Acting credits
57
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Jesse Williams
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.4
Moderate attention
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Movies: 30Series: 30Crew credits: 12
TMDB ID: 210695
IMDb ID: nm0930898
Known for: Acting
Born: August 5, 1981
Age: 45
Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1949 - 2026
Years active: 78
Average TMDB rating: 6.47
Wikidata: Q40046
Also known as
제시 윌리엄스 • جسی ویلیامز • Jesse Wesley Williams
Other jobs
Executive Producer (7)Producer (3)Co-Producer (1)Director (1)
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Jesse Williams.
as Toussaint
Montmartre
2026 • Movie
Executive Producer
Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story
2025 • Movie
as Sheriff Ben Jeffries
What We Hide
2025 • Movie
Producer
Hoops, Hopes & Dreams
2025 • Movie
as David Flemming
The Great Lillian Hall
2024 • Movie
as Self
Following Harry
2024 • Movie
as Theo
Your Place or Mine
2023 • Movie
as Irons
Secret Headquarters
2022 • Movie
Producer
Two Distant Strangers
2020 • Movie
as Self
With Drawn Arms
2020 • Movie
as Isaac 'Ike' Singer
Jacob's Ladder
2019 • Movie
as Todd Walkley
Random Acts of Violence
2019 • Movie
as Headmaster Banton
Selah and the Spades
2019 • Movie
as narrator
United We Stand: The Ali Summit
2018 • Movie
as Self
Survivor's Guide to Prison
2018 • Movie
as Skyler
Band Aid
2017 • Movie
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Obama Years: The Power of Words
2017 • Movie
as Self
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
2016 • Movie
as Self
Stay Woke: The Black Lives Matter Movement
2016 • Movie
as Sean
Money
2016 • Movie
as John Taylor
They Die by Dawn
2013 • Movie
as Don "The Snake" Prudomme
Snake & Mongoose
2013 • Movie
as Rev. James Lawson
The Butler
2013 • Movie
as Holden McCrea
The Cabin in the Woods
2012 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Jesse Williams.
as Daniel De Luca • 6 eps
Hotel Costiera
2025 • Series
as Andy • 4 eps
Shifting Gears
2025 • Series
as Tobert • 7 eps
Only Murders in the Building
2021 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
2020 • Series
as Joe Ryan • 3 eps
Little Fires Everywhere
2020 • Series
as Vernon
The Morning Show
2019 • Series
as Isaac • 1 eps
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019 • Series
as Self - Illustrious Guest • 1 eps
Desus & Mero
2019 • Series
as Self • 3 eps
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
2018 • Series
as Dr. Jackson Avery • 7 eps
Station 19
2018 • Series
as Self - Special Guest • 1 eps
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale
2018 • Series
as Self • 8 eps
America Divided
2016 • Series
as Self - Panelist • 1 eps
To Tell the Truth
2016 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 • Series
as Parker • 6 eps
The Spoils Before Dying
2015 • Series
as Self • 3 eps
Celebrity Name Game
2014 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Eric Andre Show
2012 • Series
1 eps
Finding Your Roots
2012 • Series
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 • Series
as Drew Collins • 2 eps
Greek
2007 • Series
as Eric Medina • 8 eps
Beyond the Break
2006 • Series
as Jackson Avery • 277 eps
Grey's Anatomy
2005 • Series