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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1949-01-07 (76 years old)

Place of Birth

Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Steven Williams

Biography:

Steven Lloyd Williams (born January 7, 1949) is an American actor. He has been nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award and one NAACP Image Award.

He is best known for his roles as Captain Adam Fuller on 21 Jump Street, Lt. Jefferson Burnett on CBS's original drama The Equalizer (1989), Det. August Brooks on TNT's short-lived series L.A. Heat, Mr. X on FOX's scifi series The X-Files, Russell "Linc" Lincoln in Linc's, and Rufus Turner in Supernatural.

He appeared as Trooper Mount in The Blues Brothers (1980), Nester in the 1985 sequel film Missing in Action 2: The Beginning, and bounty hunter Creighton Duke in the 1993 horror film Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday.

He has also had many guest appearances on television shows including The Dukes of Hazzard, The A-Team, Booker, MacGyver, Veronica Mars, Stargate SG-1, Martin, The Bernie Mac Show, and Criminal Minds.

He is the uncle of cartoonist Aaron Williams.

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Known For

Acting

2025

2023

Waco: The Aftermath as Alan Sanborn

2022

The Black Hamptons as Alexander Cora

2020

Emerald Run as Pastor Winfield
FBI: Most Wanted as Ray Cannon Sr.
Locke & Key as Joe Ridgeway

2019

Velvet Buzzsaw as VA Janitor
All Rise as Tony Carver
Stumptown as Lionel Hoffman

2018

Glass Jaw as Harry
Yellowstone as Cowboy
The Chi as Quentin Dickinson

2017

It as Leroy Hanlon
Snowfall as Paul Davis

2016

The Trust as Cliff
The Stakelander as Doc Earl

2015

My Favorite Five as Robert Colburn
Minority Report as Bridege Kane

2014

22 Jump Street as Commissioner Adam Fuller (uncredited)
The Leftovers as Virgil
Chicago P.D. as Bishop
black-ish as Phillip
True Detective as Junius

2013

Jack the Giant Slayer as Master of Secrets
The Call as Terrence

2012

2011

3 Musketeers as Planchet
Breathe as Mr. Burgin

2009

The Fear Chamber as Captain Bradley

2008

2007

2005

Graves End as Paul Rickman
Crimson Force as Williams
Criminal Minds as Capt. Wright
Supernatural as Rufus Turner
Bones as Pastor Desmond Simmons

2004

Veronica Mars as Tom Daniels

2003

Dark Wolf as Hartigan (as Stephen Williams)
Cold Case as Ronde Brooks (2009)
Jake 2.0 as Freewald

2002

L.A. Law: The Movie as Albert Hutchinson
Monk as Sgt. Parnell

2001

Route 666 as Rabbit aka Fred

2000

Crash and Byrnes as Shannon
The District as Judge Thompson

1999

L.A. Heat as August Brooks

1998

The Sender as Lockwood
Linc's as Russell A. `Linc' Lincoln

1997

Stargate SG-1 as General Vidrine

1996

1995

The Omen as Dr. Cornelius
Bloodfist VII: Manhunt as Captain Doyle

1994

Corrina, Corrina as Anthony T. Williams
Deep Red as Det. Sgt. Eldon James

1993

seaQuest DSV as The President of the USA
Diagnosis: Murder as Butch Reilly
The X-Files as Mr. X (voice) (uncredited)
The X-Files as Mr. X

1992

Revolver as Ken Seymour
Renegade as Danny

1991

1990

1989

1988

Under the Gun as Gallagher

1987

21 Jump Street as Adam Fuller

1986

Triplecross as Kyle Banks
L.A. Law as Detective Sgt. Phipps
L.A. Law as John Merrill

1985

Missing in Action 2: The Beginning as Captain David Nester
Silent Witness as Ted Gunning
Better Off Dead... as Tree Trimmer
House as Cop #4
MacGyver as Charlie Robinson
The Equalizer as Lt. Jefferson Burnett

1984

Hunter as King Hayes
Hunter as Parker LeMay

1983

The A-Team as Eddie Devane

1982

Remington Steele as Lieutenant

1981

1980

The Blues Brothers as Trooper Mount

1979

Dummy as Julius Lang

1976

The Monkey Hustle as The Manager

1975

Cooley High as Jimmy Lee

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Don't Let Them In as Jameson (segment "Fly Paper")

Directing

1993

Madison as Director

1987

21 Jump Street as Director