Jeffrey Wright

• Birthplace: District of Columbia, United States
• Birthday: December 7, 1965

After developing a prolific and acclaimed career on the stage, actor Jeffrey Wright quietly worked his way into the public consciousness in chameleon-like fashion, playing a wide range of roles in features and on television. Though he spent several years honing his craft off-Broadway and in regional theater, Wright staked his reputation with a Tony Award-winning performance in the widely acclaimed play, “Angels in America: Perestroika,” which he later reprised almost a decade later in the highly lauded HBO miniseries. In between the play a…more