Isaiah Washington

Isaiah Washington
Washington at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con
Born	Isaiah Washington IV (1963-08-03) August 3, 1963 (age 61)[1] Houston, Texas, U.S.[2]
Citizenship	United States Sierra Leone
Alma mater	Howard University
Occupations	Actor film producer
Years active	1991–present

Isaiah Washington IV (born August 3, 1963) is an American actor. Following a series of film appearances, he came to prominence as Dr. Preston Burke in Grey's Anatomy (2005-2007; 2014)

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), Out of Sight (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 due to his usage of a homophobic slur while referring to a cast member, T. R. Knight, 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.^[3] In 2022, he made his directorial debut with the Western film Corsicana (2022).