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
Staying true to our goals, Question Bridge as a company and as a project is not singularly about black males. One of the things I'm so excited about Question Bridge is that my vision goes far beyond black males.
I thought that if acting didn't work out, I'd have done law school or medical school: probably law to be honest.
I think it helps that I have been there. I won't have the jitters I had last year.
We often grow up being told that we can do this or that, but if you don't see anybody that looks like you doing it, you don't believe you can do it. But I had great teachers, and I wanted to be a great teacher.
I'm always trying to find the next comedian that just gives me something a little funny to combine with all of the depressing news that I'm processing.
I always find that really interesting, you know, when I get to see characters that I love in TV and film and theater around their family.
I am glad I get to do it again.
I am hoping to do the same dunks I did last year. Hopefully I will perfect them.
Coming from New York, you're kind of indoctrinated with anti-L.A. sentiment, but California is just a really dope state.
There's so much material out there that's unnecessarily racist. It takes a shot at what is 'urban' or demonstrates blackness with some sassy, neck-jiving character that's not even relevant to the plot. I see it time and time again, and it doesn't move the story forward. It just kind of cryogenically freezes us in this old racial paradigm.
It was very important to me to be with a woman who is better than me at some things. You want someone who brings new, interesting things into your life.
We should all have the opportunity to at least get a basic education and feel that you are worthy of something in life.
Storytelling is based on the word, being an honorable person of integrity is based on your word.
Storybooks were always a big part of my imagination, and my childhood and adolescence.