Jesse Williams (actor)

Jesse Wesley Williams is an American actor, model, and activist, best known for his role as Dr. Jackson Avery on the ABC Television series Greys Anatomy. He also appears in the hit 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 Brooklyns Finest and as Leo, Lenas boyfriend, in the film sequel The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.

Jesse Wesley Williams was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Johanna Chase, a professional potter, and Reginald Williams. Williams has stated that his mother is Swedish American, while his father is of African American and some Seminole descent from Georgia. He has two younger brothers who specialize in visual arts. Williams graduated from Moses Brown School in Providence, Rhode Island in 1998. After high school, his parents each began teaching in the public school system, while his mother maintained her work in pottery.

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