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Jesse Williams

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Jesse Williams

Born Aug 5, 1981 · 44 years60 titles 31 movies · 29 TV
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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.

Also known as

제시 윌리엄스 · جسی ویلیامز · Jesse Wesley Williams

Born

Aug 5, 1981

Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

57

Acting credits

1

Directing

0

Writing

11

Other crew

Most critically rated

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Most commercially successful

Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

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