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Cress Williams
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Cress Williams
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1970-07-26,Heidelberg, Germany
Gender
Male
Biography
Cress Williams (born July 26, 1970) is an American actor, known for his roles in Prison Break and Close to Home. His most recent roles include Mayor Lavon Hayes on The CW series Hart of Dixie and the title character on The CW's Black Lightning. Williams is also known for his recurring role as Terrence "Scooter" Williams on Fox's Living Single and as Inspector Antwon Babcock on Nash Bridges. Williams was born in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany, to American parents. He took courses at Fullerton College and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in theatre from the University of California, Los Angeles. Williams acted in a 1990 Fullerton College production of William Shakespeare's tragedy, Othello, which was directed by Tom Blank. He also acted in another production in the same year at Fullerton College called Red Noses, a black comedy produced by Peter Barnes and directed by Michael Fields. Williams has appeared on many TV series since 1994, including Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Beverly Hills, 90210, NYPD Blue, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, JAG, Living Single, Nash Bridges, Providence, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Veronica Mars, The West Wing, Close to Home, ER, and Grey's Anatomy. He was the fifth cast member in the original pilot for Will & Grace, playing Will's law firm partner, but was dropped during rehearsals because director Jim Burrows said they didn't need his character. He portrayed Talak'talan, a Jem'Hadar leader in the Star Trek series, in a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode, "The Jem'Hadar." Williams joined the Prison Break cast by playing The Company's assassin, Wyatt Mathewson. He appeared in the final season of Friday Night Lights as Ornette Howard, father of East Dillon's star quarterback Vince Howard. He also starred alongside Rachel Bilson on The CW series Hart of Dixie as former football star turned mayor Lavon Hayes. From 2018 to 2021, he has ventured back into adaptations of DC Comics: as main character Jefferson Pierce/Black Lightning on The CW's superhero TV series Black Lightning, which was integrated into Arrowverse's prime Earth during Crisis on Infinite Earths, and as John Henry Irons in the animated film The Death of Superman and its 2019 sequel, Reign of the Supermen. After his Black Lightning series concluded, he reprised the role on The Flash at the start of its eighth season as part of its "Armageddon" event. On October 14, 2000, Williams married actress Simbi Khali in Malibu, California. The couple had two children and divorced in 2011. Williams married girlfriend Kristen Torrianni in June 2013. Williams and Torrianni also have two children together. Description above from the Wikipedia article Winnie Harlow, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

The Doom Generation

6.461

The Doom Generation
1995-10-27

6

Home Invasion
1997-01-13

Never Been Kissed

6.2

Never Been Kissed
1999-04-09

5.265

What Remains
2022-12-02

Little Black Book

5.3

Little Black Book
2004-08-06

3

Dead Wrong
2024-05-21

6.7

Lowriders
2017-04-28

Pursuit of Happiness

5.4

Pursuit of Happiness
2001-01-17

The Death of Superman

7.407

The Death of Superman
2018-07-24

10

Masquerade
2000-11-10

Rolling Thunder

0

Rolling Thunder
1996-10-16

Reign of the Supermen

7.046

Reign of the Supermen
2019-01-13

The Death and Return of Superman

6.743

The Death and Return of Superman
2019-10-01

2 Days in the Valley

6.2

2 Days in the Valley
1996-09-11

7.139

In Your Eyes
2014-04-20

2

The Dogwalker
2002-09-13

6.8

Fallen
1998-01-16

The Violent Heart

5.4

The Violent Heart
2020-09-09

4

Crime Story
2021-08-13

5.5

L.A. Johns
1997-06-10

6.653

Nash Bridges
1996-03-29

8.2

Grey's Anatomy
2005-03-27

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

7.9

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999-09-20

6.1

Close to Home
2005-09-20

0

Leaving L.A.
1997-04-12

7.3

Hart of Dixie
2011-09-26

8.3

The West Wing
1999-09-22

8.591

House
2004-11-16

7.772

Cold Case
2003-09-28

Black Lightning

7

Black Lightning
2018-01-16

4.8

Creature
1998-05-18

Beverly Hills, 90210

7.373

Beverly Hills, 90210
1990-10-04

7.026

NYPD Blue
1993-09-21

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

7.886

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993-01-03

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

7

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993-09-12

7.3

JAG
1995-09-23

7.8

The Flash
2014-10-07

7.831

Veronica Mars
2004-09-22

DC's Legends of Tomorrow

7.3

DC's Legends of Tomorrow
2016-01-21

Touched by an Angel

7.2

Touched by an Angel
1994-09-21

3

If Not for You
1995-09-18

7.8

ER
1994-09-19

7.8

ER
1994-09-19

7.8

Code Black
2015-09-30

9.3

The Lyon's Den
2003-09-28