Age: 60
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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).
Jeffrey Wright
Ben Urich
for Ben Urich in Daredevil: Man Without Fear
Suggested by gibsong
Matthew Murdock wanted to die and he cursed his god for not letting him. Matt had been Daredevil for years and in that time he lost the love of his life Karen Page. Matt and Foggy were going through a rough patch. Years of lies bubbling to the surface. Matt took out his anger on the criminals of New York City becoming more violent. Ben Urich a reporter at the Daily Bugle noticed this and he set out to find out who Daredevil really was. Ben confronted Matt once he figured it out but vowed not to tell anyone else. Melvin Potter one of Matts old clients went back to being the Gladiator a costumed criminal. Melvin held a museum hostage but Daredevil made a deal that he’d save his wife in exchange for turning himself in. Matt didn’t think Melvin had much of a choice in becoming the Gladiator again so he did some digging and found about the Purple Man. An urban legend among Hells Kitchen. Matt started seeing the public was getting angrier and he almost got killed by Foggy. Matt knew something was wrong and discovered that the Purple Man could control people he had made eye contact with. Matt found and beat Killgrave near to death but had to watch as Ben under Killgrave’s control killed himself. Matt blamed himself but realised he had to rely on Foggy and their new worker Kirsten McDuffie to help him move through his loss. The Daredevil became more like his old self and visited Melvin in prison regularly. Matt wrote a letter to Karen to gain closure and peace.
