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Jesse Williams
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 film…
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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.
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2026
Montmartre
Movie Toussaint
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2025
Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story
Movie Executive Producer
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2025
Hotel Costiera
TV show Daniel De Luca
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2025
What We Hide
Movie Sheriff Ben Jeffries
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2025
Hoops, Hopes & Dreams
Movie Producer
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2025
Shifting Gears
TV show Andy
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2024
The Great Lillian Hall
Movie David Flemming
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2024
Following Harry
Movie Self
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2023
Your Place or Mine
Movie Theo
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2022
Secret Headquarters
Movie Irons
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2021
Only Murders in the Building
TV show Tobert
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2020
Two Distant Strangers
Movie Producer
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2020
With Drawn Arms
Movie Self
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2020
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
TV show Self
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2020
Little Fires Everywhere
TV show Joe Ryan
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2019
The Morning Show
TV show Vernon
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2019
Jacob's Ladder
Movie Isaac 'Ike' Singer
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2019
A Black Lady Sketch Show
TV show Isaac
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2019
Random Acts of Violence
Movie Todd Walkley
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2019
Desus & Mero
TV show Self - Illustrious Guest
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2019
Selah and the Spades
Movie Headmaster Banton
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2018
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
TV show Self
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2018
United We Stand: The Ali Summit
Movie narrator
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2018
Station 19
TV show Dr. Jackson Avery
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2018
Survivor's Guide to Prison
Movie Self
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2018
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale
TV show Self - Special Guest
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2017
Band Aid
Movie Skyler
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2017
The Obama Years: The Power of Words
Movie Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2016
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2016
America Divided
TV show Self
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2016
To Tell the Truth
TV show Self - Panelist
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2016
Stay Woke: The Black Lives Matter Movement
Movie Self
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2016
Money
Movie Sean
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2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV show Self
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2015
The Spoils Before Dying
TV show Parker
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2014
Celebrity Name Game
TV show Self
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2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV show Self - Guest
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2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV show Self
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2013
They Die by Dawn
Movie John Taylor
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2013
Snake & Mongoose
Movie Don "The Snake" Prudomme
