Jesse Williams

Birthday: 1981-08-05
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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.

Credits

Year Title Character
Rich Girl Problems Peter
Spider & Jessie
Legacy Troy
2025-03-07 The Great Lillian Hall David Flemming
2023-02-10 Your Place or Mine Theo
2022-08-12 Secret Headquarters Irons
2019-08-23 Jacob's Ladder Isaac 'Ike' Singer
2019-07-31 Random Acts of Violence Todd Walkley
2019-01-27 Selah and the Spades Headmaster Banton
2017-06-02 Band Aid Skyler
2016-04-06 Money Sean
2013-09-20 They Die by Dawn John Taylor
2013-09-06 Snake & Mongoose Don "The Snake" Prudomme
2013-08-16 The Butler Rev. James Lawson
2012-04-12 The Cabin in the Woods Holden McCrea
2010-09-28 Dirty Dancing 3: Capoeira Nights
2010-03-04 Brooklyn's Finest E. Quinlan
2009-04-01 Washingtonienne Keya
2008-08-06 The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 Leo