Acting
Jesse Williams
1981 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
30 films
Bio
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 Cabin in the Woods
Holden McCrea
Brooklyn's Finest
E. Quinlan
The Butler
Rev. James Lawson
Your Place or Mine
Theo
Secret Headquarters
Irons
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
Leo
Money
Sean
They Die by Dawn
John Taylor
What We Hide
Sheriff Ben Jeffries
The Decline of F*cking Western Civilization
Two Distant Strangers
Producer
Montmartre
Toussaint