Biography
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
Complete Filmography

Landscape with Invisible Hand
2023
as Mr. Campbell
Years into a benevolent alien occupation, mankind is still adjusting to its new overlords. Their technology initially held promise for global prosperi...

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
2023
as Quaz
Super-Hero partners Scott Lang and Hope van Dyne, along with with Hope's parents Janet van Dyne and Hank Pym, and Scott's daughter Cassie Lang, find t...

Death to 2021
2021
as Zero Fournine
This comedic retrospective mixes archival footage and scripted sketches as it revisits all the dread — and occasional delight — that 2021 had to offer...

We Broke Up
2021
as Doug
Lori and Doug break up right before Lori's sister's wedding and decide to pretend they're still together for the weekend as to not disrupt the fun.

The Man in the Woods
2020
as Buster Heath
On a snowy night in 1963 Pennsylvania, a boarding school student goes missing in the woods. Her friends, a disgraced quarterback, a shunned ex-cop, an...

David
2020
as David
David needs help. So does David. A severely depressed man reaches out for an emergency therapy session. He’s not the only one who needs help.

Blithe Spirit
2020
as Charles Condomine
Researching material for a new novel, Charles engages Madame Arcati, a spiritual medium of uncertain talent, to conduct a séance in his home. Quite by...

Dark Waters
2019
as James Ross
A tenacious attorney uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths to one of the world's largest corporations. In the pr...

Let the Festivities Begin: Manifesting Midsommar
2019
as Self
A featurette where Ari Aster and the cast break down the story and give us a behind the scenes look at the making of the film. It gives a fascinating ...

The Paley Center Salutes The Good Place
2019
as Self
In anticipation and celebration of the fourth and final season of NBC’s critically applauded and Emmy Award-nominated comedy, the network and The Pale...

Midsommar
2019
as Josh
Several friends travel to Sweden to study as anthropologists a summer festival that is held every ninety years in the remote hometown of one of them. ...

Lost Holiday
2019
as Mark
Margaret Rockland is as depressed as the ubiquitous Christmas carols are cheerful when she returns to the Washington DC suburb of her childhood for a ...

The Root of Happiness
2018
as Will
Two strangers troubled by family issues randomly meet. They put their lives on pause for one night to forget about their woes, enjoy the moment, and j...

We Win
2018
as Ben
A happy couple's relationship unravels during a game of "Mafia."

They Remain
2018
as Keith
Two scientists investigate the root of environmental changes and strange animal behavior at a remote site where a cult committed atrocities. The isola...

Paterson
2016
as Everett
A week in the life of Paterson, a poet bus driver, and his wife Laura, a very creative artist, who live in Paterson, New Jersey, hometown of many famo...

How To Tell You're A Douchebag
2016
as Jake Brown
Ray Livingston is a relationship-blogging hack (“freelance writer, actually”) responsible for Brooklyn’s infamous blog, “Occasionally Dating Black Wom...

The Breaks
2016
as Stephen Jenkins
Three friends united by their love of hip-hop work to make their big mark in the music industry. Beginning in the summer of 1990 NYC, Nikki a brillian...

True Story
2015
as Zak Rausch
A drama centered on the relationship between journalist Michael Finkel and Christian Longo, an FBI Most Wanted List murderer who for years lived outsi...

That's What She Said
2012
as Harry
Longtime best friends Bebe and DeeDee are both wrestling with love. Bebe has met someone new and is in the exuberant phase of a budding romance. DeeDe...

All Good Things
2010
as Moynihan's Assistant
Newly-discovered facts, court records and speculation are used to elaborate the true love story and murder mystery of the most notorious unsolved murd...
Jodie
N/A
as Mack (voice)
Movie spin-off of Daria.
The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd
N/A
Tim Blake Nelson's latest directorial effort follows a teacher in an abusive marriage who takes a job at a maximum security prison, where she falls fo...