Jeffrey Wright

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Actor

Birth Date: December 7, 1965

Age: 58 years old

Birth Place: Washington, D.C.

Spouses: Carmen Ejogo

After developing a prolific and acclaimed career on the stage, actor Jeffrey Wright quietly worked his way into the public consciousness in chameleon-like fashion, playing a wide range of roles in features and on television. Though he spent several years honing his craft off-Broadway and in regional theater, Wright staked his reputation with a Tony Award-winning performance in the widely acclaimed play, "Angels in America: Perestroika," which he later reprised almost a decade later in the highly lauded HBO miniseries. In between the play and the six-part movie, Wright built a resume that included deft performances as such divergent historical figures as Martin Luther King, Jr. and Jean-Michel Basquiat, as well as an array of strong supporting roles in Woody Allen's "Celebrity" (1998) and "Shaft" (2000). After earning an Emmy for "Angels in America," Wright had finally broken through to the mainstream, earning meatier parts in "Syriana" (2005), "Casino Royale" (2006) and "W" (2008). The versatile actor continued to genre hop, jumping from the musical biopic "Cadillac Records" (2008) to the sci-fi thriller "Source Code" (2011) to the prescient political drama "The Ides of March" (2011) with impressive ease. During this period, he also gained mainstream success in the blockbuster "The Hunger Games" franchise, Pixar hit "The Good Dinosaur" (2015) and science-fiction cable drama "Westworld" (HBO 2016- ). While not the marquee draw of some of his contemporaries, Wright could always be counted upon to deliver a performance on par with the very best.

Credits

Ark: The Animated SeriesStream

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Henry Townsend
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2024

Screen Actors Guild Awards

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Awards
2024

Off Script With The Hollywood Reporter

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Talk
2023

Live with Kelly and MarkStream

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2023

Bill Russell: LegendStream

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Miniseries
2023
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Asteroid CityStream

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General Gibson
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2023
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RustinStream

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Rep. Adam Clayton Powell
Movie
2023
84%

American FictionStream

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Thelonious "Monk" Ellison
Movie
2023
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The Jennifer Hudson Show

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2022

Access Daily With Mario & Kit

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2022

Frederick Douglass: In Five SpeechesStream

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Miniseries
2022

Lincoln's DilemmaStream

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Docuseries
2022
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Inside the Black BoxStream

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2022

The BatmanStream

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Lt. James Gordon
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2022
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Batman (Acessibilidade)

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James Gordon
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2022

Nick Cannon

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2021

Batman: The Audio AdventuresStream

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Batman
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2021

What If...?Stream

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The Watcher
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2021
94%

No Time to DieStream

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Felix Leiter
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2021
83%

The French DispatchStream

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Roebuck Wright
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2021
75%

While the Rest of Us DieStream

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Docuseries
2020

GMA3: What You Need to Know

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2020

All Day and a Night

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J.D.
Movie
2020

Green Eggs and Ham

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McWinkle
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2019

Green Eggs and Ham: The Second Serving

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McWinkle
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2019

The Kelly Clarkson ShowStream

Guest
Talk
2019

Tamron Hall

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Talk
2019

The Goldfinch

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Hobie
Movie
2019

The Laundromat

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Boncamper
Movie
2019

We Are Not Done Yet

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2018

We Are Not Done Yet

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2018

Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook

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2018

Today 3rd Hour

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2018

Question Your Answers

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2018

Late Late Show With James Corden: Best of the Week

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2018

Hold the DarkStream

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Russell Core
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2018
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Moynihan

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2018

O.G.Stream

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Louis
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2018
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The Public

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Anderson
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2018

All Rise

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Mr. Harmon
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2018

Friday's Child

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2018

Age Out

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Detective Portnoy
Movie
2018

Access Live

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2017

STEVE on Watch

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Talk
2017

Krimisommer

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Colin Fairbanks
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2017

Live with Kelly and Ryan

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2017

Running For His Life: The Lawrence Phillips Story

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2016

WestworldStream

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Bernard Lowe
Series
2016
80%

Westworld FREE

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Jeffrey Wright
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2016

