Jesse Williams

Jesse Williams (43)

1981-08-05 | 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.

On Movies

  • What We Hide
  • The Great Lillian Hall
  • Your Place or Mine
  • Secret Headquarters
  • Jacob's Ladder
  • Random Acts of Violence
  • Selah and the Spades
  • Band Aid
  • Money
  • They Die by Dawn
  • Snake & Mongoose
  • The Butler
  • The Cabin in the Woods
  • Dirty Dancing 3: Capoeira Nights
  • Brooklyn's Finest
  • Washingtonienne
  • The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2

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