Jesse Williams
Born: 1981-08-05
• 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 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
What We Hide
The Great Lillian Hall
Following Harry
Your Place or Mine
Secret Headquarters
With Drawn Arms
Jacob's Ladder
Random Acts of Violence
Selah and the Spades
United We Stand: The Ali Summit
Survivor's Guide to Prison
Band Aid
The Obama Years: The Power of Words
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
Stay Woke: The Black Lives Matter Movement
Money
They Die by Dawn
Snake & Mongoose
The Butler
No Image
Rich Girl Problems
The Cabin in the Woods
Dirty Dancing 3: Capoeira Nights
Brooklyn's Finest
Washingtonienne
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
Legacy
We Are Not Who We Are: Making The Cabin in the Woods