Eltony Williams is an American actor, best known for his role as Dr. Randall Holmes in the

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Life and career

Williams was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. He began acting appearing in two Steppenwolf Theatre Company productions: ''

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'' in 2003, and Tennessee Williams' ''One Arm'' (2004). He later began appearing on television shows, include guest starring roles in ''Criminal Minds'', ''ER (TV series), ER'', ''House (TV series), House'', ''Castle (TV series), Castle'', and ''NCIS (TV series), NCIS''. In 2014, Williams was cast as Dr. Randall Holmes in the

prime time soap opera, ''

''. He later had a recurring roles in the ABC prime time soap opera ''Revenge (TV series), Revenge'' (2014–15) and the Netflix political drama ''Designated Survivor (TV series), Designated Survivor'' (2019).

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* Male actors from Chicago African-American male actors 21st-century American male actors American male television actors American male soap opera actors Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-tv-actor-1980s-stub