Cress Williams

Cress Williams
Cress Williams
	Williams at San Diego Comic-Con International 2017
Born	July 26, 1968; Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany
Alma mater	Fullerton College UCLA
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1990–present
Spouse(s)	Simbi Khali (m. 2000; div. 2011) ; Kristen Torrianni; (m. 2013)
Children	2

Cress Williams (born July 26, 1968) 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.

Personal life

Williams was born in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany, to American parents. He attended Fullerton College and UCLA.[1] On October 14, 2000, Williams married actress Simbi Khali in Malibu, California.[2] The couple have two children together and divorced in 2011. Williams married girlfriend Kristen Torrianni in June 2013.[3]

Career

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.[4]

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, 3rd Rock from the Sun, 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 portrayed Talak'talan, a Jem'Hadar leader in the Star Trek series, in a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "The Jem'Hadar".[5] Williams joined the Prison Break cast by playing The Company's assassin, Wyatt Mathewson.[6] 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.

Since 2018, he has ventured into adaptations of DC Comics: As main character Jefferson Pierce / Black Lightning on The CW's superhero TV series Black Lightning, set in the Arrowverse, and as John Henry Irons in the animated film The Death of Superman and its 2019 sequel, Reign of the Supermen.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	The Doom Generation	Peanut
1996	2 Days in the Valley	Golfer
1997	Pants on Fire	Dream Guy	Short film
1998	Fallen	Detective Joe
1999	Never Been Kissed	George
1999	The Dogwalker	K.C.
2001	Pursuit of Happiness	Ace
2004	Little Black Book	Phil
2006	Haskett's Chance	Hudson Chanticleer
2008	Ball Don't Lie	Dante
2016	Lowriders	Detective Stallworth
2018	The Death of Superman	John Henry Irons	Direct-to-video film
2019	Reign of the Supermen	John Henry Irons/Steel	Direct-to-video film
2020	The Violent Heart	Lee

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993–98	Living Single	Terrence 'Scooter' Williams	10 episodes
1993–94	Beverly Hills, 90210	D'Shawn Hardell	13 episodes
1994	Hardball	'Spotlight' Davis	Episode: "See Spot Rum"
1994	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	Talak'talan	Episode: "The Jem'Hadar"
1995	The Watcher		Episode: "Resurrection/Niles and Bob/Harry Stenz"
1995	If Not for You	Ahmed	Episode: "Snap!"
1995	NYPD Blue	Silky	2 episodes
1996	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman	Baron Sunday	Episode: "Never on Sunday"
1996	JAG	Captain Overton	Episode: "The Brotherhood"
1996	Rolling Thunder	'Grey' Toussaint	Television film
1996	Rebound: The Legend of Earl "The Goat" Manigault	Kimbrough	Television film
1997	Home Invasion	Freemont	Television film
1997	L.A. Johns	Bill Allen	Unsold pilot
1997	Leaving L.A.	Dudley Adams	6 episodes
1998	Creature	Tall Man	Television film
1998	Buddy Faro	Jaleel Jermaine	Episode: "Ain't That a Kick in the Head"
1998–2008	ER	Officer Reggie Moore	14 episodes
1999	Becker	Chris Davis	Episode: "Blind Curve"
2000	Sports Night	Steve Sarris	Episode: "Dana Get Your Gun"
2000	G vs E	Virgil Grissom	Episode: "Underworld"
2000	Masquerade	Marcus	Television film
2000–01	Nash Bridges	Inspector Antwon Babcock	22 episodes
2001	Philly	Calvin Burney	Episode: "Loving Sons"
2001–02	Providence	Dr. Sam Magala	8 episodes
2002	Couples	Marcus	Unsold pilot
2002	Presidio Med	Richard Clayton	Episode: "This Baby's Gonna Fly"
2002	The District	Dr. Carson	Episode: "Drug Money"
2003	Touched by an Angel	Riley	Episode: "And a Nightingale Sang"
2003	Watching Ellie	Dexter	Episode: "Buskers"
2003	The Lyon's Den	Eddie	Episode: "Beach House"
2004	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Sam Dufoy	Episode: "Careless"
2004	House	Hospital Attorney	Episode: "Maternity"
2005–06	Veronica Mars	Nathan Woods	4 episodes
2005–06	The West Wing	Lester	2 episodes
2006–07	Close to Home	Ed Williams	20 episodes
2006–08	Grey's Anatomy	Tucker Jones	7 episodes
2008	Prison Break	Wyatt Matthewson	9 episodes
2009	Cold Case	Jimmy Clarke	Episode: "Jurisprudence"
2010–11	Friday Night Lights	Ornette Howard	10 episodes
2011	Hawthorne	Tony Gee	2 episodes
2011–15	Hart of Dixie	Lavon Hayes	76 episodes
2015	Code Black	Cole Guthrie	6 episodes
2017	Doubt	A.D.A. Gates	Episode: "To See, To Tell"
2018–present	Black Lightning	Jefferson Pierce / Black Lightning	Lead role
2019	The Flash[7]		"Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part Three"
2020	Legends of Tomorrow[7]		"Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part Five"

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References

"All About Cress". Cress Williams Online. Retrieved 2012-09-29.
"Wed". Passages. People. Time Inc. 54 (22). November 27, 2000. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
Johnson, Zach (June 17, 2013). "Cress Williams Marries Kristen Torrianni: Wedding Pictures and Details". Us Weekly. American Media, Inc. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
Smith, Mark Chalon (1990-06-19). "Fullerton College Lacks Breadth for Black Comedy `Red Noses'". Los Angeles Times.
"The Jem'Hadar". Star Trek. Retrieved 2008-10-04.
Nikki. "Cress Williams to Join Prison Break Season 4 as Assassin". Prison Break Buff. Archived from the original on 2008-06-05. Retrieved 2008-06-04.
Agard, Chancellor (November 15, 2019). "Black Lightning grabs [Spoiler] in new 'Crisis on Infinite Earths' promo". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on November 16, 2019. Retrieved November 16, 2019.

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[1] "All About Cress". Cress Williams Online. Retrieved 2012-09-29.

[2] "Wed". Passages. People. Time Inc. 54 (22). November 27, 2000. Retrieved February 11, 2018.

[3] Johnson, Zach (June 17, 2013). "Cress Williams Marries Kristen Torrianni: Wedding Pictures and Details". Us Weekly. American Media, Inc. Retrieved February 11, 2018.

[4] Smith, Mark Chalon (1990-06-19). "Fullerton College Lacks Breadth for Black Comedy `Red Noses'". Los Angeles Times.

[5] "The Jem'Hadar". Star Trek. Retrieved 2008-10-04.

[6] Nikki. "Cress Williams to Join Prison Break Season 4 as Assassin". Prison Break Buff. Archived from the original on 2008-06-05. Retrieved 2008-06-04.

[Crisis-7] Agard, Chancellor (November 15, 2019). "Black Lightning grabs [Spoiler] in new 'Crisis on Infinite Earths' promo". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on November 16, 2019. Retrieved November 16, 2019.