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Cress Williams
Following his 1993 debut as beau to hip-hop artist Queen Latifah on the popular African-American sitcom "Living Single" (Fox, 1993-98), Cress Williams quickly became a regular fixture on some of television's most beloved programs including "Beverly Hills, 90210" (Fox, 1990-2000), "ER" (NBC, 1994-2009) and "Nash Bridges" (CBS, 1996-2001). Williams also had small roles in several feature films including "Fallen" (1998) and "Never Been Kissed" (1999). With a short-lived but memorable turn in "Prison Break" (Fox, 2005-2009) as a professional assassin, Williams was establishing himself as a versatile and memorable actor, and he went on to regular appearances in "Friday Night Lights" (NBC, 2006-11) before landing a starring role on "Hart of Dixie" (CW, 2011-15) as Mayor Lavon Hayes, the ex-NFL linebacker with his trusty pet alligator, Burt Reynolds.
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Cress Williams
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dead Wrong | Unknown (Character) | - | 2023 |
| 60% |
|
What Remains | Marshall (Character) | - | 2022 |
| 21% |
|
Crime Story | Jimmy (Character) | - | 2021 |
| 53% |
|
The Violent Heart | Lee (Character) | - | 2020 |
| No Score Yet |
|
Reign of the Supermen |
Steel / |
- | 2019 |
| 58% |
|
Lowriders | Detective Stallworth (Character) | $6.2M | 2016 |
| No Score Yet |
|
Pursuit of Happiness | Ace (Character) | - | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Masquerade | Unknown (Character) | - | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Home Invasion | Freemont (Character) | - | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | L.A. Johns | Bill Allen (Character) | - | 1997 |
| 60% |
|
2 Days in the Valley | Golfer (Character) | $11.1M | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rolling Thunder | `'Grey'` Toussaint (Character) | - | 1996 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 89% | 59% | The Flash | Black Lightning (Guest Star) | 2019 2021 |
| 92% | 49% | Black Lightning |
Jefferson Pierce/ |
2018-2021 |
| 65% | No Score Yet | Close to Home | Det. Ed Williams (Character) | 2006-2007 2019 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rachael Ray | Guest | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wendy Williams Show | Guest | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Last Call With Carson Daly | Guest | 2018 |
| 55% | 76% | Doubt | ADA Gates (Guest Star) | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | 82% | Code Black | Cole Guthrie (Guest Star) | 2015 2017 |
| 81% | 88% | Hart of Dixie | Lavon Hayes (Character) | 2011-2015 |
| 97% | 93% | Friday Night Lights | Ornett Howard (Guest Star) | 2010-2011 |
| No Score Yet | 95% | Cold Case | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
| 61% | 77% | Prison Break | Wyatt (Guest Star) | 2008 |
| 84% | 72% | Grey's Anatomy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006-2008 |
| No Score Yet | 85% | ER | Officer Reggie Moore (Guest Star) | 1998-1999 2008 |
| 92% | 80% | Veronica Mars | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005-2006 |
| 90% | 96% | House | Hospital Attorney (Guest Star) | 2004 |
| 78% | 83% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Sam Dufoy (Guest Star) | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Touched by an Angel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The District | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Providence | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001-2002 |
| 64% | No Score Yet | Philly | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nash Bridges |
Unknown (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2000-2001 |
| 83% | No Score Yet | Good vs. Evil | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
| 90% | 93% | Sports Night | Steve Sarris (Guest Star) | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | 96% | Becker | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
| 92% | No Score Yet | Buddy Faro | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
| 88% | No Score Yet | Michael Hayes | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Living Single | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1994-1995 1997-1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | JAG | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
| 86% | 88% | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
| 83% | 95% | NYPD Blue | Silky (Guest Star) | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | If Not for You | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
| 91% | 89% | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Talak'talan (Guest Star) | 1994 |