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Isaiah Washington

Born 1963-08-03
📍 Houston, Texas, USA

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.

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Filmography 75

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