Jesse Williams

Jesse Wesley Williams (born August 5, 1981) is an American actor, director, producer, and activist. He portrayed Dr. Jackson Avery on the ABC series Grey’s Anatomy (2009–2021) and has appeared in the films The Cabin in the Woods (2012), The Butler (2013) and Band Aid (2017). He also provided voice acting and motion capture for Markus in Detroit: Become Human (2018).

Williams was born in Chicago, Illinois,[2] to Johanna Chase, a professional potter, and Reginald Williams.[3] Williams has said his mother is Swedish American and his father is African American from Georgia.[4][5] His two younger brothers specialize in visual arts. Williams graduated from Moses Brown School in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1998.[3] After he graduated from high school, his father began teaching history in northern Maine, while his mother maintained her work in pottery