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J.D. Williams(II)

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J.D. Williams in Happy New Year (2011)
This is the trailer for the short narrative film, One Sweet Night.
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One Sweet Night (2020)
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J.D. Williams was born on 22 May 1978 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor, known for Pootie Tang (2001), The Kill Point (2007) and Oz (1997).
BornMay 22, 1978
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BornMay 22, 1978
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J.D. Williams in The Kill Point (2007)
J.D. Williams in The Night Of (2016)
J.D. Williams in The Wire (2002)
J.D. Williams in The Wire (2002)
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, J.D. Williams, and Chuck Zito in Oz (1997)
Wilmer Calderon and J.D. Williams in Happy New Year (2011)
(l to r) Alex Feldman, Ian McCrudden, JD Williams
Jamie Hector, J.D. Williams, Wendell Pierce, Lance Reddick, Andre Royo, Sonja Sohn, and Michael Kenneth Williams at an event for The Wire (2002)
JD Williams
J.D. Williams, Vincent Pastore, and Sal Rendino in Code Blue (2010)
Elise Neal, Wood Harris, J.D. Williams, and Page Kennedy in 4 Life (2007)
Elise Neal, Wood Harris, J.D. Williams, and Page Kennedy in 4 Life (2007)

Known for:

Lance Crouther in Pootie Tang (2001)
Pootie Tang
5.2
  • Froggy
  • 2001
John Leguizamo and Donnie Wahlberg in The Kill Point (2007)
The Kill Point
7.3
TV Series
  • Marshall O'Brien, Jr.
  • Mr. Cat
Oz (1997)
Oz
8.7
TV Series
  • Kenny Wangler
  • Kenny 'Bricks' Wangler
After Hours: The Movie (2011)
After Hours: The Movie
7.8
  • D.C.
  • 2011

Credits

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Actor

  • The City God Forgot
    • Casper
    • Post-production
  • Scam City (2022)
    Scam City
    • Valley
    • 2022
  • Vanessa Bell Calloway, Donna Biscoe, J.D. Williams, Clifton Powell, Keith D. Robinson, Tray Chaney, Christian Keyes, Demetria McKinney, and Jasmine Burke in Saints & Sinners (2016)
    Saints & Sinners
    • Jabari Morris
    • TV Series
    • 2016–2022
  • Bruiser (2021)
    Bruiser
    • Malcolm
    • Short
    • 2021
  • One Sweet Night (2020)
    One Sweet Night
    • Ossian Sweet
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Guns and Grams (2020)
    Guns and Grams
    • Bk
    • 2020
  • Daryl Edwards, Matt Long, Luna Blaise, Josh Dallas, J.R. Ramirez, Holly Taylor, Melissa Roxburgh, and Parveen Kaur in Manifest (2018)
    Manifest
    • Walter (as JD Williams)
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • The Probe (2019)
    The Probe
    • Stink
    • TV Movie
    • 2019
  • Clipped Wings, They Do Fly (2018)
    Clipped Wings, They Do Fly
    • Toby Johnson (as JD Williams)
    • 2018
  • Blood Brother (2018)
    Blood Brother
    • Kayvon
    • 2018
  • Olivia Wilde in A Vigilante (2018)
    A Vigilante
    • Charlene Jackson's Boyfriend
    • 2018
  • Served Film
    • Uncle Q
    • Short
    • 2017
  • The Choir (2016)
    The Choir
    • Police Officer
    • Short
    • 2016
  • The Night Of (2016)
    The Night Of
    • Trevor Williams
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2016
  • Guns and Grams (2016)
    Guns and Grams
    • BK
    • 2016
  • Mariska Hargitay in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
    • Detective Anton Jefferson
    • TV Series
    • 2016
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

Videos8

Theatrical Version
Trailer 2:25
Theatrical Version
Falling Awake
Trailer 2:03
Falling Awake
Surviving Family
Trailer 1:24
Surviving Family
Falling Awake
Trailer 1:02
Falling Awake
Code Blue
Trailer 2:09
Code Blue
One Sweet Night Trailer
Trailer 1:23
One Sweet Night Trailer
UNDENIABLE - The Tray Chaney
Trailer 0:46
UNDENIABLE - The Tray Chaney
An American In Hollywood - Official Trailer
Trailer 1:59
An American In Hollywood - Official Trailer

Personal details

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  • Official site
    • memmo.me
  • Alternative names
    • J.D.
  • Height
    • 5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
  • Born
    • May 22, 1978
    • Newark, New Jersey, USA
  • Other works
    Commercial for American Cancer Association teaching children not to smoke (2000)

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  • Trivia
    To prepare for his role in "The Wire", Williams walked around Baltimore's inner city at night.
  • Quotes
    [on his character Bodie Broadus in "The Wire"] Bodie is Baltimore, Baltimore is Bodie. He loves his environment, and I know that he believes his environment loves him. And that's why he is the way he is.
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      Often plays violent, troubled drug dealers or street level characters

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