Jesse Williams

Born: 1981-08-05, 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.

Filmography

• Law & Order (1990)
• Grey's Anatomy (2005)
• Grey's Anatomy (2005)
• Only Murders in the Building (2021)
• Station 19 (2018)
• The Morning Show (2019)
• Finding Your Roots (2012)
• Greek (2007)
• Shifting Gears (2025)
• Little Fires Everywhere (2020)
• The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
• A Black Lady Sketch Show (2019)
• The Spoils Before Dying (2015)
• Brooklyn's Finest (2010)
• Secret Headquarters (2022)
• The Butler (2013)
• Hotel Costiera (2025)
• Beyond the Break (2006)
• Your Place or Mine (2023)
• The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008)
• Money (2016)
• What We Hide (2025)
• Band Aid (2017)
• Montmartre (2026)
• The Great Lillian Hall (2024)
• Random Acts of Violence (2019)
• They Die by Dawn (2013)
• Snake & Mongoose (2013)
• Selah and the Spades (2019)
• Dirty Dancing 3: Capoeira Nights (2010)