Jesse Williams
Known for ActingBorn 1981-08-05Chicago, 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.
Known for
The Cabin in the Woods
2012 · as Holden McCrea
Brooklyn's Finest
2010 · as E. Quinlan
Secret Headquarters
2022 · as Irons
The Butler
2013 · as Rev. James Lawson
Your Place or Mine
2023 · as Theo
What We Hide
2025 · as Sheriff Ben Jeffries
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
2008 · as Leo
Jacob's Ladder
2019 · as Isaac 'Ike' Singer
Band Aid
2017 · as Skyler
Snake & Mongoose
2013 · as Don "The Snake" Prudomme
They Die by Dawn
2013 · as John Taylor
Dirty Dancing 3: Capoeira Nights
2010
Money
2016 · as Sean
The Great Lillian Hall
2024 · as David Flemming
J.A.W.
2011 · as Enin
Survivor's Guide to Prison
2018 · as Self
Montmartre
2026 · as Toussaint
Random Acts of Violence
2019 · as Todd Walkley