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Jesse Williams

1981 - Today

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Jesse Wesley Williams (born August 5, 1981) is an American actor, director, producer, and activist best known as Jackson Avery on Grey's Anatomy (2009–22; 2024). He has also appeared in films such as The Cabin in the Woods (2012) and The Butler (2013). He 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). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2024). Jesse Williams is the 6,745th most popular actor (up from 6,841st in 2024), the 10,429th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,096th in 2019) and the 3,103rd most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jesse Williams ranks 6,746 out of 13,578. Before him are Inga Swenson, Robert Webb, Natassia Malthe, Angela Visser, Lee Kwang-soo, Abby Dalton, and Aracely Arámbula. After him are John Gallagher Jr., Florence Vidor, Kerry Fox, Charlie Murphy, and Arturo Fernández Rodríguez.

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Among people born in 1981, Jesse Williams ranks 207. Before him are Raúl Bravo, Toshikazu Kato, Abdul Kader Keïta, Saroo Brierley, Barbora Špotáková, and Alice Rohrwacher. After him are Lee Jin-wook, Klemen Lavrič, Vladimir Kara-Murza, Andrei Kirilenko, Angerfist, and Volkan Demirel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jesse Williams ranks 10,433 out of 20,380. Before him are Inga Swenson (1932), Chaz Bono (1969), Edward Henry Potthast (1857), D. A. Pennebaker (1925), Rufus King (1755), Abby Dalton (1932), Martin Luther King III (1957), and Gustav Hasford (1947). After him are John Gallagher Jr. (1984), Michael Swanwick (1950), Florence Vidor (1895), and Victor Schertzinger (1888).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Jesse Williams ranks 3,104. Before him are Asia Kate Dillon (1984), Dan Lauria (1947), Judy Tyler (1932), Tommy Rettig (1941), Inga Swenson (1932), and Abby Dalton (1932). After him are John Gallagher Jr. (1984), Florence Vidor (1895), Cara Buono (1974), Stephen McNally (1911), Joan Leslie (1925), and Sheree North (1932).

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