Cress Williams

Cress Williams

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.

  • Title: Cress Williams
  • Popularity: 8.245
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1970-07-26
  • Place of Birth: Heidelberg, Germany
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Cress Williams Movies

  • 1995
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    The Doom Generation

    The Doom Generation

    6.4 1995 HD

    Jordan White and Amy Blue, two troubled teens, pick up an adolescent drifter, Xavier Red. Together, the threesome embarks on a sex- and...

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  • 1997
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    Home Invasion

    Home Invasion

    6 1997 HD

    A gang of armed criminals bursts into the home of a woman, taking her and the daughters of three of her friends hostage.

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  • 1999
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    Never Been Kissed

    Never Been Kissed

    6.2 1999 HD

    Josie Geller, a baby-faced junior copywriter at the Chicago Sun-Times, must pose as a student at her former high school to research contemporary...

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  • 2022
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    What Remains

    What Remains

    5.4 2022 HD

    A small town pastor is forced to reckon with an act of forgiveness when the convict he forgave for murdering his wife returns to town five years...

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  • 2004
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    Little Black Book

    Little Black Book

    5.342 2004 HD

    Determined to learn about her boyfriend's past relationships, Stacy -- who works for a talk show -- becomes a bona fide snoop. With her colleague,...

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  • 2024
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    Dead Wrong

    Dead Wrong

    3 2024 HD

    A narcissist concocts a get-rich-quick scheme that ignites a violent chain reaction and overwhelms the lives of those around him.

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  • 2017
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    Lowriders

    Lowriders

    6.7 2017 HD

    A young street artist in East Los Angeles is caught between his father's obsession with lowrider car culture, his ex-felon brother and his need for...

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  • 2001
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    Pursuit of Happiness

    Pursuit of Happiness

    4.5 2001 HD

    An advertising executive fails to realize that the woman of his dreams is his best friend since first grade, now married to his cheating co-worker.

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  • 2018
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    The Death of Superman

    The Death of Superman

    7.4 2018 HD

    When a hulking monster arrives on Earth and begins a mindless rampage, the Justice League is quickly called in to stop it. But it soon becomes...

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  • 2000
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    Masquerade

    Masquerade

    10 2000 HD

    After moving to LA, a young woman starts a romance with a man (Cress Williams) she met on the internet. Trouble brews when she discovers that a...

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  • 1996
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    Rolling Thunder

    Rolling Thunder

    1 1996 HD

    An ex-military unit specializes itself in non-lethal combat methods and takedowns and offers its services

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  • 2019
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    Reign of the Supermen

    Reign of the Supermen

    7 2019 HD

    In the wake of The Death of Supermen, the world is still mourning the loss of the Man of Steel following his fatal battle with the monster Doomsday....

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  • 2019
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    The Death and Return of Superman

    The Death and Return of Superman

    6.7 2019 HD

    The Death of Superman and Reign of the Supermen now presented as an over two-hour unabridged and seamless animated feature. Witness the...

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  • 1996
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    2 Days in the Valley

    2 Days in the Valley

    6.2 1996 HD

    In a sleepy bedroom community of LA's San Fernando Valley, the murder of a professional athlete by two hit men sets into motion a chain of events...

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  • 2014
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    In Your Eyes

    In Your Eyes

    7.137 2014 HD

    Two seemingly unconnected souls from different corners of the United States make a telepathic bond that allows them to see, hear and feel the other's...

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  • 2002
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    The Dogwalker

    The Dogwalker

    2 2002 HD

    Jerry Cooper is The Dogwalker, a Tom Sawyer grown up for the nineties, who having fallen on hard times, is struggling with the reality of having to...

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  • 1998
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    Fallen

    Fallen

    6.784 1998 HD

    Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution the killings start again, and they are...

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  • 2020
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    The Violent Heart

    The Violent Heart

    5.4 2020 HD

    Fifteen years after the murder of his older sister, taciturn Daniel finds himself falling for Cassie, a vivacious high school senior in this southern...

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  • 2021
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    Crime Story

    Crime Story

    3.96 2021 HD

    When ex-mob boss Ben Myers is targeted in a home robbery, he goes on a deadly rampage of vengeance. But with his family caught in the crosshairs,...

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  • 1997
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    L.A. Johns

    L.A. Johns

    5.5 1997 HD

    Liz dreams of buying a house and starts working as a call girl. She then becomes emotionally involved with a young man.

