Jesse Williams

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
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Birthday
Aug 05, 1981 (43 years old)

Jesse Williams

Known For

Following Harry
1h 35m
Movie 2024

Following Harry

Featuring Harry Belafonte, Aja Monet, Aloe Blacc, and Jesse Williams, Following Harry explores the life and legacy of cultural and civil rights icon Harry Belafonte through the stories of those artists and activists carrying on his life’s work dedicated to social justice.

Your Place or Mine
1h 49m
Movie 2023

Your Place or Mine

When best friends and total opposites Debbie and Peter swap homes for a week, they get a peek into each other's lives that could open the door to love.

Secret Headquarters
1h 44m
Movie 2022

Secret Headquarters

While hanging out after school, Charlie and his friends discover the headquarters of the world’s most powerful superhero hidden beneath his home. When villains attack, they must team up to defend the headquarters and save the world.

With Drawn Arms
1h 23m
Movie 2020

With Drawn Arms

The story behind a critical moment in American history, spawning one of most iconic images of protest from the past century. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, the world watched as two American runners, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, took the stage as the U.S. national anthem played, raising their fists in a symbol of black struggle and solidarity.

Jacob's Ladder
1h 29m
Movie 2019

Jacob's Ladder

After losing his brother in combat, Jacob Singer returns home from Afghanistan -- only to be pulled into a mind-twisting state of paranoia. Singer soon realizes that his sibling is alive but life is not what it seems.

Random Acts of Violence
1h 20m
Movie 2019

Random Acts of Violence

A pair of comic book writers begin to notice scary similarities between the character they created and horrific real-life events.

Selah and the Spades
1h 37m
Movie 2019

Selah and the Spades

Paloma, the new girl at an esteemed prep school, is drawn into the daily aggressions of warring senior class factions. She joins the Spades and becomes friends with the Spades’ leader, an enigmatic and scheming cheerleader named Selah.

Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
1h 0m
TV Show 2018

Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'

A unique portrait of how art and activism for black people in film are indivisible from race and cinema.

Survivor's Guide to Prison
1h 42m
Movie 2018

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 in the unfortunate case it should happen to you - this is the Survivors Guide to Prison.

Band Aid
1h 31m
Movie 2017

Band Aid

A couple who can't stop fighting embark on a last-ditch effort to save their marriage: turning their fights into songs and starting a band.

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.

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