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Jesse Williams

Actor, Director, ProducerBorn August 5, 1981 (43 years)
Jesse Wesley Williams is an American actor, director, producer and activist. He played Dr. Jackson Avery on the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy (2009–22) and has appeared in films such as The Cabin in the Woods (2012) and The Butler (2013). He has provided voice acting and motion capture for Markus in the video game Detroit: Become Human (2018). He served as an executive producer of the Academy Award-winning short, Two Distant Strangers (2020) and the Tony Award-winning revival of Take Me Out (2022), the latter of which he was also nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Band Aid
  • Finding Your Roots
  • The Spoils Before Dying
  • Snake & Mongoose

Known For

  • The Cabin in the Woods
  • Grey's Anatomy
  • Your Place or Mine
  • Random Acts of Violence
  • Money
  • Jacob's Ladder
  • Two Distant Strangers
  • Secret Headquarters
  • Snake & Mongoose
  • The Great Lillian Hall
  • Rebel (2021)
  • Selah and the Spades
  • America Divided

Filmography

2025
Hotel Costiera (TV Series) · as Daniel De Luca
2025
What We Hide · as Sheriff Ben Jeffries
2024
The Great Lillian Hall · as David Flemming
2023
2022
2021
Only Murders in the Building (TV Series) · as Tobert
2020
Little Fires Everywhere (TV Series) · as Joe Ryan
2019
Random Acts of Violence · as Todd Walkley
2019
Jacob's Ladder · as Isaac 'ike' Singer
2019
A Black Lady Sketch Show (TV Series) · as Isaac
2019
Selah and the Spades · as Headmaster Banton
2018
Station 19 (TV Series) · as Dr. Jackson Avery
2017
Band Aid · as Skyler
2017
2016
Money · as Sean
2015
The Spoils Before Dying (TV Series) · as Parker
2014
Power (TV Series) · as Kadeem
2013
Nowhere Boys (TV Series) · as Sammy
2013
They Die by Dawn · as John Taylor
2013
Snake & Mongoose · as Don "the Snake" Prudomme
2013
The Butler · as Rev. James Lawson
2013
Inside Amy Schumer (TV Series) · as Josh
2012
2011
The Cabin in the Woods · as Holden Mccrea
2009
Grey's Anatomy: The Webisodes (TV Series) · as Dr. Jackson Avery
2009
Brooklyn's Finest · as E. Quinlan
2008
2007
Greek (TV Series) · as Drew Collins
2006
Beyond the Break (TV Series) · as Eric Medina
2005
Grey's Anatomy (TV Series) · as Jackson Avery
1990
Law & Order (TV Series) · as Kwame

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