Jeffrey Wright to Guest Star on Fox's HOUSE, 2/6

By: Jan. 31, 2012
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Actor Jeffrey Wright will guest star on the February 6th episode of Fox's HOUSE entitled 'Nobody's Fault'. The actor will portray Dr. Walter Cofield, a world famous neurologist and former mentor of Omar Epps character 'Foreman'. When a violent incident occurs in the hospital, Cofield questions Dr. House and his team on the way they handle the situation. The fate of House's medical license could be in the hands of the visiting doctor. 

"Nobody's Fault" airs Monday, February 6th at 8/7c on Fox. 

Jeffrey Wright first came to public acclaim in the Broadway production of Angels in America: Perestroika, for which he won a Tony award. He later starred as artist Jean-Michel Basquiat in Julian Schnabel's 1996 film Basquiat . Since then, Wright has continued to make his mark on stage in as Da Voice in Bring in da Noise, Bring in Da Funk, as Marc Antony in Julius Caesar in the New York Shakespeare Festival's 2000 production in Central Park, Topdog/Underdog at The Public Theater with Don Cheadle and later on Broadway with Mos Def, and in This Is How It Goes with Ben Stiller and Amanda Peet.

In films, Wright has appeared in Shaft, Ride With the Devil, Hamlet, Manchurian Candidate, Syriana, Casino Royale and most recently, The Invasion. He also played DR. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Boycott, Mr. Paul in Lackawanna Blues, on HBO, where he also reprised his role as Belize in Angels in America. He won an Emmy, a Golden Globe, and the Black Reel award for the latter portrayal.

Photo credit: Adam Taylor/Fox

 



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