earning a Tony nomination for Best Actor in a Play for "Topdog / Underdog." He has played Felix Leiter in three "James Bond" films – 2006's "Casino Royale," 2008's "Quantum of Solace," and 2021's "No Time to Die" – and he is also known for the roles of Valentin Narcisse on "Boardwalk Empire" (2013–2014) and Bernard Lowe / Arnold Weber on "Westworld" (2016–present).

Wright has more than 70 acting credits to his name, including the films "Basquiat" (1996), "Ali" (2001), "Broken Flowers" (2005), "W." (2008), "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" (2013), "The French Dispatch" (2021), and "The Batman" (2022) and the TV movies "Boycott" (2001), "Lackawanna Blues" (2005), and "Confirmation" (2016). Jeffrey also produced the 2007 film "Blackout" and the 2018 documentary short "We Are Not Done Yet."

Ahead of the second season, Jeffrey Wright's salary was boosted to $250,000 per episode of "Westworld."

Jeffrey Wright was born on December 7, 1965, in Washington, D.C. His mother, Barbara, is a customs lawyer, and his father, James Jr., died when Jeffrey was just 1 year old. Wright attended St. Albans School for Boys, and after graduation, he earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Amherst College in Massachusetts. Though he had originally planned to go to law school, Jeffrey decided to study acting instead. In 1988, he spent two months in the New York University Tisch School of the Arts MFA acting program, then left to appear in Lorraine Hansberry's "Les Blancs" at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., which later moved to Boston's Huntington Theatre Company.

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