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 Terren ... ce "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.
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| Organization | Category | Movie |
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Hart of Dixie
as Lavon Hayes
Episodes: 76
First Aired: Sep 26, 2011
Black Lightning
as Jefferson Pierce / Black Lightning
Episodes: 58
First Aired: Jan 16, 2018
Nash Bridges
as Antwon Babcock
Episodes: 22
First Aired: Mar 29, 1996
Close to Home
as Ed Williams
Episodes: 22
First Aired: Sep 20, 2005
Beverly Hills, 90210
as D'Shawn Hardell
Episodes: 13
First Aired: Oct 04, 1990
ER
as Officer Reggie Moore
Episodes: 8
First Aired: Sep 19, 1994
Grey's Anatomy
as Tucker Jones
Episodes: 7
First Aired: Mar 27, 2005
Leaving L.A.
as Dudley Adams
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Apr 12, 1997
ER
as Reggie Moore
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Sep 19, 1994
Veronica Mars
as Nathan Woods
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Sep 22, 2004
The Flash
as Jefferson Pierce / Black Lightning
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Oct 07, 2014
The West Wing
as Lester
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 22, 1999
Creature
as Tall Man
Episodes: 2
First Aired: May 18, 1998
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Sam Dufoy
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1999
House
as Hospital Attorney
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 16, 2004
Cold Case
as Jimmy Clarke
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 28, 2003
NYPD Blue
as Silky
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 21, 1993
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Talak'talan
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 03, 1993
JAG
as Captain Overton
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 23, 1995
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
as Jefferson Pierce / Black Lightning
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 21, 2016
Touched by an Angel
as Riley
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 21, 1994
If Not for You
as Ahmed
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 18, 1995
Code Black
as Cole Guthrie
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 30, 2015
The Lyon's Den
as Eddie
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 28, 2003
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 12, 1993
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