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Nigel Shawn Williams

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Nigel Shawn Williams is a Canadian actor and theatre director, currently the co-artistic director, with Nina Lee Aquino, of the Factory Theatre in Toronto, Ontario.

Williams was born in Jamaica, and moved to Canada with his family in childhood. A 1990 graduate of the University of Windsor, his early stage roles included Sally Han and Thomas Coyle's The Tyrant of Pontus, Suzan-Lori Parks' Imperceptible Mutabilities in the Third Kingdom, Robert E. Sherwood's The Petrified Forest and George Bernard Shaw's The Six of Calais. He won the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role – Play in 1995 for his performance as Paul in John Guare's Six Degrees of Separation.

He won a second Dora as an actor in 2012 for his performance as Lincoln in Obsidian Theatre's production of Suzan-Lori Parks' Topdog/Underdog, and was a nominee in 2013 for his performance as Henry in Canadian Stage's production of David Mamet's Race. As a director, he won the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Direction of a Play/Musical in 2006 for his direction of Colleen Wagner's The Monument, and was nominated in 2011 for his direction of Anusree Roy's Brothel #9.

His film and television credits include the television series The City, The Famous Jett Jackson, The Jane Show, XIII: The Conspiracy and The Listener, and the films Phantom Punch, Down in the Delta, Vendetta, Jett Jackson: The Movie and John Q.

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Filmography of Nigel Shawn Williams (3 films)

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Jett Jackson: The Movie
Directed by Shawn Levy
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Children's films
Actors Lee Thompson Young, Lindy Booth, Ryan Sommers Baum, Michael Ironside, Dan Petronijevic, Nigel Shawn Williams
Roles Nigel Essex/Artemus
Rating61% 3.0504153.0504153.0504153.0504153.050415
Sixteen year-old Jett Jackson’s role as the action hero "Silverstone" in his hit TV series has catapulted him to mega-stardom. But Jett’s finding it increasingly difficult to juggle the demands of show biz with school, family and friends. Then, a freak accident on the set causes Jett and his on-screen character Silverstone to trade places. Now, Jett must save the world from the clutches of the evil Dr. Kragg, while Silverstone faces his own challenge in Jett’s world: teenage life! With no script to follow, can Jett and Silverstone safely find their way back to the realities they knew?
Vendetta
Vendetta (1999)
, 1h57
Directed by Nicholas Meyer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about immigration, La précarité
Actors Christopher Walken, Luke Askew, Clancy Brown, Bruce Davison, Andrew Connolly, Joaquim de Almeida
Rating61% 3.05093.05093.05093.05093.0509
La Nouvelle-Orléans, 1891. Dix-huit dockers italo-américains originaires de Sicile sont faussement accusés du meurtre du chef de la police Hennessy. Ils sont acquittés mais, peu après le procès, onze d'entre eux sont pendus au cours de l'un des plus importants lynchages de masse de l'histoire des États-Unis.