# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cress-williams
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:28:55.109Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cress-williams"
name: "Cress Williams"
slug: "cress-williams"
description: "Cress Williams 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 CW's Black Lightning. Williams is also known for his recurring role as Terrence \"Scooter\" Williams on Fox's Living Single and as Inspector Antwon Babcock on Nash Bridges."
tagline: "American actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cress_Williams_SDCC_2017.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1970-07-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.89
  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.900668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "CressWilliams"
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    handle:    "cress_williams"
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    handle:    "CressWilliams"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
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    handle:    "nm0930317"
sources:
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    title: "Cress Williams"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Քրես Ուիլյամս"
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    title: "Уильямс, Кресс"
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    title: "เครสส์ วิลเลียมส์"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "کریس ولیمز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump