Cress Williams (born July 26, 1970 in Heidelberg, Germany) is an American actor, known for his roles in Prison Break and The CW shows Hart of Dixie and Black Lightning, playing the eponymous protagonist in the latter.
Filmography
- Living Single (1993-1998)
- Beverly Hills, 90210 (1993-1994)
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1994)
- NYPD Blue (1995)
- The Doom Generation (1995)
- Lois & Clark (1996)
- JAG (1996)
- Fallen (1998)
- Peter Benchley's Creature (1998)
- ER (1998-2000, 2008)
- Never Been Kissed (1999)
- Becker (1999)
- Sports Night (2000)
- Nash Bridges (2000-2001)
- Providence (2001-2002)
- The District (2002)
- Touched by an Angel (2003)
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2004)
- Little Black Book (2004)
- House (2004)
- Veronica Mars (2005-2006)
- The West Wing (2005-2006)
- Grey's Anatomy (2006-2008)
- Prison Break (2008)
- Cold Case (2009)
- Friday Night Lights (2010-2011)
- Hart of Dixie (2011-2015)
- In Your Eyes (2014)
- State of Affairs (2015)
- Code Black (2015)
- Arrowverse (2018 — present) as Jefferson Pierce / Black Lightning:
- Black Lightning (2018 — 2021)
- Crisis on Infinite Earths (2019 — 2020)
- The Flash (2021)
- The Death of Superman (2018) — as John Henry Irons / Steel
- Reign of the Supermen (2019)
