J.D. Williams
Biography
J.D. Williams is an American actor who built much of his career on television, beginning with guest spots as Casper in Homicide: Life on the Street and as Special K in an early episode of The Sopranos. He became a series regular on HBO's Oz, playing the inmate Kenny Wangler through the show's first four seasons, and then took the role of Bodie Broadus, a Barksdale Organization drug dealer, in The Wire. His film work includes Pootie Tang (2001) as Froggy and Blood Brother (2018) as Kayvon, and he had a supporting part in the independent film Surviving Family (2012) as a wounded veteran of the Iraq war. He played Dexter on The Good Wife, appeared in the main cast of Saints & Sinners, and performed on stage at Baltimore's Centerstage.
48years old
Turns 49 on May 22in 193 days
- Born Newark
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 18 years2001 to 2019
Every film, newest first
- 2019A VigilanteIMDb rating 5.7
- 2018Blood BrotherIMDb rating 4.5
- 2014An American in HollywoodIMDb rating 5.5
- 2001Pootie TangIMDb rating 5.3
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A role that slipped away
J.D. Williams was credited in HBO's original bio with appearing in Graffiti Bridge, but a 2003 interview revealed he was not in the movie; Tevin Campbell filled the cameo role instead.
J.D. Williams movies on Netflix
Worked with
J.D. Williams shares two films with Hassan Johnson, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Hassan Johnson's page
Chris Rock's page
Jennifer Coolidge's page
Robert Vaughn's page
Olivia Wilde's page
Wanda Sykes's page
All films by Louis C.K.
Sarah Daggar-NicksonDirector, 1 film, 2019
All films by Sarah Daggar-Nickson
John PogueDirector, 1 film, 2018
All films by John Pogue
Online
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