Cress Williams - wikipedia Cress Williams Cress Williams ( 1970 - 07 - 26 ) July 26, 1970 ( age 47 ) Heidelberg, Baden - Württemberg, Germany Occupation Actor Years active 1990 -- present Spouse ( s ) Kristen Torrianni ( 2013 - present ) Simbi Khali ( 2000 - 2011 ) Cress Williams ( born July 26, 1970 ) is an American film and television actor, best known for playing the hitman Wyatt Mathewson in Prison Break and detective Ed Williams in Close to Home. He is also known for his role as Inspector Antwon Babcock in the final season of Nash Bridges, and as D'Shawn Hardell in seasons 4 and 5 of Beverly Hills, 90210. He also had a notable role of portraying music promoter Terrence `` Scooter '' Williams ( the love interest of Khadijah ) in the Fox television sitcom Living Single. He most recently played Mayor Lavon Hayes on The CW series Hart of Dixie as well as being cast to play Black Lightning on The CW series of the same name. Contents 1 Personal life 2 Career 3 Filmography 4 References 5 External links Personal life Williams was born in Heidelberg, Baden - Württemberg, Germany, to American parents. He attended Fullerton College and UCLA. Career Williams acted in a 1990 Fullerton College production of William Shakespeare 's tragedy, Othello, which was directed by Tom Blank. A Los Angeles Times review criticized Williams acting and said that he `` gets wild - eyed as Othello, especially when jealousy begins to reign in his house. But the portrayal does n't go beyond the obvious, and Williams tends to overact. All his emotions are on the outside ; it 's difficult to connect with Othello 's internal struggle. '' He also acted in another production in the same year by 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, 3rd Rock from the Sun, JAG, Living Single, Nash Bridges, Providence, Law & Order : Special Victims Unit, Veronica Mars, The West Wing, Close to Home, ER, and Grey 's Anatomy. He portrayed Talak'talan, a Jem'Hadar leader in the Star Trek series, in a Star Trek : Deep Space Nine episode `` The Jem'Hadar ''. Williams joined the Prison Break cast by playing The Company 's assassin, Wyatt Mathewson. He appeared in the final season of Friday Night Lights as Ornette Howard, father of East Dillon 's 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. Filmography Film and Television Year Film Role Notes 1993 - 1994 Beverly Hills, 90210 D'Shawn Hardell 13 episodes 1993 - 1998 Living Single Terrence ' Scooter ' Williams 10 episodes Hardball ' Spotlight ' Davis Episode : See Spot Rum Star Trek : Deep Space Nine Talak'talan Episode : The Jem'Hadar 1995 The Watcher Episode : Resurrection / Niles and Bob / Harry Stenz If Not for You Ahmed Episode : Snap ! The Doom Generation Peanut NYPD Blue Silky Episode : A Murder with Teeth in It Episode : One Big Happy Family Lois & Clark : The New Adventures of Superman Baron Sunday Episode : Never on Sunday JAG Captain Overton Episode : The Brotherhood 2 Days in the Valley Golfer Rolling Thunder ' Grey ' Toussaint TV movie Rebound : The Legend of Earl `` The Goat '' Manigault Kimbrough TV movie Home Invasion Freemont TV movie L.A. Johns Bill Allen TV movie Leaving L.A. Dudley Adams 6 episodes Pants on Fire Dream Guy Short 1998 Fallen Detective Joe Creature Tall Man TV movie Buddy Faro Jaleel Jermaine Episode : Ai n't That a Kick in the Head 1998 - 2008 ER Officer Reggie Moore 14 episodes 1999 Never Been Kissed George The Dogwalker K.C. Becker Chris Davis Episode : Blind Curve 2000 Sports Night Steve Sarris Episode : Dana Get Your Gun G vs E Virgil Grissom Episode : Underworld Masquerade TV movie 2000 - 2001 Nash Bridges Inspector Antwon Babcock 22 episodes Pursuit of Happyness Ace Philly Calvin Burney Episode : Loving Sons 2001 - 2002 Providence Dr. Sam Magala 8 episodes 2002 Couples Marcus TV movie Presidio Med Richard Clayton Episode : This Baby 's Gonna Fly The District Dr. Carson Episode : Drug Money 2003 Touched by an Angel Riley Episode : And a Nightingale Sang Watching Ellie Dexter Episode : Buskers The Lyon 's Den Eddie Episode : Beach House Law & Order : Special Victims Unit Sam Dufoy Episode : Careless Little Black Book Phil House Hospital Attorney Episode : Maternity 2005 - 2006 Veronica Mars Nathan Woods 4 episodes The West Wing Lester Episode : Undecideds Episode : Election Day 2006 Haskett 's Chance Hudson Chanticleer 2006 - 2007 Close to Home Ed Williams 20 episodes 2006 - 2008 Grey 's Anatomy Tucker Jones 7 episodes 2008 Ball Do n't Lie Dante Prison Break Wyatt Matthewson 9 episodes 2009 Cold Case Jimmy Clarke Episode : Jurisprudence 2010 - 2011 Friday Night Lights Ornette Howard 10 episodes 2011 Hawthorne Episode : Price of Admission Episode : A Shot in the Dark 2011 -- 2015 Hart of Dixie Lavon Hayes 44 episodes 2015 Code Black Cole Guthrie 6 episodes 2016 Low Riders Detective Stallworth 2017 Doubt A.D.A. Gates Episode : `` To See, To Tell '' 2017 Black Lightning Jefferson Pierce References Jump up ^ `` All About Cress ''. Cress Williams Online. Retrieved 2012 - 09 - 29. Jump up ^ Smith, Mark Chalon ( 1990 - 10 - 18 ). `` Mideast Setting Obscures ` Othello ' ''. Los Angeles Times. Jump up ^ Smith, Mark Chalon ( 1990 - 06 - 19 ). `` Fullerton College Lacks Breadth for Black Comedy ` Red Noses ' ''. Los Angeles Times. Jump up ^ `` The Jem'Hadar ''. Star Trek. Retrieved 2008 - 10 - 04. Jump up ^ `` Cress Williams to Join Prison Break Season 4 as Assassin ''. Prison Break Buff. Archived from the original on 2008 - 06 - 05. Retrieved 2008 - 06 - 04. first1 = missing last1 = in Authors list ( help ) ; External link in publisher = ( help ) External links Cress Williams on IMDb VIAF : 297218339 LCCN : no2013026775 BNF : cb16940505g ( data ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cress_Williams&oldid=799577969 '' Categories : 1970 births Living people Male actors from New York ( state ) African - American male actors American male film actors American male television actors People from Heidelberg American expatriate actors in Germany Hidden categories : All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from August 2017 Articles with permanently dead external links CS1 errors : missing author or editor CS1 errors : external links Articles with hCards Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Čeština Deutsch Français 한국어 Italiano Nederlands 日本 語 Português Русский Suomi 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 8 September 2017, at 15 : 36. 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