Derrick Williams is an American actor, comedian, director, producer, writer, martial artist, and dancer. He was born on December 21, 1970 in the Bronx, New York and spent the majority of his childhood in Harlem, New York. At the age of 7 years he started training in Martial Arts and won his first match in mid 1977. He studied Jeet Kune Do, Kung-Fu, Aikido, Shaolin Boxing, Hung-Gi, Muay Tai (Kickboxing), he has 6 black belts and earned a 7th degree black. Williams has won over 250 matches over his fighting career. He retired from fighting at the age of 25.
Also at the age of 10 year Williams started comedy in a school talent show and won, he was then picked up by a talent scout & talent agent. He started performing public school shows, junior high school shows, high school show, college shows then he was chosen to join a comedy troupe and toured 45 states. Williams was picked up by HBO Comedy for 3 Seasons, then Showtime Comedy for 3 Seasons, also Comedy Central for 1 Season, and SNL for 1 Season. His first movie was Ghostbusters II. Then he went on to appear in many movies and television shows over his acting career. Williams performs comedy shows around the United States and he continues with his comedy/acting career. For 20 years he has also been directing documentaries, TV shows and films and also helped to develop screenplays.
His TV appearances include 30 Rock (2008), Ugly Betty (2009), Luke Cage (2016), PN & Friends (2018-2021), and Godfather of Harlem (2023).
