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Cress Williams

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Cress Williams at an event for Black Lightning (2018)
Wakandan warriors who, throughout history, have traveled the world to retrieve dangerous vibranium artifacts.
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Cress Williams 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 best known for his recurring role as Terrence "Scooter" Williams on Fox's Living Single and as Inspector Atwon Babcock on Nash Bridges.
BornJuly 26, 1970
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      • 2 nominations total

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    Known for

    Black Lightning (2018)
    Black Lightning
    6.1
    TV Series
    • Jefferson Pierce
    • Black Lightning
    Drew Barrymore in Never Been Kissed (1999)
    Never Been Kissed
    6.0
    • George
    • 1999
    Denzel Washington in Fallen (1998)
    Fallen
    7.0
    • Detective Joe
    • 1998
    Michael Dorn, Terry Farrell, Colm Meaney, Nana Visitor, Avery Brooks, Armin Shimerman, Rene Auberjonois, Cirroc Lofton, and Alexander Siddig in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)
    Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Talak'talan

    Credits

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    Actor

    • Reimagined
      • Ray
      • Post-production
    • A Music City Story
      • Sol Littlefield
      • Post-production
    • Mark Hamill in Criminal Minds (2005)
      Criminal Minds
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Davonte Faust
      • 2026
    • Anika Noni Rose in Eyes of Wakanda (2025)
      Eyes of Wakanda
      6.2
      TV Mini Series
      • The Lion (voice)
      • 2025
    • Rob Schneider, Joshua Bitton, Cress Williams, Katrina Bowden, Chet Hanks, and Derek Smith in Dead Wrong (2024)
      Dead Wrong
      3.7
      • Paul Drake
      • 2024
    • Unbroken
      TV Series
      • Will Stanton
      • 2022
    • Anne Heche, Cress Williams, and Kellan Lutz in What Remains (2022)
      What Remains
      4.8
      • Marshall
      • 2022
    • Grant Gustin in The Flash (2014)
      The Flash
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Black Lightning
      • Jefferson Pierce
      • 2019–2021
    • Mira Sorvino and Richard Dreyfuss in Crime Story (2021)
      Crime Story
      4.0
      • Jimmy
      • 2021
    • Black Lightning (2018)
      Black Lightning
      6.1
      TV Series
      • Jefferson Pierce
      • Black Lightning
      • 2018–2021
    • The Violent Heart (2020)
      The Violent Heart
      6.2
      • Lee
      • 2020
    • Olivia Swann, Shayan Sobhian, Nick Zano, Amy Louise Pemberton, Matt Ryan, Adam Tsekhman, Caity Lotz, Tala Ashe, Jes Macallan, and Lisseth Chavez in Legends of Tomorrow (2016)
      Legends of Tomorrow
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Jefferson Pierce
      • Black Lightning
      • 2020
    • Reign of the Supermen (2019)
      Reign of the Supermen
      6.8
      Video
      • Steel
      • John Henry Irons (voice)
      • 2019
    • The Death of Superman (2018)
      The Death of Superman
      7.3
      Video
      • John Henry Irons (voice)
      • 2018
    • Elliott Gould, Katherine Heigl, Dulé Hill, Laverne Cox, Dreama Walker, and Kobi Libii in Doubt (2017)
      Doubt
      5.9
      TV Series
      • ADA Gates
      • 2017
    • Rob Lowe, Marcia Gay Harden, Luis Guzmán, and Boris Kodjoe in Code Black (2015)
      Code Black
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Cole Guthrie
      • 2015–2017
    • Lowriders (2016)
      Lowriders
      5.7
      • Detective Williams
      • 2016

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    Trailer 0:30
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    Final Trailer
    Trailer 1:42
    Final Trailer
    San Diego Comic-Con Trailer
    Trailer 5:21
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    Comic-Con Trailer
    Trailer 5:24
    Comic-Con Trailer

    Personal details

    • Official site
      • Instagram
    • Height
      • 6′ 4″ (1.93 m)
    • Born
      • July 26, 1970
      • Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
    • Spouses
        Kristen TorrianniJune 15, 2013 - present
    • Children
        Child

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      He was the first actor to play a Jem'Hadar in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993): Talak'talan in The Jem'Hadar (1994).

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