Jesse Williams
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
Montmartre
2026
as Toussaint
What We Hide
2025
as Sheriff Ben Jeffries
The Great Lillian Hall
2024
as David Flemming
Following Harry
2024
as Self
Your Place or Mine
2023
as Theo
Secret Headquarters
2022
as Irons
With Drawn Arms
2020
as Self
Jacob's Ladder
2019
as Isaac 'Ike' Singer
Random Acts of Violence
2019
as Todd Walkley
Selah and the Spades
2019
as Headmaster Banton
United We Stand: The Ali Summit
2018
as narrator
Survivor's Guide to Prison
2018
as Self
Band Aid
2017
as Skyler
The Obama Years: The Power of Words
2017
as Self - Narrator (voice)
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
2016
as Self
Stay Woke: The Black Lives Matter Movement
2016
as Self
Money
2016
as Sean
They Die by Dawn
2013
as John Taylor
Snake & Mongoose
2013
as Don "The Snake" Prudomme
The Butler
2013
as Rev. James Lawson
- No poster
Rich Girl Problems
2013
as Peter
The Cabin in the Woods
2012
as Holden McCrea
J.A.W.
2011
as Enin
Dirty Dancing 3: Capoeira Nights
2010