Cress Williams

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cress Williams, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Grey's Anatomy

(2005) Tucker Jones

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

(1999) Sam Dufoy

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The Flash

(2014) Jefferson Pierce / Black Lightning

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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

(1993) Talak'talan

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DC's Legends of Tomorrow

(2016) Jefferson Pierce / Black Lightning

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Beverly Hills, 90210

(1990) D'Shawn Hardell

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The West Wing

(1999) Lester

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(1995) Captain Overton

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2024	Paul Drake	Dead Wrong 2024-05-21 Movie
2022	Marshall	What Remains 2022-12-02 Movie
2021	Jimmy	Crime Story 2021-08-13 Movie
2020	Lee	The Violent Heart 2020-09-09 Movie
2019	John Henry Irons / Steel (voice)	The Death and Return of Superman 2019-10-01 Movie
	John Henry Irons / Steel (voice)	Reign of the Supermen 2019-01-13 Movie
2018	John Henry Irons (voice)	The Death of Superman 2018-07-24 Movie
	Jefferson Pierce / Black Lightning	Black Lightning 2018-01-16 TV Show
2017	Williams	Lowriders 2017-04-28 Movie
2016	Jefferson Pierce / Black Lightning	DC's Legends of Tomorrow 2016-01-21 TV Show
2015	Cole Guthrie	Code Black 2015-09-30 TV Show
2014	Jefferson Pierce / Black Lightning	The Flash 2014-10-07 TV Show
	Jake	In Your Eyes 2014-04-20 Movie
2011	Lavon Hayes	Hart of Dixie 2011-09-26 TV Show
2005	Ed Williams	Close to Home 2005-09-20 TV Show
	Tucker Jones	Grey's Anatomy 2005-03-27 TV Show
2004	Hospital Attorney	House 2004-11-16 TV Show
	Nathan Woods	Veronica Mars 2004-09-22 TV Show
	Phil	Little Black Book 2004-08-06 Movie
2003	Jimmy Clarke	Cold Case 2003-09-28 TV Show
	Eddie	The Lyon's Den 2003-09-28 TV Show
2002	K.C.	The Dogwalker 2002-09-13 Movie
2001	Ace	Pursuit of Happiness 2001-01-17 Movie
2000	Marcus	Masquerade 2000-11-10 Movie
1999	Lester	The West Wing 1999-09-22 TV Show
	Sam Dufoy	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999-09-20 TV Show
	George	Never Been Kissed 1999-04-09 Movie
1998	Tall Man	Creature 1998-05-18 TV Show
	Detective Joe	Fallen 1998-01-16 Movie
1997	Bill Allen	L.A. Johns 1997-06-10 Movie
	Dudley Adams	Leaving L.A. 1997-04-12 TV Show
	Freemont	Home Invasion 1997-01-13 Movie
1996	'Grey' Toussaint	Rolling Thunder 1996-10-16 Movie
	Golfer	2 Days in the Valley 1996-09-11 Movie
	Antwon Babcock	Nash Bridges 1996-03-29 TV Show
1995	Peanut	The Doom Generation 1995-10-27 Movie
	Captain Overton	JAG 1995-09-23 TV Show
	Ahmed	If Not for You 1995-09-18 TV Show
1994	Riley	Touched by an Angel 1994-09-21 TV Show
	Officer Reggie Moore	ER 1994-09-19 TV Show
	Reggie Moore	ER 1994-09-19 TV Show
1993	Silky	NYPD Blue 1993-09-21 TV Show
	N/A	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman 1993-09-12 TV Show
	Talak'talan	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 1993-01-03 TV Show
1990	D'Shawn Hardell	Beverly Hills, 90210 1990-10-04 TV Show
	Jefferson Pierce/ Black Lightning	The Flash: Armageddon Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv