Jesse Williams
Actor
- Born
- August 5, 1981 (age 45) · Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
Known for
The Cabin in the Woods
April 12, 2012
The Butler
August 16, 2013
Brooklyn's Finest
March 4, 2010
Your Place or Mine
February 10, 2023
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
August 6, 2008
Secret Headquarters
August 12, 2022
Band Aid
June 2, 2017
Money
April 6, 2016
Random Acts of Violence
July 31, 2019
Jacob's Ladder
August 23, 2019
Selah and the Spades
January 27, 2019
What We Hide
August 8, 2025
Acting29
- 2026Montmartre as Toussaint
- 2025What We Hide as Sheriff Ben Jeffries
- 2024The Great Lillian Hall as David Flemming
- 2024Following Harry as Self
- 2023Your Place or Mine as Theo
- 2022Secret Headquarters as Irons
- 2020With Drawn Arms as Self
- 2019Jacob's Ladder as Isaac 'Ike' Singer
- 2019Random Acts of Violence as Todd Walkley
- 2019Selah and the Spades