Isaiah Washington
Acting • Born 1963-08-03
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), Romeo Must Die (2000), Exit Wounds (2001), Ghost Ship (2002), and Hollywood Homicide (2003). In 2005, Washington landed his breakthrough role as Preston Burke on Grey's Anatomy. He was dismissed after the third season over allegations that he used homophobic slurs, although he would return for a guest appearance in 2014. From 2014 to 2018, Washington portrayed Thelonious Jaha on The CW's science fiction television series The 100. In 2020, Washington became the host of a travel cooking show on Fox Nation. Description above from the Wikipedia article Isaiah Washington, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
76 credits
Romeo Must Die
Movie • 2000
Mac
True Crime
Movie • 1999
Frank Louis Beechum
Exit Wounds
Movie • 2001
George Clark
Alma's Rainbow
Movie • 1994
Miles
Clockers
Movie • 1995
Victor Dunham
Always Outnumbered
Movie • 1998
Wilfred
Ghost Ship
Movie • 2002
Greer
Crooklyn
Movie • 1994
Vic Powell
Love Jones
Movie • 1997
Savon Garrison
WriterBoy's Dream
Movie • 2020
Brian
Corsicana
Movie • 2022
Bass Reeves
Not 4 Sale
Movie • 2013
This Girl's Life
Movie • 2004
Shane
Girl 6
Movie • 1996
Shoplifter
The Amateurs
Movie • 2006
Homer
A Texas Funeral
Movie • 1999
Walter
Kin
Movie • 2000
Stone
Hood Rat
Movie • 2001
Max
Area Q.
Movie • 2012
Thomas Mathews
They Die by Dawn
Movie • 2013
Ben Hodges
Suddenly Single
Movie • 2012
Sylvester Stone
Blue Caprice
Movie • 2013
John Allen Muhammad
The Making of Exit Wounds
Movie • 2002
Self
Doctor Bello
Movie • 2013
Doctor Michael Durant
Go for Sisters
Movie • 2013
Vernell
Mixing Nia
Movie • 1998
Lewis
The Undershepherd
Movie • 2012
L.C.
Dancing in September
Movie • 2001
George Washington
Yefon
Movie • 2015
Boma
Mr. and Mrs. Loving
Movie • 1996
Blue
Get on the Bus
Movie • 1996
Kyle
God's Not Dead: In God We Trust
Movie • 2024
Daryl Smith
Wild Things 2
Movie • 2004
Terence Bridge
Dead Birds
Movie • 2005
Todd
Blackbird
Movie • 2014
Lance Rousseau
The Trials of Cate McCall
Movie • 2013
Wilson George
Hollywood Homicide
Movie • 2003
Antoine Sartain
Dashing Through the Snow
Movie • 2025
Deputy Director Winters
Trois 3: The Escort
Movie • 2004
Bernard Grier
Soul of the Game
Movie • 1996
Adult Willie Mays
Strapped
Movie • 1993
Willie
Bulworth
Movie • 1998
Darnell
The Sin Seer
Movie • 2015
Grant Summit
Out of Sight
Movie • 1998
Kenneth
Land Where My Fathers Died
Movie • 1991
Malcolm
Cut Throat City
Movie • 2020
Sinclair Stewart
A Man's Story
Movie • 2011
Self
Behind the Movement
Movie • 2018
E.D.Nixon
The Least of These
Movie • 2011
Father Andre James
Dead Trigger
Movie • 2017
Rockstock
James the Second
Movie • 2025
Dr. Ramesh
Strictly Business
Movie • 1991
Hustler
Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way
Movie • 1997
Dwight Gooden
Dead Presidents
Movie • 1995
Andrew Curtis
Keys to the City
Movie • 2019
August King
Hurricane Season
Movie • 2010
Coach Simmons
Stonewall
Movie • 1995
Uniformed Cop
God's Not Dead: We The People
Movie • 2021
Daryl Smith
Welcome to Collinwood
Movie • 2002
Leon
Rituals
Movie • 1998
Wendal
Oscar Shaw
Movie • 2026
Ernie
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Derek Hardy
Grey's Anatomy
TV • 2005
Preston Burke
Ally McBeal
TV • 1997
Michael Rivers
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
Bionic Woman
TV • 2007
Antonio Pope
The View
TV • 1997
Self
Touched by an Angel
TV • 1994
Rev. Austin Davis
Soul Food
TV • 2000
Miles
New York Undercover
TV • 1994
Homicide: Life on the Street
TV • 1993
Lane Staley
P-Valley
TV • 2020
Mayor Tydell Ruffin
The 100
TV • 2014
Thelonious Jaha
Tales
TV • 2017
Malcolm
Law & Order: LA
TV • 2010
Roland Davidson
The Megan Mullally Show
TV • 2006
Self - Guest