Jesse Williams
- Born
- August 5, 1981 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Actor
- Producer
- Director
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 · 16 credits
- 2026Montmartre · Actor (Toussaint)
- 2025What We Hide · Actor (Sheriff Ben Jeffries)
- 2024The Great Lillian Hall · Actor (David Flemming)
- 2023Your Place or Mine · Actor (Theo Martin)
- 2022Secret Headquarters · Actor (Capt. Sean Irons)
- 2019Jacob's Ladder · Actor (Isaac)
- 2019Selah and the Spades · Actor (Headmaster Banton)
- 2018Survivors Guide To Prison · Self (Self)
- 2016Money · Actor (Sean)
- 2016Stay Woke: The Black Lives Matter Movement · Actor
- 2013Snake & Mongoose · Actor (Don 'The Snake' Prudhomme)
- 2013They Die by Dawn · Actor (John Taylor)
- 2011The Cabin in the Woods · Actor (Holden)
- —The Decline of F*cking Western Civilization · Actor
- —The Details Are Done · Writer
- —Marked Man · Actor