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Cress Williams

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American actor

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Vinony's link graph records 127 inbound references to Cress Williams, and connects out to Prison Break, The CW and William Shakespeare.

It is catalogued under topics including 1970 births, 20th-century African-American male actors and 20th-century American male actors.

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Film & TV

Heidelberg, Germany

Cress Williams is an American actor born on July 26, 1970, in Heidelberg, West Germany, to American parents. He studied acting at Fullerton College and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in theatre from the University of California, Los Angeles. Williams began his acting career performing in college plays, notably in productions like Shakespeare's "Othello" in 1990 before moving on to television…

Known for

Oh Season — Ray2026
Eyes of Wakanda — The Lion (voice)2025
Dead Wrong — Paul Drake2024
What Remains — Marshall2022
Crime Story — Jimmy2021
The Violent Heart — Lee2020
The Death of Superman — John Henry Irons (voice)2019
Reign of the Supermen — John Henry Irons / Steel (voice)2019
The Death and Return of Superman — John Henry Irons / Steel (voice)2019
Black Lightning — Jefferson Pierce / Black Lightning2018

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Country: US
Active from: 1932-02-08

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 30
Total plays: 36

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Instance of: human
Family name: Williams
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Heidelberg
Occupation: film actor
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Image: Cress Williams SDCC 2017.jpg

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date of birth: 1970-07-26
name in native language: Cress Williams
start of work period: 1994-00-00
Commons category: Cress Williams
time period: 20th century
social media followers: 26184
writing language: English language

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1970 births 20th-century African-American male actors 20th-century American male actors 21st-century African-American male actors 21st-century American male actors American male film actors American male television actors American male voice actors Living people Male actors from Heidelberg Male actors from New York (state)