Throughout his career, Williams has appeared in numerous films, including The Blues Brothers (1980), Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983), Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993), 22 Jump Street (2014), It (2017), and Birds of Prey (2020).
His parents were divorced, and he was raised at separate times by his father in Michigan, his mother in Chicago and by his maternal grandparents in Millington, Tennessee.
[2] He appeared in musical comedy The Blues Brothers (1980) as Trooper Mount,[2] and played Lt. Jefferson Burnett on the CBS drama series The Equalizer in 1985.
David Nester in the 1985 film Missing in Action 2: The Beginning,[6] He landed the role of Captain Adam Fuller,[7] a senior police officer supervising younger cops,[2] on Fox Network's TV series 21 Jump Street in 1987.
[9] Following his stint on 21 Jump Street, Williams portrayed the title character in The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage.
Williams garnered several recurring roles in the 2010s and 2020s, including attorney Stephen Carlisle in Ambitions (2019)[21] and teacher Joe Ridgeway in Locke & Key (2020),[22] both dramas.
[24] Other guest appearances include The Dukes of Hazzard, The A-Team, Booker, Stargate SG-1, Martin, Veronica Mars, The Bernie Mac Show, Criminal Minds and iZombie.
[27] In TV movies, Williams was a Panamanian boat captain named Mo in Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story (1986)[28] and portrayed pitcher Satchel Paige in The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson (1990).