Jesse Williams - Actor Profile

Jesse Williams

27Movies
10.0 Best Rating

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.

Top Rated Movies

★10.0
The Obama Years: The Power of Words (2017) movie poster
★10.0

The Obama Years: The Power of Words — Barack Obama launched into our national consciousness at the 2004 Democratic National Convention and ever since, he's de

The Obama Years: The Power of Words

2017•Documentary
★9.0
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration (2016) movie poster
★9.0

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 First Lady Michelle Obam

BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration

2016•Music
★7.3
The Butler (2013) movie poster
★7.3

The Butler — Cecil Gaines was a sharecropper's son who grew up in the 1920s as a domestic servant for the white family who casually d

The Butler

2013•Drama
★7.0
The Great Lillian Hall (2024) movie poster
★7.0

The Great Lillian Hall — Lillian Hall, a Broadway actress, has never missed a performance throughout her long, illustrious career. Yet in rehears

The Great Lillian Hall

2024•Drama
★6.6
The Cabin in the Woods (2012) movie poster
★6.6

The Cabin in the Woods — Five friends set out for a weekend at a remote cabin in the woods, expecting nothing more than fun and relaxation. As ni

The Cabin in the Woods

2012•Horror

Complete Filmography & Verdicts

YearMovieCharacterRatingVerdict
2025 What We Hide Sheriff Ben Jeffries ★ 6.3 Average
2024 The Great Lillian Hall David Flemming ★ 7.0 Hit
2024 Following Harry Self ★ 0.0 Flop
2023 Your Place or Mine Theo ★ 6.3 Average
2022 Secret Headquarters Irons ★ 6.4 Average
2020 With Drawn Arms Self ★ 5.4 Flop
2019 Jacob's Ladder Isaac 'Ike' Singer ★ 4.3 Flop
2019 Random Acts of Violence Todd Walkley ★ 5.4 Flop
2019 Selah and the Spades Headmaster Banton ★ 5.3 Flop
2018 United We Stand: The Ali Summit narrator ★ 0.0 Flop
2018 Survivor's Guide to Prison Self ★ 6.3 Average
2017 Band Aid Skyler ★ 6.3 Average
2017 The Obama Years: The Power of Words Self - Narrator (voice) ★ 10.0 Super Hit
2016 BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration Self ★ 9.0 Super Hit
2016 Stay Woke: The Black Lives Matter Movement Self ★ 6.0 Average
2016 Money Sean ★ 5.4 Flop
2013 They Die by Dawn John Taylor ★ 2.7 Flop
2013 Snake & Mongoose Don "The Snake" Prudomme ★ 4.9 Flop
2013 The Butler Rev. James Lawson ★ 7.3 Hit
2013 Rich Girl Problems Peter ★ 0.0 Flop
2012 The Cabin in the Woods Holden McCrea ★ 6.6 Hit
2010 Dirty Dancing 3: Capoeira Nights - ★ 6.3 Average
2010 Brooklyn's Finest E. Quinlan ★ 6.3 Average
2009 Washingtonienne Keya ★ 0.0 Flop
2008 The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 Leo ★ 6.3 Average
N/A Legacy Troy ★ 0.0 Flop
N/A We Are Not Who We Are: Making The Cabin in the Woods Self / Holden McCrea ★ 0.0 Flop