American film and stage actor Jeffrey Wright has been one of the most sought-after and versatile performers in Hollywood and on Broadway.

Wright began his career in tiny roles at community companies such as the Yale Repertory Theater in New Haven, Connecticut. In 1990, he received his first film role as a prosecution attorney in the film Presumed Innocent.

He continued to perform in off-Broadway plays and modest television parts until 1994, when he took the role of Norman Belize Arriaga in the Broadway musical Angels in America.

That portrayal earned him a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play and catapulted him to stardom.

Jeffrey Wright parents: Meet Barbara Evon and James Charles Wright

His father, James Charles Wright died when he was a year old. His mother, a U.S. Customs attorney, Barbara Evon, cared for him with the assistance of her sister, a nurse.

Wright attended St. Alban’s School for Boys in Washington, D.C., and then Amherst College, where he earned a B.A. in political science in 1987.

Who are Jeffrey Wright’s siblings?

He has no siblings documented as of 2022. Wright is also an activist who has especially criticized resource-related conflicts.

Taia Lion Resources, a firm that mines minerals responsibly in Sierra Leone, was founded by him in 2011. Wright’s work was featured in the documentary Jeffrey Wright: Conflict-Free Philosophy by the Enough Project in 2012.

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