Jesse Williams
Known for
Acting
Born
August 5, 1981 (age 45)
Birthplace
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.
Best known work
Grey's Anatomy
2005
The Cabin in the Woods
2012
The Butler
2013
Only Murders in the Building
2021
Station 19
2018
Brooklyn's Finest
2010
The Morning Show
2019
Your Place or Mine
2023
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
2008
Law & Order
1990Filmography
TBA
Legacyas Troy
TBA
2026
Montmartreas Toussaint, Executive Producer
2025
Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite StoryExecutive Producer
2025
2025
What We Hideas Sheriff Ben Jeffries, Executive Producer
2025
Hoops, Hopes & DreamsProducer
2025
2024
The Great Lillian Hallas David Flemming
2024
Following Harryas Self
2023
Your Place or Mineas Theo
2022
Secret Headquartersas Irons
2021
2020
Two Distant StrangersProducer
2020
With Drawn Armsas Self, Executive Producer
2020
2020
2019
2019
Jacob's Ladderas Isaac 'Ike' Singer
2019
2019
Random Acts of Violenceas Todd Walkley, Executive Producer
2019
2019
Selah and the Spadesas Headmaster Banton
2018
2018
United We Stand: The Ali Summitas narrator