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Cress Williams (born July 26, 1970) is an American actor, known for his roles in Prison Break and Close to Home. His most recent roles include Mayor Lavon Hayes on The CW series Hart of Dixie and the title character on The CWs Black Lightning. Williams is also known for his recurring role as Terrence Scooter Williams on Foxs Living Single and as Inspector Antwon Babcock on Nash Bridges.Williams was born in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany, to American parents. He took courses at Fullerton College and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in theatre from the University of California, Los Angeles.Williams acted in a 1990 Fullerton College production of William Shakespeares tragedy, Othello, which was directed by Tom Blank. He also acted in another production in the same year at Fullerton College called Red Noses, a black comedy produced by Peter Barnes and directed by Michael Fields.Williams has appeared on many TV series since 1994, including Star Trek Deep Space Nine, Beverly Hills, 90210, NYPD Blue, Lois & Clark The New Adventures of Superman, JAG, Living Single, Nash Bridges, Providence, Law & Order Special Victims Unit, Veronica Mars, The West Wing, Close to Home, ER, and Greys Anatomy. He was the fifth cast member in the original pilot for Will & Grace, playing Wills law firm partner, but was dropped during rehearsals because director Jim Burrows said they didnt need his character. He portrayed Talaktalan, a JemHadar leader in the Star Trek series, in a Star Trek Deep Space Nine episode, The JemHadar. Williams joined the Prison Break cast by playing The Companys assassin, Wyatt Mathewson. He appeared in the final season of Friday Night Lights as Ornette Howard, father of East Dillons star quarterback Vince Howard. He also starred alongside Rachel Bilson on The CW series Hart of Dixie as former football star turned mayor Lavon Hayes.From 2018 to 2021, he has ventured back into adaptations of DC Comics as main character Jefferson Pierce/Black Lightning on The CWs superhero TV series Black Lightning, which was integrated into Arrowverses prime Earth during Crisis on Infinite Earths, and as John Henry Irons in the animated film The Death of Superman and its 2019 sequel, Reign of the Supermen. After his Black Lightning series concluded, he reprised the role on The Flash at the start of its eighth season as part of its Armageddon event.On October 14, 2000, Williams married actress Simbi Khali in Malibu, California. The couple had two children and divorced in 2011. Williams married girlfriend Kristen Torrianni in June 2013. Williams and Torrianni also have two children together.Description above from the Wikipedia article Winnie Harlow, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.