Jesse Williams
☼ Born on 5 December 1981, in Chicago, Illinois, USA
BiographyJesse Wesley Williams born August 5, 1981 is a former high school teacher and activist turned actor/director. He's best known for his role as Dr. Jackson Avery on the ABC Television series Grey's Anatomy and his advocacy for the disenfranchised, highlighted by his internationally resonant acceptance speech for his 2016 BET Humanitarian Award. He also appears in the hit 2013 film Lee Daniels' The Butler as real life civil rights leader Rev. James Lawson. Previous roles include Holden in The Cabin in the Woods (2012), Officer Eddie Quinlan in Brooklyn's Finest (2009), as Leo, Lena's boyfriend, in the film sequel The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008) and as Isaac "Ike" Singer in Jacob's Ladder (2019).
In the role of actor
Random Acts of Violence (31/07/2020)
The creator of a horror comic finds out that a serial killer is copying his work in Random Acts of Violence. Todd Walkley (Jesse Williams) is the creator of “Slasherman,” the number one R-rated comic, which is inspired from the I90 serial killer from three decades prior. Struggling to find an ending for the final […]
The Cabin in the Woods (14/04/2012)
It’s going to be hard to talk about this movie without giving away too much of the plot. In fact, if you’ve seen the trailer for this film, you probably already know too much. I will say that it’s a very self-aware horror film that plays greatly with horror cliches and expectations. It was also […]