Jeffrey Wright is an American actor and Lawyer, He was born on 7th December 1965 in Washington, D.C., United States.

He graduated from St. Albans School and attended Amherst College, receiving a bachelor’s degree in political science, and planned to attend law school.

however, he chose to study acting instead. After attending the MFA acting program at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts for two months in 1988.

He is well known for his Tony, Golden Globe, and Emmy winning role as Belize in the Broadway production Angels in America and its acclaimed HBO miniseries adaptation.

Jeffrey Wright Career

Jeffrey Wright began appearing off-Broadway in New York City and Washington DC, and in 1990, he appeared in his first major film as an attorney in Presumed Innocent, which starred Harrison Ford.

In 1991, Wright joined John Houseman’s national touring repertory company The Acting Company with productions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Athol Fugard’s Blood Knot.

In 1993 and 1994, he appeared as Norman “Belize” Arriaga in Tony Kushner’s award-winning play Angels in America.

His portrayal of a gay nurse forced to take care of Roy Cohn as he dies of AIDS won him the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play.

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