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Jeffrey Wright (born December 7, 1965) is an American actor. His first starring film role was as Jean-Michel Basquiat in Basquiat (1996). His other notable films include Syriana (2005), Lady in the Water (2006), Cadillac Records (2008), The Ides of March (2011), and Rustin (2023). He has also acted in the Wes Anderson films The French Dispatch (2021), Asteroid City (2023) and The Phoenician Scheme (2025), and has played Peoples Hernandez in Shaft (2000), Felix Leiter in the James Bond films Casino Royale (2006), Quantum of Solace (2008), and No Time to Die (2021), Beetee Latier in The Hunger Games films, and Jim Gordon in The Batman (2022). He received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in American Fiction (2023).
Skunk Ape is a 2026 American action horror film written and directed by James Wan. It is based on the mythological creature of the same name, as well as the fourth overall installment in the Bigfoot film series and the first chronologically. The film stars Riley Keough, Katherine Waterson, Jeffrey Wright, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Lucas Black, Anne Hathaway, Joel Edgerton, and James Badge Dale. It follows Ellie Lane (reprised by Keough), who goes on a rampage after discovering who killed her parents; the Skunk Ape. She seeks the help of Danny Quinto (reprised by Wright) and his son Warren (reprised by Abdul-Mateen), as well as Allison and David (reprised by Hathaway and Dale), to track the creature down. Skunk Ape was released in theaters on October 17th, 2026; grossing $782 million worldwide, the film was a box-office success but was not well-received. Critics praised the performances of Hathaway, Keough, Wright, Waterson and Dale but criticized its lack of predictability.
