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American actor (born 1965)

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Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United States
Active from
1953-12-21
Active to
2020-05-10
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Jeffrey Wright (born December 7, 1965) is an American film, television, and stage actor and film producer. Wright portrays Muddy Waters in Cadillac Records which is the biopic about the rise and fall of Chess Records . <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Jeffrey+Wright">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Born
Jeffrey Charles Wright , ( 1965-12-07 ) December 7, 1965 (age 60) , Washington, D.C. , U.S.
Education
Amherst College ( BA )
Occupation
Actor
Years active
1990–present
Spouse
Carmen Ejogo ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2000 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2014 ) ​
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1965-12-07
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start of work period
1990-00-00
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Jeffrey Charles Wright (born December 7, 1965) is an American actor. His accolades include a British Academy Games Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Tony Award, in addition to a nomination for an Academy Award.

Wright began his career in theater, where he gained prominence for his role in the Broadway production of Tony Kushner's Angels in America (1993), for which he won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. He reprised his role in the acclaimed HBO miniseries adaptation (2003), earning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie.

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