Age: 44
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Jesse Wesley Williams is an American actor, director, producer and activist. He played Dr. Jackson Avery on the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy (2009–22) and has appeared in films such as The Cabin in the Woods (2012) and The Butler (2013). He has provided voice acting and motion capture for Markus in the video game Detroit: Become Human (2018). He served as an executive producer of the Academy Award-winning short, Two Distant Strangers (2020) and the Tony Award-winning revival of Take Me Out (2022), the latter of which he was also nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play.
A sweeping epic set during the Titanomachy — the ten-year war between the Titans and the Olympians for supremacy over the cosmos. The series follows Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Demeter, Hera, and Hestia as young divine siblings fighting together against the Titans who enslaved and swallowed them. Crucially, the series portrays Hades faithfully to mythology: he is not a villain, not vengeful, not resentful — he is a general, a tactician, a deeply loyal brother who fights alongside his siblings with genuine commitment. After the victory, the three brothers draw lots for dominion over the cosmos. Hades receives the Underworld — not as punishment or consolation, but as his portion, a realm he accepts with the same dignity he accepts everything. His Underworld is a place of justice, order, and profound fairness — the exact opposite of the vengeful dungeon popular culture invented. The series explores the moral ambiguity of the Olympians' victory: what does it mean to overthrow your parents? Is there honor in a war of survival? And how do the gods begin to understand their responsibilities toward the mortal world they now govern?
