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Jesse Williams
Actor, Director, ProducerBorn August 5, 1981 (44 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.
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 | Your Place or Mine · as Theo |
| 2022 | Secret Headquarters · as Irons |
| 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 | |
| 2017 | Through the Fire: The Legacy of Barack Obama · as Narrator |
| 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 | Finding Your Roots (TV Series) |
| 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 |