Jesse Williams
Birthday: 1981-08-05
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
Movies
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
Four young women continue the journey toward adulthood that began with "The Sisterhood of the Travel...
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Your Place or Mine
When best friends and total opposites Debbie and Peter swap homes for a week, they get a peek into e...
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The Cabin in the Woods
Five friends set out for a weekend at a remote cabin in the woods, expecting nothing more than fun a...
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Rich Girl Problems
Rich Girl Problems is a sharp but loving comedy about nine intertwining characters and their friends...
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Brooklyn's Finest
Enforcing the law within the notoriously rough Brownsville section of the city and especially within...
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They Die by Dawn
Four outlaws with a bounty on each head, set a date for a shootout in Langston, Oklahoma. The last m...
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The Butler
A look at the life of Cecil Gaines, who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler fro...
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Washingtonienne
A comedy that revolves around the professional and personal lives of three smart, sophisticated twen...
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The Obama Years: The Power of Words
Barack Obama launched into our national consciousness at the 2004 Democratic National Convention and...
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Snake & Mongoose
The untold story of how two Southern California drag racers, Don "The Snake" Prudhomme and Tom "The ...
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What We Hide
After their mother suffers a fatal overdose, two sisters fear being separated by the foster system a...
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Following Harry
Featuring Harry Belafonte, Aja Monet, Aloe Blacc, and Jesse Williams, Following Harry explores the l...
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The Great Lillian Hall
Lillian Hall, a Broadway actress, has never missed a performance throughout her long, illustrious ca...
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Stay Woke: The Black Lives Matter Movement
Documentary about the Black Lives Matter movement....
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Money
Two wealthy businessmen are about to get away with $5 million in ill-gotten money until their plans ...
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Band Aid
A couple who can't stop fighting embark on a last-ditch effort to save their marriage: turning their...
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Survivor's Guide to Prison
Today, you're more likely to go to prison in the United States than anywhere else in the world. So i...
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Jacob's Ladder
After losing his brother in combat, Jacob Singer returns home from Afghanistan -- only to be pulled ...
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BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
A White House concert and celebration in honor of the 8-year Presidency of Barack Obama and the Firs...
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Selah and the Spades
Paloma, the new girl at an esteemed prep school, is drawn into the daily aggressions of warring seni...
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Random Acts of Violence
A pair of comic book writers begin to notice scary similarities between the character they created a...
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With Drawn Arms
The story behind a critical moment in American history, spawning one of most iconic images of protes...
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Secret Headquarters
While hanging out after school, Charlie and his friends discover the headquarters of the world’s mos...
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Legacy
A group of inmates discuss their daily routines inside prison, their crimes and how they don't toler...
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United We Stand: The Ali Summit
Chronicling the single-afternoon gathering (June 4, 1967) of 11 American athletes and a politician. ...
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We Are Not Who We Are: Making The Cabin in the Woods
A behind-the-scenes documentary showcasing the filmmaking process of The Cabin in the Woods includin...
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