I became a huge Jeffrey Wright fan the second I saw him in the film The Manchurian Candidate. While his role as a fallen soldier who was subjected to brain manipulation wasn’t a huge role, his character still had an impact on me. After that I saw him in Broken Flowers where again, he wasn’t the lead or had a tremendous part, but I just remembered him. Even in the movie Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close his part lasted all of five minutes but I can remember it as clear as day. The point I’m making is that Jeffrey Wright makes an impression on you, no matter how big or small a part he has in a film.
Speaking of making an impression, do you ever stop to think how amazing a speaking voice Wright has when he wants to? In today’s news it was reported that Wright will be narrating a pandemic documentary called “Unseen Day” on World Health Day which I think he’ll flourish in. But if you haven’t seen the movie The Good Dinosaur, watch it. I had no clue that Wright was one of the characters until I looked at the credits list. Then I was like “ohhhh yeah, totally didn’t realize it!” In fact one could argue that Wright’s voice might actually be as powerful and stoic as Morgan Freeman’s.
I’m dead serious. While Freeman’s got all the best narrating gigs and even parody videos out there using his voice, I think Wright could probably step right in and do the same thing. By no means am I taking anything away from Morgan Freeman but let’s give Jeffrey Wright some credit, not only for his acting ability but for a voice that rivals even the best in the business. Here are samples of both men. You decide:
Jeffrey Wright FIFA Documentary
Morgan Freeman narrating in Shawshank Redemption
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