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Nigel Shawn Williams
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| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | film, television and stage actor, theatre director |
| Known for | former co-artistic director of Factory Theatre |
Nigel Shawn Williams is a Canadian actor and theatre director from Toronto, Ontario.
Williams was born in Jamaica and moved to Canada with his family in childhood. 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.
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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.
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. .....
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
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2000 | Tribulation | Victor | |
| 2002 | John Q. | News Anchor | |
| 2008 | Phantom Punch | Toby Liston | |
| 2017 | Brown Girl Begins | Papa Legba / Jab-Jab / Brukfoot Sam | |
| 2020 | Two Deaths of Henry Baker | Carlos |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1993 | E.N.G. | Candidate | Episode: "Full Disclosure" |
| 1995 | Forever Knight | Harry | Episode: "Partners of the Month" |
| 1997 | F/X: The Series | Stickman | Episode: "High Roller" |
| 1998–2001 | The Famous Jett Jackson | Artemus / Nigel Essex | 3 episodes |
| 1999 | Vendetta | Samuel Foster | Television film |
| 1999 | At the Mercy of a Stranger | Ben Prentiss | |
| 1999 | The City | Detective White | 4 episodes |
| 2000 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Merle Brady | Episode: "The Loretta Claiborne Story" |
| 2000 | Deliberate Intent | Judge Williams | Television film |
| 2001 | Jett Jackson: The Movie | Artemus / Nigel Essex | |
| 2002 | Odyssey 5 | Dr. Alex Stratton | Episode: "Dark at the End of the Tunnel" |
| 2006–2007 | The Jane Show | Desmond | 14 episodes |
| 2008 | XIII: The Conspiracy | Ellery Shipley | 2 episodes |
| 2010 | Unnatural History | Dr. Charles Wincott | Episode: "The Griffin Gang" |
| 2011 | The Listener | Wes Everdon | Episode: "Desperate Hours" |
| 2014 | A Day Late and a Dollar Short | George | Television film |
| 2014 | Saving Hope | Malcolm Eldente | Episode: "The Way We Were" |
| 2015 | Heroes Reborn | Dr. Don Mercer | Episode: "The Lion's Den" |
| 2017 | Suits | Judge Ward | 2 episodes |
| 2021 | Death She Wrote | Mr. Tollson | Television film |
