Isaiah Washington

ActorProducerDirectorWriter Aug 3 (age 62) Houston, Texas, USA 1990–2026 (36 year career)

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Biography

Isaiah Washington IV (born August 3, 1963) is an American actor and internet personality. Following a series of film appearances, he came to prominence for portraying Dr. Preston Burke in the first three seasons of the series Grey's Anatomy from 2005 to 2007. Washington began his career collaborating with director Spike Lee on the films Crooklyn (1994), Clockers (1995), Girl 6 (1996), and Get on the Bus (1996). He also appeared in the films Love Jones (1997), Bulworth (1998), True Crime (1999),…

Known For

Film

Grey's Anatomy

Preston Burke

Film

The 100

Thelonious Jaha

Film

Out of Sight

Kenneth

Film

Ghost Ship

Greer

Film

Romeo Must Die

Mac

Film

True Crime

Frank Louis Beechum

Film

Clockers

Victor Dunham

Film

Dead Presidents

Andrew Curtis

Filmography

Acting (78)

Movies (61)

Oscar Shaw

2026

as Ernie

6.6

James the Second

2025

as Dr. Ramesh

Dashing Through the Snow

2025

as Deputy Director Winters

6.0

God's Not Dead: In God We Trust

as Daryl Smith

Corsicana

as Bass Reeves

God's Not Dead: We The People

as Daryl Smith

Cut Throat City

as Sinclair Stewart

WriterBoy's Dream

as Brian

Keys to the City

2019

as August King

2.5

Behind the Movement

2018

as E.D.Nixon

Dead Trigger

as Rockstock

The Sin Seer

as Grant Summit

Yefon

as Boma

Blackbird

as Lance Rousseau

Go for Sisters

as Vernell

The Trials of Cate McCall

2013

as Wilson George

6.4

Blue Caprice

2013

as John Allen Muhammad

They Die by Dawn

as Ben Hodges

Doctor Bello

as Doctor Michael Durant

Not 4 Sale

The Undershepherd

as L.C.

Area Q.

as Thomas Mathews

Suddenly Single

as Sylvester Stone

A Man's Story

as Self

The Least of These

as Father Andre James

Hurricane Season

as Coach Simmons

The Amateurs

as Homer

Wild Things 2

as Terence Bridge

Trois 3: The Escort

as Bernard Grier

Dead Birds

as Todd

This Girl's Life

as Shane

Hollywood Homicide

as Antoine Sartain

Ghost Ship

as Greer

Welcome to Collinwood

2002

as Leon

6.1

The Making of Exit Wounds

2002

as Self

Exit Wounds

as George Clark

Hood Rat

as Max

Dancing in September

as George Washington

Romeo Must Die

as Mac

Kin

as Stone

True Crime

as Frank Louis Beechum

A Texas Funeral

as Walter

Bulworth

as Darnell

Out of Sight

as Kenneth

Always Outnumbered

as Wilfred

Mixing Nia

as Lewis

Rituals

as Wendal

Love Jones

1997

as Savon Garrison

7.3

Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way

as Dwight Gooden

Girl 6

as Shoplifter

Get on the Bus

as Kyle

Soul of the Game

as Adult Willie Mays

Mr. and Mrs. Loving

as Blue

Dead Presidents

as Andrew Curtis

Clockers

as Victor Dunham

Stonewall

as Uniformed Cop

Crooklyn

as Vic Powell

Alma's Rainbow

as Miles

Strapped

as Willie

Strictly Business

as Hustler

Land Where My Fathers Died

1991

as Malcolm

Television (17)

P-Valley

2020

as Mayor Tydell Ruffin

Tales

as Malcolm

The 100

as Thelonious Jaha

Law & Order: LA

as Roland Davidson

Bionic Woman

as Antonio Pope

Bionic Woman

as Antonio Pope

The Megan Mullally Show

as Self - Guest

Grey's Anatomy

as Preston Burke

Grey's Anatomy

as Preston Burke

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self

Soul Food

as Miles

The View

as Self

Ally McBeal

as Michael Rivers

Touched by an Angel

as Rev. Austin Davis

New York Undercover

Homicide: Life on the Street

as Lane Staley

Law & Order

as Derek Hardy

Crew (4)

Movies (4)

God's Not Dead: In God We Trust

Producer

Corsicana

Director

Corsicana

Writer

Area Q.

Producer