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Steven Williams

Highest Rated: 89% Cooley High (1975)

Lowest Rated: 16% Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993)

Birthday: Jan 7, 1949

Birthplace: Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Memphis native Steven Williams has never reached leading man status, and he's most likely the type of actor whose face is more recognizable than his name--but few actors in Hollywood have built resumes as diverse. Williams' first two roles came in mid-70s Blaxploitation films: the comedies "Cooley High" and "The Monkey Hu$tle," and as the years progressed, he also found decent side parts in a number of high-profile projects, including the legendary music comedy "The Blues Brothers." But Williams saved his best work for television--in 1985, he landed a six-episode role on the crime-drama "The Equalizer," and his all-around acting breakthrough arrived in 1987, when he signed on with the cast of the popular crime-mystery series "21 Jump Street," in which he co-starred as Captain Adam Fuller (along with Holly Robinson Peete and a young soon-to-be-megastar Johnny Depp). From that point forward, Williams worked almost exclusively on the small screen; when he wasn't guest-starring on individual episodes of comedies ("The Bernie Mac Show") or police procedurals ("NYPD Blue," "The District"), Williams found himself raking in longer, more noteworthy roles on diverse programs that include the sci-fi classic "The X-Files," the short-lived action-drama "L.A. Heat" (on which he co-starred), and the horror-fantasy "Supernatural."

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Highest rated movies

89% 89% Cooley High
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85% 84% It Watchlist
80% 33% The Stakelander
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73% 57% Kings of the Evening
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71% 92% The Blues Brothers
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62% 30% The Trust Watchlist
57% 46% House
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37% 69% Corrina, Corrina
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16% 23% Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday Watchlist
86% Guarding Eddy
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Afterlifetime Charon the Ferryman (Character) - 2021
No Score Yet 100% Emerald Run Pastor Winfield (Character) - 2020
No Score Yet 94% Glass Jaw Harry (Character) - 2018
85% 84% It Leroy Hanlon (Character) $327.5M 2017
80% 33% The Stakelander Doc Earl (Character) - 2016
62% 30% The Trust Cliff (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet 50% My Favorite Five Robert Colburn (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet 100% Last Curtain Call George (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet 25% Christmas Twister Terry (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet 8% The Fear Chamber Captain Bradley (Character) - 2009
73% 57% Kings of the Evening Mr. Gamba (Character) $98.7K 2007
No Score Yet 12% Forfeit Unknown (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet 6% Crimson Force Williams (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 86% Guarding Eddy Jack (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 94% Graves End Paul Rickman (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 19% DarkWolf Hartigan (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet 27% Route 666 Rabbit aka Fred (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet 12% Firetrap Chief Sheehan (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet 17% The Sender Lockwood (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet 39% Manhunt Captain Doyle (Character) - 1995
37% 69% Corrina, Corrina Anthony T. Williams (Character) $20.2M 1994
16% 23% Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday Creighton Duke (Character) $15.6M 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Revolver Ken Seymour (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet 71% The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson Satchel Paige (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet 20% Under the Gun Gallagher (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story Mo (Character) - 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Silent Witness Ted Gunning (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet 47% Missing in Action 2: The Beginning Captain David Nester (Character) - 1985
57% 46% House Cop 4 (Character) $17.5M 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck Les Averback (Character) - 1984
71% 92% The Blues Brothers Trooper Mount (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dummy Julius Lang (Character) - 1979
89% 89% Cooley High Jimmy Lee (Character) - 1975

TV

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No Score Yet 48% FBI: Most Wanted Ray Cannon Sr. (Guest Star) 2024
No Score Yet 63% The Chi Quentin (Character) 2021-2022
No Score Yet 53% All Rise DDA Tony Carver (Guest Star) 2020-2021
93% 83% Stumptown Lionel Hoffman (Guest Star) 2020
36% 89% Bluff City Law Connor Markes (Guest Star) 2019
No Score Yet 89% Ambitions Stephen Carlisle (Guest Star) 2019
100% 90% The Defiant Ones Producer 2017
24% 65% Training Day Cannonball (Guest Star) 2017
93% 73% Supernatural Unknown (Guest Star) 2009 2016
28% 49% Minority Report Unknown (Guest Star) 2015
91% 90% The Leftovers Virgil (Guest Star) 2015
No Score Yet 88% Chicago P.D. Bishop (Guest Star) 2015
90% 83% Bones Pastor Desmond Simmons (Guest Star) 2015
No Score Yet 95% Cold Case Unknown (Guest Star) 2009
86% 89% Lost Director 2009
No Score Yet 83% Criminal Minds Unknown (Guest Star) 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet William and Mary Andrew (Guest Star) 2005
89% 88% Monk Sgt. Parnell (Guest Star) 2005
92% 80% Veronica Mars Unknown (Guest Star) 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Bernie Mac Show Unknown (Guest Star) 2003-2004
69% No Score Yet Jake 2.0 Unknown (Guest Star) 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Agency Unknown (Guest Star) 2002
74% 86% The X-Files Mr. X (Guest Star) 1994-1997 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet The District Unknown (Guest Star) 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Hughleys Unknown (Guest Star) 2001
20% No Score Yet City of Angels Unknown (Guest Star) 2000
70% No Score Yet Linc's Russell "Linc" Lincoln (Character) 1998-2000
57% 80% Legacy Unknown (Guest Star) 1998-1999
33% 92% Total Recall 2070 Unknown (Guest Star) 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet L.A. Heat Unknown (Character) 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Encounters: The Hidden Truth Host 1995
83% 95% NYPD Blue Lt. Nathan Stackhouse (Guest Star) 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sister, Sister Unknown (Guest Star) 1995
No Score Yet 93% Martin Unknown (Guest Star) 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet 21 Jump Street Capt. Adam Fuller (Character),
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1987-1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wiseguy Jail Inmate (Guest Star) 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Equalizer Lt. Burnett (Character) 1985 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet 227 Unknown (Guest Star) 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gimme a Break Unknown (Guest Star) 1986
No Score Yet 70% MacGyver Unknown (Guest Star) 1986
No Score Yet 71% The A-Team Unknown (Guest Star) 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Dukes of Hazzard Leeman (Guest Star) 1982-1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hotel Unknown (Guest Star) 1983