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  • 1996
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    Nash Bridges

    Nash Bridges

    6.582 1996 HD

    Fun-loving San Francisco Police Department investigator Nash Bridges is part of the elite Special Investigations Unit. He tackles crime using his...

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  • 2005
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    Grey's Anatomy

    Grey's Anatomy

    8.226 2005 HD

    Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle’s Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.

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  • 1999
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    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    7.934 1999 HD

    In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate...

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  • 2005
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    Close to Home

    Close to Home

    6.1 2005 HD

    Close to Home is an American crime drama television series co-produced by Warner Bros. Television and Jerry Bruckheimer Television for CBS.

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  • 1997
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    Leaving L.A.

    Leaving L.A.

    1 1997 HD

    Leaving L.A. is an American drama television series that aired from April 12 until June 14, 1997. The series was drama with dark comedic elements...

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  • 2011
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    Hart of Dixie

    Hart of Dixie

    7.371 2011 HD

    New Yorker Zoe Hart has it all figured out - after graduating top of her class from medical school, she'll follow in her father's footsteps and...

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  • 1999
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    The West Wing

    The West Wing

    8.3 1999 HD

    The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells the stories of the members of a fictional...

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  • 2004
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    House

    House

    8.59 2004 HD

    Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional...

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  • 2003
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    Cold Case

    Cold Case

    7.766 2003 HD

    The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned cases that have never been solved. Detective Lilly...

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  • 2018
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    Black Lightning

    Black Lightning

    7.043 2018 HD

    Jefferson Pierce is a man wrestling with a secret. As the father of two daughters and principal of a charter high school that also serves as a safe...

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  • 1998
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    Creature

    Creature

    4.856 1998 HD

    An amphibious shark-like monster attacks an abandoned secret military base and the people who live on the island.

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  • 1990
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    Beverly Hills, 90210

    Beverly Hills, 90210

    7.395 1990 HD

    Follow the lives of a group of teenagers living in the upscale, star-studded community of Beverly Hills, California and attending the fictitious West...

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  • 1993
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    NYPD Blue

    NYPD Blue

    7.028 1993 HD

    Police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan. Each episode typically...

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  • 1993
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    Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

    Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

    7.9 1993 HD

    At Deep Space Nine, a space station located next to a wormhole in the vicinity of the liberated planet of Bajor, Commander Sisko and crew welcome...

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  • 1993
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    Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

    Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

    7 1993 HD

    A much more lavish version of the popular Superman television series which had first aired forty years earlier, Lois & Clark focused more on the Man...

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  • 1995
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    JAG

    JAG

    7.3 1995 HD

    Harmon "Harm" Rabb Jr. is a former pilot turned lawyer working for the military's JAG (Judge Advocate General) division, the elite legal wing of...

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  • 2014
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    The Flash

    The Flash

    7.782 2014 HD

    After being struck by lightning, CSI investigator Barry Allen awakens from a nine-month coma to discover he has been granted the gift of super...

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  • 2004
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    Veronica Mars

    Veronica Mars

    7.9 2004 HD

    In the fictional town of Neptune, California, student Veronica Mars progresses from high school to college while moonlighting as a private...

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  • 2016
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    DC's Legends of Tomorrow

    DC's Legends of Tomorrow

    7.3 2016 HD

    When heroes alone are not enough ... the world needs legends. Having seen the future, one he will desperately try to prevent from happening,...

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  • 1994
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    Touched by an Angel

    Touched by an Angel

    7.2 1994 HD

    Monica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who are at a crossroads in their lives.

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  • 1995
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    If Not for You

    If Not for You

    3 1995 HD

    If Not For You is an American sitcom television series that aired from September 18 until October 9, 1995.

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  • 1994
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    ER

    ER

    7.8 1994 HD

    ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened...

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  • 1994
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    ER

    ER

    7.8 1994 HD

    ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened...

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  • 2015
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    Code Black

    Code Black

    7.7 2015 HD

    Inspired by the award-winning documentary, this medical drama is set in the busiest and most notorious ER in the nation where the extraordinary staff...

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  • 2003
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    The Lyon's Den

    The Lyon's Den

    9.3 2003 HD

    John "Jack" Turner is a maverick scion from an American political dynasty, a "true believer," who must reconcile his passion for the purity of law in...

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