<Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Aryn Drake - Lee (m . 2012; sep. 2017) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> Jesse Wesley Williams (born August 5, 1981) is an American actor, director, teacher and activist, best known for his role as Dr. Jackson Avery on the ABC Television series Grey's Anatomy . He also appeared in the 2013 film The Butler as civil rights leader Rev. James Lawson . His other roles have included Holden in The Cabin in the Woods (2012); Officer Eddie Quinlan in Brooklyn's Finest (2009); and Leo in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008). </P> <P> Williams was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Johanna Chase, a professional potter, and Reginald Williams . Of mixed race, Williams has said his mother is Swedish and his father is African American, with some Seminole ancestry, from Georgia . His two younger brothers specialize in visual arts . Williams graduated from Moses Brown School in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1998 . After he graduated from high school, his parents each began teaching in the public school system, while his mother maintained her work in pottery . </P>

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