Wow! That’s awesome!
Who’s Jeffrey Wright?
Jeffrey Wright to Die Hard?
Source: JewReview.net
October 3, 2006JewReview.net is reporting that Jeffrey Wright (upcoming Casino Royale, Syriana) has been cast as the villain in 20th Century Fox’s Live Free or Die Hard, currently filming in Baltimore.
The fourth film of the action franchise will feature John McClane (Bruce Willis) attempting to stop a techno-terrorist from shutting down the nation’s computer systems on the Fourth of July. The story takes place around Washington, D.C.
Justin Long and Maggie Q co-star in the Len Wiseman-directed film, hitting theaters on June 29.
So, yeah, I looked him up. He’s been in a bunch of good movies.
Here’s his filmography off of IMDB.com:
# Little Scarlet (2008) (announced) (attached) …. Easy Rawlins
# 1001 Nights (2007) (pre-production)
# Fellowship (2005/I) (pre-production) …. Dan Hughes
# Blackout (2007/I) (post-production) …. Nelson
# Casino Royale (2006) (post-production) …. Felix Leiter
… aka Ian Fleming’s Casino Royale (USA: complete title)
# The Invasion (2007) (completed) …. Dr. Galeano
# Lady in the Water (2006) …. Mr. Dury
# Syriana (2005) …. Bennett Holiday
# Broken Flowers (2005) …. Winston
# Lackawanna Blues (2005) (TV) …. Mr. Paul
# The Manchurian Candidate (2004) …. Al Melvin
# Sin’s Kitchen (2004) …. Rex
# “Angels in America” (2003) (mini) TV Series …. Mr. Lies/Belize/The Angel of Europe
# D-Tox (2002) …. Jaworski
… aka D-Tox (Australia)
… aka D-Tox – Im Auge der Angst (Germany)
… aka Eye See You (USA: video title)
# Ali (2001) …. Howard Bingham
# Boycott (2001) (TV) …. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
# Shaft (2000) …. Peoples Hernandez
… aka Shaft – Noch Fragen? (Germany)
# Hamlet (2000) …. Gravedigger
# Crime and Punishment in Suburbia (2000) …. Chris
# Ride with the Devil (1999/I) …. Daniel Holt
# Cement (1999) …. Nin
# Blossoms and Veils (1998) …. Ben
# Meschugge (1998) …. Win
… aka The Giraffe (Canada: English title)
# Celebrity (1998) …. Greg, Off-Off Broadway Director
# Too Tired to Die (1998) …. Balzac Man
# “Homicide: Life on the Street”
… aka Homicide (USA: informal short title)
– Blood Ties: Part 2 (1997) TV Episode …. Hal Wilson
– Blood Ties: Part 1 (1997) TV Episode …. Hal Wilson
# Critical Care (1997) …. Bed Two
# Basquiat (1996) …. Jean Michel Basquiat
… aka Build a Fort, Set It on Fire
# Faithful (1996) …. Young Man at Rolls
# “New York Undercover”
… aka Uptown Undercover
– Garbage (1994) TV Episode …. Andre Foreman
# “The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles”
– Young Indiana Jones and the Scandal of 1920 (1993) TV Episode …. Sidney Bechet
– Young Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues (1993) TV Episode …. Sidney Bichet
# Jumpin’ at the Boneyard (1992) …. Derek
# Separate But Equal (1991) (TV)
# Presumed Innocent (1990) …. Prosecuting Attorney
So, yeah, good choice. He looks young and I think in order for the “techno-terrorists” to be taken seriously, I feel that they have to look young.
–Socram