Jesse Wesley Williams born August 5, 1981 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 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 .
Attended Temple University (B.A.) in Philadelphia, PA
A former high school teacher.
His father is African-American, with some Seminole ancestry. His mother is of Swedish descent.
Attended Moses Brown high school in Rhode Island.
Married Aryn Drake-Lee, age 32, a real estate broker, on September 1, 2012 in Los Angeles. They have been together for five years.
(June 2015) In New York shooting new movie Money .
Son of Bindi Williams.
sentiment, but California is just a really dope state.
Storytelling is based on the word, being an honorable person of,integrity is based on your word.
I like to take credit for the work that I have done.
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.
Storybooks were always a big part of my imagination, and my childhood,and adolescence.
We should all have the opportunity to at least get a basic education and,feel that you are worthy of something in life.
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.
Freedom is always coming in the hereafter. But the hereafter is a,hustle. We want it now.
We should all have the opportunity to at least get a basic education and feel that you are worthy of something in life. .
