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Cress Williams
Character
Sam Dufoy
Date of birth
July 26, 1970
Place of birth
Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
IMDb profile

Cress Williams (born July 26, 1970 in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany) is an American actor who portrayed Sam Dufoy in the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 5 episode "Careless".

Williams spent four seasons as the title character on The CW's Black Lightning (with Damon Gupton and Bill Duke). He appeared as that character in the crossover "Crisis on Infinite Earths" (with Melissa Benoist, Rick Gonzalez, Caity Lotz, Katherine McNamara, Wentworth Miller, and Danielle Panabaker). He is also known for his role as Terrence "Scooter" Williams on the FOX comedy Living Single (with Erika Alexander), and starring on the shows Nash Bridges (with Wendy Moniz-Grillo) and Hart of Dixie (with Scott Porter).

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