Cress Williams

Cress Williams – 49th NAACP Image Awards – Arrivals – Pasadena Conference Building, 300 East Green Street – Pasadena, CA, USA, 2018 – Photo Credit: Photography by Eugene / PRPhotos.com

Place of Birth: Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany (now Germany)

Date of Birth: July 26, 1970

Ethnicity: African-American

Cress Williams is an American actor. He played superhero Black Lightning on The CW series of the same name.

Cress was born in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, to American parents.

Cress is married to Kristen Torrianni. He has two children with his former wife, actress, singer, and songwriter Simbi Khali.