Jeffrey Wright in Shaft
Jeffrey Wright (1965 - )
Film Deaths
- Basquiat (Build a Fort, Set It on Fire) (1996) [Jean Michel Basquiat]: Dies (off-screen) of a drug overdose; my memory of the movie is vague, but I believe there was only some on-screen text informing us of his death.
- Shaft (2000) [Peoples Hernandez]: Shot in the chest in a shoot-out with Samuel L. Jackson.
- The Manchurian Candidate (2004) [Al Melvin]: Killed (off-screen). His body is later shown when pictures of his corpse are shown to Denzel Washington.
- A Single Shot (2013) [Simon]: Commits suicide by shooting himself (off-screen) in Sam Rockwell's house; this is implied when Sam hears the shot from outside.
- The Good Dinosaur (2015; animated) [Poppa Henry]: Playing the voice of a dinosaur, he drowns in a flash flood (off-screen) while trying to save his son (voiced by Raymond Ochoa); we last see him just before the flood swallows him, and his death is confirmed when the scene cuts away to a shot of his grave.
TV Deaths
- Boardwalk Empire; Eldorado Boardwalk Empire; Eldorado (2014) [Dr. Narcisse]: Shot to death by Vincent Piazza's men as he's walking outside a church.
- The Venture Bros: Tanks For Nuthin (2016; animated) [Think Tank]: Killed in an explosion when Battleaxe (voiced by Barbara Rosenblat) runs him over with her car, through Dr. Venture's (voiced by James Urbaniak) compound and into a hole in the lobby.
Noteworthy Connections
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