JESSE Williams is best known for his role as one of Grey's Anatomy's favorite characters, Dr. Jackson Avery.

But now, the actor, director, activist, and former teacher is trading in the hospital lights of Grey-Sloan for the gritty glamor of Broadway.

Who is Jesse Williams?

Jesse Williams is an Oscar-winning producer behind the Netflix short film about race, Two Distant Strangers.

Williams didn't always have his sights set on being an actor.

He graduated from Temple University with degrees in African American Studies and Film and Media Arts.

He did a little bit of modeling but didn't really feel like it was his thing.

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His next six years were spent teaching high school in Philadelphia.

That's when he decided to either attend law school to solidify his presence in activism, or to go to film school.

In a 2022 New York Times interview, Williams describes the choice to instead reach out to his former commercial agent as his "quarter-life crisis."

It worked though, and after an episode of Law and Order, and a stint on the show Greek, he landed a role on already-booming Grey's Anatomy in 2009.

He was cast as a surgical intern and quickly rose through the ranks of most-beloved characters on the show.