William Jackson Harper (born William Fitzgerald Harper; February 8, 1980), is an American actor. He portrayed Chidi Anagonye on the NBC comedy The Good Place (2016–2020).

KNOWN FOR

Law & Order
2010
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2020
The Daily Show
2021
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
American Dad!
2020
Conan
2019
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2007
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2021
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
2022
Person of Interest
2015
Sherri
2023
30 Rock
2011

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
52
Producing
1
2026
The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd
2026
American Hostage
as Ben Hairston
2026
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
as Self
2025
Elsbeth
as Gary Pidgeon
2025
The Morning Show
as Ben Rusch
2024
A Man in Full
as Wes Jordan
2023
Landscape with Invisible Hand
as Mr. Campbell
2023
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
as Quaz
2023
Sherri
as Self - Guest
2022
The Resort
as Noah Reed
2022
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
2021
Death to 2021
as Zero Fournine
2021
We Broke Up
as Doug
2021
These Days
as Will
2021
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
as Self
2021
Love Life
as Marcus Watkins
2021
Inside Job
as Bryan Jacobsen / Bryan Bot (voice)
2021
Dogs in Space
as Loaf (voice)
2021
The Daily Show
as Self
2021
The Underground Railroad
as Royal
2021
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2020
The Man in the Woods
as Buster Heath
2020
Blithe Spirit
as Charles Condomine
2020
David
as David
2020
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
2020
Stars in the House
as Charles Condomine
2020
American Dad!
as Nathaniel (voice)
2020
American Dad!
as General Store Cashier (voice)
2019
The Paley Center Salutes The Good Place
as Self
2019
Let the Festivities Begin: Manifesting Midsommar
as Self
2019
Midsommar
as Josh
2019
Lost Holiday
as Mark
2019
Dark Waters
as James Ross
2019
Conan
as Self
2019
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
as Xander
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2018
The Root of Happiness
as Will
2018
They Remain
as Keith
2018
We Win
as Ben
2016
How To Tell You're A Douchebag
as Jake Brown
2016
Paterson
as Everett
2016
The Breaks
as Stephen Jenkins
2016
The Good Place
as Chidi Anagonye
2015
True Story
as Zak Rausch
2015
Person of Interest
as Stroble
2013
Unforgettable
as Arnold
2012
That's What She Said
as Harry
2011
30 Rock
as Rioter
2010
All Good Things
as Moynihan's Assistant
2010
Law & Order
as Derek Waldron
2007
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Chayne Danforth
Cry Wolf
as Arthur