Jesse Williams
Acting
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
2026Montmartre
Toussaint
2025What We Hide
Sheriff Ben Jeffries
2024Following Harry
Self
2024The Great Lillian Hall
David Flemming
2023Your Place or Mine
Theo
2022Secret Headquarters
Irons
2020With Drawn Arms
Self
2019Jacob's Ladder
Isaac 'Ike' Singer
2019Selah and the Spades
Headmaster Banton
2019Random Acts of Violence
Todd Walkley
2018Survivor's Guide to Prison
Self
2018United We Stand: The Ali Summit
narrator
2017The Obama Years: The Power of Words
Self - Narrator (voice)
2017Band Aid
Skyler
2016Stay Woke: The Black Lives Matter Movement
Self
2016Money
Sean
2016BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
Self
2013They Die by Dawn
John Taylor
2013The Butler
Rev. James Lawson
2013Snake & Mongoose
Don "The Snake" Prudomme
2012The Cabin in the Woods
Holden McCrea
2010Brooklyn's Finest
E. Quinlan
2010Dirty Dancing 3: Capoeira Nights
2009Washingtonienne
Keya