Steven Williams
Biography
Steven Williams is an American actor who was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and largely grew up in Chicago. He made his acting debut in Cooley High (1975) and went on to appear in films such as The Blues Brothers (1980), Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) and Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (1985). On television he played Lieutenant Jefferson Burnett on The Equalizer, then Captain Adam Fuller on 21 Jump Street from 1987 to 1991, and later Det. August Brooks on L.A. Heat. He recurred as X on The X-Files, earning a Screen Actors Guild nomination for ensemble work in 1997, and played Russell Linc Lincoln in the comedy Linc's, which brought him an NAACP Image Award nomination in 2000. He also portrayed Rufus Turner in Supernatural and Quentin in The Chi.
77years old
Turns 78 on January 7in 87 days
- Born Memphis
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 20
- Career span
- 43 years1975 to 2018
First and latest
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A change of course
Williams was a middleweight boxing champion on the United States Army team while serving in the 2nd Armored Division in Germany.
A change of course
Williams went to Wendell Phillips High School in Chicago, then studied at the General Motors Institute, an engineering school run by an automaker. He also worked as a model, a salesman and a postal carrier.
Steven Williams movies on Netflix
Glass Jawas Harry Sterling
The Stakelanderas Doc Earl
The Trustas Cliff
Christmas Twisteras Terry
Adventures of Poweras Carlos
Walker, Texas Ranger: Trial by Fireas Detective Mike Burton
L.A. Law: The Movieas Albert Hutchinson
Firetrapas Firefighter Chief Sheehan
Route 666as Rabbit aka Fred
The Senderas Lockwood
Bloodfist VII: Manhuntas Captain Doyle
Corrina, Corrinaas Anthony T. Williams
Deep Redas Det. Sgt. Eldon James
The Forbidden Danceas Weed
Under the Gunas Gallagher
Houseas Cop #4
Missing in Action 2: The Beginningas Captain David Nester
Twilight Zone: The Movieas Bar Patron (Segment #1)
The Marva Collins Storyas McCloud
Cooley Highas Jimmy Lee
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Missing in Action 2: The Beginning1985 Action, Drama, Thrilleras Captain David Nester
IMDb rating 5.411K votes
Most often with
Michael Schultz directed two of these films. Three actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Chuck Norris2 films together, 1985 to 2005
Chuck Norris's page Walker, Texas Ranger: Trial by Fire2005IMDb rating 5.4Williams as Detective Mike BurtonNorris as Capt. Ranger Cordell Walker
Missing in Action 2: The Beginning1985IMDb rating 5.4Williams as Captain David NesterNorris as Colonel James Braddock
Lori Petty2 films together, 2001
Joseph Hieu2 films together, 1983 to 1985
Joseph Hieu's page Missing in Action 2: The Beginning1985IMDb rating 5.4Williams as Captain David NesterHieu as Guard
Twilight Zone: The Movie1983IMDb rating 6.4Williams as Bar Patron (Segment #1)Hieu as Vietnamese (Segment #1)
Michael SchultzDirector, 2 films, 1975 to 2002
All films by Michael Schultz L.A. Law: The Movie2002IMDb rating 6.0Williams as Albert Hutchinson
Cooley High1975IMDb rating 7.1Williams as Jimmy Lee
Box office
What Steven Williams's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$92.8 million
5 of the 20 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 20 films: 5 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 5 never in cinemas; 8 figure not found.
- 5Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 5Never in cinemas
- 8Figure not found
Highest grossing
The five biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$29M31.8% of the total
- 2$20M21.7% of the total
- 3$19M21.0% of the total
- 4$13M14.0% of the total
- 5$11M11.6% of the total
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