
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