Nigel Shawn Williams is a Canadian actor and theatre director from Toronto, Ontario."The Interview: Factory Theatre’s artistic directors Nina Lee Aquino and Nigel Shawn Williams" . Toronto Life, January 24, 2013.
Williams was born in Jamaica and moved to Canada with his family in childhood."Nigel Williams eschews all labels save one: good actor". Toronto Star, January 8, 1995. A 1990 graduate of the University of Windsor, his early stage roles included Thomas Coyle's The Tyrant of Pontus, Suzan-Lori Parks' Imperceptible Mutabilities in the Third Kingdom, Robert E. Sherwood's The Petrified Forest and George Bernard Shaw's The Six of Calais.
Career Williams won the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role – Play in 1995 for his performance as Paul in John Guare's Six Degrees of Separation."Dora Winners". Toronto Star, June 27, 1995.
He won a second Dora as an actor in 2012 for his performance as Lincoln in Obsidian Theatre's production of Suzan-Lori Parks' Topdog/Underdog, and was a nominee in 2013 for his performance as Henry in Canadian Stage's production of David Mamet's Race. As a director, he won the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Direction of a Play/Musical in 2006 for his direction of Colleen Wagner's The Monument, and was nominated in 2011 for his direction of Anusree Roy's Brothel #9.
His film and television credits include the television series The City, The Famous Jett Jackson, The Jane Show, XIII: The Conspiracy and The Listener, and the films Phantom Punch, Down in the Delta, Vendetta, Jett Jackson: The Movie, John Q and Brown Girl Begins.
Filmography
Film +YearTitleRole Notes2000TribulationVictor2002John Q.News Anchor2008Phantom PunchToby Liston2017Brown Girl BeginsPapa Legba / Jab-Jab / Brukfoot Sam2020Two Deaths of Henry BakerCarlos2026Psycho KillerJane's Father
Television YearTitleRole Notes1993E.N.G.CandidateEpisode: "Full Disclosure"1995Forever KnightHarryEpisode: "Partners of the Month"1997F/X: The SeriesStickmanEpisode: "High Roller"1998–2001 The Famous Jett JacksonArtemus / Nigel Essex3 episodes1999VendettaSamuel FosterTelevision film1999At the Mercy of a StrangerBen Prentiss1999 The CityDetective White4 episodes2000 The Wonderful World of DisneyMerle BradyEpisode: "The Loretta Claiborne Story"2000Deliberate IntentJudge WilliamsTelevision film2001Jett Jackson: The MovieArtemus / Nigel Essex2002Odyssey 5Dr. Alex StrattonEpisode: "Dark at the End of the Tunnel"2006–2007 The Jane ShowDesmond14 episodes2008XIII: The ConspiracyEllery Shipley2 episodes2010Unnatural HistoryDr. Charles WincottEpisode: "The Griffin Gang"2011 The ListenerWes EverdonEpisode: "Desperate Hours"2014 A Day Late and a Dollar ShortGeorgeTelevision film2014Saving HopeMalcolm EldenteEpisode: "The Way We Were"2015Heroes RebornDr. Don MercerEpisode: "The Lion's Den"2017SuitsJudge Ward2 episodes2021Death She WroteMr. TollsonTelevision film2024Murdoch MysteriesConrad PeachEpisode: "Spirits in the Night"2024Law & Order Toronto: Criminal IntentErin GreenEpisode: "Good Neighbours"2025Devil in Disguise: John Wayne GacyJohn DavisEpisode: "Billy"
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