
Jesse Williams
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1981-08-05
Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
Known for

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
2008Leo
Your Place or Mine
2023Theo
The Cabin in the Woods
2012Holden McCreaRich Girl Problems
2013Peter
Brooklyn's Finest
2010E. Quinlan
They Die by Dawn
2013John Taylor
The Butler
2013Rev. James Lawson
Washingtonienne
2009Keya
Dirty Dancing 3: Capoeira Nights
2010
The Obama Years: The Power of Words
2017Self - Narrator (voice)
Snake & Mongoose
2013Don "The Snake" Prudomme
What We Hide
2025Sheriff Ben Jeffries
Following Harry
2024Self
The Great Lillian Hall
2024David Flemming
Stay Woke: The Black Lives Matter Movement
2016Self
Money
2016Sean
Band Aid
2017Skyler
Survivor's Guide to Prison
2018Self
Jacob's Ladder
2019Isaac 'Ike' Singer