William Jackson Harper
American actor
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| 2025 | Harper is set to appear as Ben in The Morning Show |
| 2024 | Received multiple theatre award nominations for his performance in Primary Trust, including Drama Desk Awards, Drama League Awards, and Lucille Lortel Awards |
| 2024 | Won the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Play for Primary Trust |
| 2024 | Harper to appear in A Man in Full, playing the role of Wes Jordan in 6 episodes |
| 2024 | Earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Play for his role as Astrov in the Lincoln Center Theatre revival of Uncle Vanya. |
| 2023 | Harper appeared in two films: 'Landscape with Invisible Hand' as Mr. Campbell and 'Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania' as Quaz |
| 2023 | Performed in the stage production Primary Trust and portrayed Quaz in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. |
| May 4 2023 | Starred as Kenneth in the play Primary Trust at the Roundabout Theatre Company Off-Broadway, for which he won the 2023 Obie Award for Outstanding Performance. |
| 2022 | Received a Critics' Choice Television Award nomination for Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries for Love Life |
| 2022 | Harper stars as Noah in the main cast of The Resort |
| 2022 | Starred in the Peacock comedy mystery series The Resort. |
| October 2022 | Revealed to have joined the cast of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. |
| 2021 | Harper starred in the film 'We Broke Up' as Doug |
| 2021 | Acted in Barry Jenkins' Amazon Prime Video miniseries The Underground Railroad, for which he was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries. |
| 2021 | Appeared in the second season of the HBO Max comedy series Love Life. |
| 2020 | Nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for The Good Place |
| 2020 | Harper acted in two films: a short film 'David' and 'The Man in the Woods' as Buster Heath |
| 2020 | Starred in the Amazon limited series The Underground Railroad and concluded his role in The Good Place. |
| November 2020 | Cast in season 2 of the HBO Max anthology series Love Life. |
| April 2020 | Announced as narrator of the Marvel audio book series Black Panther: Sins of the King. |
| 2019 | Harper received another Critics' Choice Television Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for The Good Place |
| 2019 | Starred in the films Midsommar and Dark Waters. |
| 2018 | William Jackson Harper was nominated for Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his role in The Good Place |
| 2018 | Had his play Travisville world premiere at Ensemble Studio Theatre, and appeared in the sci-fi film They Remain. |
| 2018 | Wrote the play Travisville. |
| 2017 | Starred alongside Cristin Milioti in Zoe Kazan's play After the Blast at Lincoln Center's Claire Tow Theatre, and had a supporting role in the VH1 drama series The Breaks. |
| 2017 | Performed in the stage production After the Blast. |
| 2016 | Starred in the film Paterson. |
| 2016 | Began his role as Chidi Anagonye in the NBC comedy series The Good Place, which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. |
| 2015 | Co-starred with Carrie Coon in the Melissa James Gibson play Placebo at Playwrights Horizon Theater. |
| 2014 | Made his Broadway debut portraying Stokely Carmichael in the play All the Way, which won the Tony Award for Best Play. |
| 2013 | Made his Broadway acting debut, portraying civil rights activist Stokely Carmichael in the play All the Way. |
| 2012 | William Jackson Harper co-starred with actress Ali Ahn in an outdoor production of Romeo + Juliet in New York, which also marked the beginning of their personal relationship. |
| 2012 | Starred as Marty Boy in the debut of The Total Bent, a musical composed by Stew and Heidi Rodewald, which premiered at The Public Theater. |
| 2012 | Performed in the stage production of Romeo & Juliet. |
| 2011 | Returned to the Public Theater to perform in Titus Andronicus at the Anspacher Theater. |
| 2010 | William Jackson Harper performed in two Off-Broadway plays: 'A Cool Dip in the Barren Saharan Crick' as Adebe and 'microcrisis' as Fed Chair/Acquah |
| 2010 | William Jackson Harper appears in Law & Order as Officer Derek Waldron in the episode 'Boy on Fire' |
| 2010 | William Jackson Harper appeared in the film 'All Good Things' as Moynihan's Assistant |
| 2010 | Appeared in the Public Theater's mobile unit production of Shakespeare's Measure for Measure. |
| 2010 | Wrote the play We Live Here. |
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