Westworld: Extras

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2016

ConfirmationStream

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Charles Ogletree
Movie
2016
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The Daily Show with Trevor NoahStream

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2015

The Late Show With Stephen ColbertStream

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2015

Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter

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2015

The Late Late Show With James CordenStream

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2015

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2Stream

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Beetee
Movie
2015
70%

The Good DinosaurStream

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Poppa
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2015
75%

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

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2014

Saving My Tomorrow

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2014

Saving My Tomorrow

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2014

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2014

The Rich Eisen Show

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2014

Late Night With Seth MeyersStream

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Talk
2014

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1Stream

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Beetee
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2014
70%

The Queen Latifah Show

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2013

The Real

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2013

Classical:Poetry

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2013

Only Lovers Left AliveStream

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Dr. Watson
Movie
2013
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A Single Shot

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Simon
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2013

The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and PeteStream

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Henry
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2013
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Broken City

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Fairbanks
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2013

The Hunger Games: Catching FireStream

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Beetee
Movie
2013
90%

Anderson Live

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2012

Totally Biased With W. Kamau BellStream

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2012

Entertainment Studios.TV

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2012

Finding Your RootsStream

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Reality
2012

Ernest & Celestine

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Grizzly Judge
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2012

A Child's Garden of Poetry

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2011

Source CodeStream

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Rutledge
Movie
2011
92%

The Ides of MarchStream

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Sen. Thompson
Movie
2011
83%

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

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William Black
Movie
2011

The Talk

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2010

Boardwalk EmpireStream

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Dr. Valentin Narcisse
Series
2010
92%

ES.TV

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2009

Studio Spotlight

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2008

Classical Baby (I'm Grown Up Now): The Poetry Show

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Himself
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2008

Quantum of SolaceStream

Actor
Felix Leiter
Movie
2008
63%

W.

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Colin Powell
Movie
2008

Cadillac RecordsStream

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Muddy Waters
Movie
2008
66%

Chelsea Lately

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2007

The Invasion

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Dr. Stephen Galeano
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2007

Chicago 10

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2007

Blackout

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Nelson
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2007

Blackout

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2007

Our World With Black Enterprise

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2006

Casino RoyaleStream

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Felix Leiter
Movie
2006
94%

Lady in the Water

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Mr. Dury
Movie
2006

Robot ChickenStream

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Series
2005

Lackawanna Blues

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Mr. Paul
Movie
2005
75%

Broken Flowers

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Winston
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2005

SyrianaStream

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Bennett Holiday
Movie
2005
73%

HouseStream

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Dr. Walter Cofield
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2004
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Tavis Smiley

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2004

The Manchurian CandidateStream

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Al Melvin
Movie
2004
80%

Angels In AmericaStream

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Mr. Lies
Miniseries
2003
90%

Sam Cooke: Legend

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2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live!Stream

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2003

Angels in America

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Belize
Movie
2003

Keeping Time: The Life, Music & Photographs of Milt Hinton

Actor
Movie
2003

Last Call With Carson Daly

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2002

Eye See You

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Jaworski
Movie
2002

Boycott

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Movie
2001

AliStream

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Howard Bingham
Movie
2001
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106 & Park: BET's Top 10 Live

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2000

Entertainment Studios.com

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2000

HamletStream

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Gravedigger
Movie
2000
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Crime and Punishment in Suburbia

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Chris
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2000

ShaftStream

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Peoples Hernandez
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2000
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Sin's Kitchen

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Rex
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2000

Laberinto de Piedras

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Ninny
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1999

Ride With the Devil

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Daniel Holt
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1999

Cement

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Ninny
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1999

Kickin' It: With Byron Allen

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1998

Meschugge

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Win
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1998

Too Tired to Die

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Balzac Man
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1998

CelebrityStream

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Greg
Movie
1998
42%

Critical Care

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Bed Two
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1997

Faithful

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Young Man at Rolls
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1996

Basquiat

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Jean Michel Basquiat
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1996

New York UndercoverStream

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1994

Young Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues

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Sidney Bichet
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1993

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones

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1992

The Young Indiana Jones ChroniclesStream

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1992
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Good Morning America

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