Jesse Williams
Actor
Biography
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
The Butler
as Rev. James Lawson 2013
Brooklyn's Finest
as E. Quinlan 2010
Your Place or Mine
as Theo 2023
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
as Leo 2008
Secret Headquarters
as Irons 2022
Band Aid
as Skyler 2017
Money
as Sean 2016
Random Acts of Violence
as Todd Walkley 2019
Jacob's Ladder
as Isaac 'Ike' Singer 2019
Selah and the Spades
as Headmaster Banton 2019
Survivor's Guide to Prison
as Self 2018
What We Hide
as Sheriff Ben Jeffries 2025
The Great Lillian Hall
as David Flemming 2024
Snake & Mongoose
as Don "The Snake" Prudomme 2013
They Die by Dawn
as John Taylor 2013
With Drawn Arms
as Self 2020