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

• 2026Oscar Shaw — Ernie
• 2025Dashing Through the Snow — Deputy Director Winters
• 2025James the Second — Dr. Ramesh
• 2024God's Not Dead: In God We Trust — Daryl Smith, Producer
• 2022Corsicana — Bass Reeves, Director, Writer
• 2021God's Not Dead: We The People — Daryl Smith
• 2020Cut Throat City — Sinclair Stewart
• P-Valley — Mayor Tydell Ruffin
• 2020WriterBoy's Dream — Brian
• 2019Keys to the City — August King
• 2018Behind the Movement — E.D.Nixon
• 2017Dead Trigger — Rockstock
• Tales — Malcolm
• 2015The Sin Seer — Grant Summit
• 2015Yefon — Boma
• 2014Blackbird — Lance Rousseau
• The 100 — Thelonious Jaha
• 2013Blue Caprice — John Allen Muhammad
• 2013Doctor Bello — Doctor Michael Durant
• 2013Go for Sisters — Vernell
• 2013Not 4 Sale
• 2013The Trials of Cate McCall — Wilson George
• 2013They Die by Dawn — Ben Hodges
• 2012Area Q. — Thomas Mathews, Producer
• 2012Suddenly Single — Sylvester Stone
• 2012The Undershepherd — L.C.
• 2011The Least of These — Father Andre James
• 2010Hurricane Season — Coach Simmons
• Law & Order: LA — Roland Davidson
• Bionic Woman — Antonio Pope
• 2006The Amateurs — Homer
• 2005Dead Birds — Todd
• Grey's Anatomy — Preston Burke
• 2004This Girl's Life — Shane
• 2004Trois 3: The Escort — Bernard Grier
• 2004Wild Things 2 — Terence Bridge
• 2003Hollywood Homicide — Antoine Sartain
• 2002Ghost Ship — Greer
• 2002Welcome to Collinwood — Leon
• 2001Dancing in September — George Washington
• 2001Exit Wounds — George Clark
• 2001Hood Rat — Max
• 2000Kin — Stone
• 2000Romeo Must Die — Mac
• Soul Food — Miles
• 1999A Texas Funeral — Walter
• 1999True Crime — Frank Louis Beechum
• 1998Always Outnumbered — Wilfred
• 1998Bulworth — Darnell
• 1998Mixing Nia — Lewis
• 1998Out of Sight — Kenneth
• 1998Rituals — Wendal
• Ally McBeal — Michael Rivers
• 1997Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way — Dwight Gooden
• 1997Love Jones — Savon Garrison
• 1996Get on the Bus — Kyle
• 1996Girl 6 — Shoplifter
• 1996Mr. and Mrs. Loving — Blue
• 1996Soul of the Game — Adult Willie Mays
• 1995Clockers — Victor Dunham
• 1995Dead Presidents — Andrew Curtis
• 1995Stonewall — Uniformed Cop
• 1994Alma's Rainbow — Miles
• 1994Crooklyn — Vic Powell
• New York Undercover
• Touched by an Angel — Rev. Austin Davis
• Homicide: Life on the Street — Lane Staley
• 1993Strapped — Willie
• 1991Land Where My Fathers Died — Malcolm
• 1991Strictly Business — Hustler
• Law & Order — Derek Hardy
• Screen Two — Uniformed Cop

Appearances as themselves (5)

• 2011A Man's Story — Self
• The Megan Mullally Show — Self - Guest
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self
• 2002The Making of Exit Wounds — Self
• The View — Self