Jesse Williams
Jesse Williams
Jesse Wesley Williams is an American actor, model, and activist, best known for his role as Dr. Jackson Avery on the ABC Television series Grey's Anatomy. He also appears in the 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, Officer Eddie Quinlan in Brooklyn's Finestand as Leo, Lena's boyfriend, in the film sequel The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth5 August 1981
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
As an actor, you want to be able to move your character forward into new ground, but also it's really interesting to go backwards and unpeel those layers and the interesting elements of what your character is and what informs the decisions that you make so that you can have as much meat to work with.
I like to take credit for the work that I have done.
I'm kind of in a middle space, being marketed as a biracial actor. Roles are written either stereotypically black, or they're written 'normal,' which is just code for white.
I'm very grateful and fully aware that 90 percent of actors are not working. Going from public school teacher to a show like 'Grey's Anatomy', I love what I do.
I'm an athletic junkie - I play in all the celebrity all-star games, and I've become buddies with a bunch of athletes.
I download, like, forty songs a day, I'm a big music collector and a big record collector.
It seems like there's a little hatred win we step over there and they see our colors. I don't feel that hatred when they come over here. It makes me compete at a higher level.
I've got to take it easy. Maybe win the meet and then stop possibly and focus on the long jump and try to score in that.
It was just a start to a great season. Everyone is welcome to come out and watch all of these future stars. And, I just want to say that the Port St. John Little League wouldn't be as great as it is without the help of all of our volunteers.
I was a little off technically today (in the high jump). I had the long jump beforehand and my legs kind of took a little bit out of them long-jumping. I just came out and wanted to have fun today.
You have to be up-front from the very beginning about what your expectations of the other person are, and you can't make any promises you don't intend to keep.
Storybooks were always a big part of my imagination, and my childhood and adolescence.