Cast & creator
Jesse Williams
Best known for Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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.
Also known as: 제시 윌리엄스, جسی ویلیامز, Jesse Wesley Williams
39
film credits
32
television credits
59
1949–2026 · acting roles
6.4
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (71)
Showing 71 of 71 credits
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
Law & Order
Kwame
1990
Grey's Anatomy
Jackson Avery
2005Grey's Anatomy
Director
2005
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
The View
Self
1997
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Station 19
Dr. Jackson Avery
2018
Only Murders in the Building
Tobert
2021
The Morning Show
Vernon
2019
Finding Your Roots
2012
Greek
Drew Collins
2007
To Tell the Truth
Self - Panelist
2016
The Eric Andre Show
Self
2012
Desus & Mero
Self - Illustrious Guest
2019
Celebrity Name Game
Self
2014
The Cabin in the Woods
Holden McCrea
2012
Shifting Gears
Andy
2025
A Black Lady Sketch Show
Isaac
2019
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale
Self - Special Guest
2018
Your Place or Mine
Theo
2023
Little Fires Everywhere
Joe Ryan
2020
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
Self
2020
The Butler
Rev. James Lawson
2013
The Spoils Before Dying
Parker
2015
Secret Headquarters
Irons
2022
The Emmy Awards
Self
1949
Brooklyn's Finest
E. Quinlan
2010
Beyond the Break
Eric Medina
2006
Hotel Costiera
Daniel De Luca
2025Hotel Costiera
Producer
2025
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
Leo
2008
America Divided
Self
2016
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
Self
2018
The Great Lillian Hall
David Flemming
2024
What We Hide
Sheriff Ben Jeffries
2025What We Hide
Executive Producer
2025
Two Distant Strangers
Producer
2020
Band Aid
Skyler
2017
Survivor's Guide to Prison
Self
2018Survivor's Guide to Prison
Executive Producer
2018
Random Acts of Violence
Todd Walkley
2019Random Acts of Violence
Executive Producer
2019
Money
Sean
2016
Selah and the Spades
Headmaster Banton
2019
Jacob's Ladder
Isaac 'Ike' Singer
2019
Following Harry
Self
2024
They Die by Dawn
John Taylor
2013
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
Self
2016
Snake & Mongoose
Don "The Snake" Prudomme
2013The Decline of F*cking Western Civilization
Montmartre
Toussaint
2026Montmartre
Executive Producer
2026
United We Stand: The Ali Summit
narrator
2018
The Obama Years: The Power of Words
Self - Narrator (voice)
2017
Dirty Dancing 3: Capoeira Nights
2010
J.A.W.
Enin
2011J.A.W.
Co-Producer
2011
Stay Woke: The Black Lives Matter Movement
Self
2016Stay Woke: The Black Lives Matter Movement
Executive Producer
2016
Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story
Executive Producer
2025
Washingtonienne
Keya
2009
With Drawn Arms
Self
2020With Drawn Arms
Executive Producer
2020
Legacy
Troy
Rich Girl Problems
Peter
2013
Hoops, Hopes & Dreams
Producer
2025