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Acting

Cress Williams

Career: Active from 1995 to 2026, busiest in 1997 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles: 7
top three billing

Average score: 51/100

Highest rated: Black Lightning
71/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 42 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Cress Williams Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Historical
0.7, average 2.6
Absurdist Humor
1.2, average 2.0
Biographical
0.2, average 1.0
Wonder
2.7, average 3.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

50

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

6 titles · average score 43

Oh Season

as Ray

Eyes of Wakanda

68

TV show · as The Lion (voice)

Dead Wrong

25

as Paul Drake

What Remains

51

as Marshall

Crime Story

22

as Jimmy

The Violent Heart

49

as Lee

2010s

10 titles · average score 70

Reign of the Supermen

67

as John Henry Irons / Steel (voice)

The Death of Superman

84

as John Henry Irons (voice)

The Death and Return of Superman

75

as John Henry Irons / Steel (voice)

Black Lightning

71

TV show · as Jefferson Pierce / Black Lightning

Lowriders

59

as Williams

DC's Legends of Tomorrow

69

TV show · as Jefferson Pierce / Black Lightning

Code Black

65

TV show · as Cole Guthrie

The Flash

74

TV show · as Jefferson Pierce / Black Lightning

In Your Eyes

65

as Jake

Hart of Dixie

70

TV show · as Lavon Hayes

2000s

12 titles · average score 63

Close to Home

60

TV show · as Ed Williams

Criminal Minds

63

TV show · as Davonte Faust

Grey's Anatomy

75

TV show · as Tucker Jones

House

84

TV show · as Hospital Attorney

Veronica Mars

81

TV show · as Nathan Woods

Little Black Book

41

as Phil

Cold Case

73

TV show · as Jimmy Clarke

The Lyon's Den

76

TV show · as Eddie

The Dogwalker

as K.C.

Watching Ellie

40

TV show · as Dexter

Pursuit of Happiness

37

as Ace

Masquerade

as Marcus

1990s

22 titles · average score 65

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

73

TV show · as Sam Dufoy

The West Wing

83

TV show · as Lester

Creature

49

TV show · as Tall Man

Home Invasion

56

as Freemont

Nash Bridges

44

TV show · as Antwon Babcock

Rolling Thunder

as 'Grey' Toussaint

The Doom Generation

58

as Peanut

JAG

66

TV show · as Captain Overton

79

TV show · as Officer Reggie Moore / Reggie Moore

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

82

TV show · as Talak'talan

NYPD Blue

82

TV show · as Silky

Beverly Hills, 90210

65

TV show · as D'Shawn Hardell