Jesse Williams
Biography
Jesse Williams is an American actor, director and producer who started acting training in 2005, and was selected for ABC Television's New York Actors Showcase. Born in Chicago, he studied at Temple University, completing a double major in film and media arts as well as African American studies. His first screen role came in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008), and he later led the horror film The Cabin in the Woods (2012), and appeared in Money (2016). He became widely known as Dr. Jackson Avery on Grey's Anatomy, playing the surgical resident from 2009 over 12 seasons, with later guest appearances. He produced the short Two Distant Strangers (2020), an Academy Award winner, and in 2022 made his Broadway debut in Take Me Out, earning a Tony nomination. He also did voice work and motion capture as Markus in the 2018 video game Detroit: Become Human.
45years old
Turns 46 on August 5in 305 days
- Born Chicago
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
- Jesse Wesley Williams (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 14
- Career span
- 17 years2008 to 2025
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Early training
Jesse Williams started studying acting in 2005. ABC Television picked him for its New York Actors Showcase, choosing him as one of 14 actors from over 800 who auditioned.
A first
Williams first appeared on Broadway in March 2022, in a revival of Richard Greenberg's Take Me Out. He played the lead role of Darren Lemming and earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Play.
Beyond film
Jesse Williams provided both the voice acting and the performance capture for the character Markus in Detroit: Become Human, a video game that first came out on May 25, 2018, for the PlayStation 4.
Behind the camera
Written by Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe, the American short film Two Distant Strangers was produced by Williams. It earned the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 2021.
Jesse Williams movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Jesse Williams shares two films with Leonardo Nam, 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
Leonardo Nam's page
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Drew GoddardDirector, 1 film, 2012
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Aline Brosh McKennaDirector, 1 film, 2023
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Sanaa HamriDirector, 1 film, 2008
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Online
Official profiles and reference pages.