Acting credits
76
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Isaiah Washington
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 60Series: 16Crew credits: 3
TMDB ID: 21353
IMDb ID: nm0913460
Known for: Acting
Born: August 3, 1963
Age: 62
Place of birth: Houston, Texas, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1985 - 2026
Years active: 42
Average TMDB rating: 6.23
Wikidata: Q40048
Also known as
Isaiah Washington IV
Other jobs
Producer (2)Director (1)
Biography
Isaiah Washington IV (born August 3, 1963) is an American actor and internet personality. Following a series of film appearances, he came to prominence for portraying Dr. Preston Burke in the first three seasons of the series Grey's Anatomy from 2005 to 2007. Washington began his career collaborating with director Spike Lee on the films Crooklyn (1994), Clockers (1995), Girl 6 (1996), and Get on the Bus (1996). He also appeared in the films Love Jones (1997), Bulworth (1998), True Crime (1999), Romeo Must Die (2000), Exit Wounds (2001), Ghost Ship (2002), and Hollywood Homicide (2003). In 2005, Washington landed his breakthrough role as Preston Burke on Grey's Anatomy. He was dismissed after the third season over allegations that he used homophobic slurs, although he would return for a guest appearance in 2014. From 2014 to 2018, Washington portrayed Thelonious Jaha on The CW's science fiction television series The 100. In 2020, Washington became the host of a travel cooking show on Fox Nation.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Isaiah Washington.
as Ernie
Oscar Shaw
2026 • Movie
as Deputy Director Winters
Dashing Through the Snow
2025 • Movie
as Dr. Ramesh
James the Second
2025 • Movie
as Daryl Smith
God's Not Dead: In God We Trust
2024 • Movie
as Bass Reeves
Corsicana
2022 • Movie
as Daryl Smith
God's Not Dead: We The People
2021 • Movie
as Sinclair Stewart
Cut Throat City
2020 • Movie
as Brian
WriterBoy's Dream
2020 • Movie
as August King
Keys to the City
2019 • Movie
as E.D.Nixon
Behind the Movement
2018 • Movie
as Rockstock
Dead Trigger
2017 • Movie
as Grant Summit
The Sin Seer
2015 • Movie
as Boma
Yefon
2015 • Movie
as Lance Rousseau
Blackbird
2014 • Movie
as Wilson George
The Trials of Cate McCall
2013 • Movie
as Vernell
Go for Sisters
2013 • Movie
as Ben Hodges
They Die by Dawn
2013 • Movie
as John Allen Muhammad
Blue Caprice
2013 • Movie
as Doctor Michael Durant
Doctor Bello
2013 • Movie
as Sylvester Stone
Suddenly Single
2012 • Movie
as Thomas Mathews
Area Q.
2012 • Movie
as L.C.
The Undershepherd
2012 • Movie
as Self
A Man's Story
2011 • Movie
as Father Andre James
The Least of These
2011 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Isaiah Washington.
as Mayor Tydell Ruffin • 9 eps
P-Valley
2020 • Series
as Malcolm • 1 eps
Tales
2017 • Series
as Thelonious Jaha • 71 eps
The 100
2014 • Series
as Roland Davidson • 1 eps
Law & Order: LA
2010 • Series
as Antonio Pope • 5 eps
Bionic Woman
2007 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
The Megan Mullally Show
2006 • Series
as Preston Burke • 62 eps
Grey's Anatomy
2005 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 • Series
as Miles • 3 eps
Soul Food
2000 • Series
as Michael Rivers • 2 eps
Ally McBeal
1997 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
The View
1997 • Series
as Rev. Austin Davis • 1 eps
Touched by an Angel
1994 • Series
3 eps
New York Undercover
1994 • Series
as Lane Staley • 1 eps
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 • Series
as Derek Hardy • 1 eps
Law & Order
1990 • Series
as Uniformed Cop • 1 eps
Screen Two
1985 • Series