Kent Williams is an American painter, illustrator and graphic novel artist. From 1980 he studied in New York City at the Pratt Institute.

Among his works, the miniseries Havok & Wolverine: Meltdown for Epic Comics (1989) and Blood: A Tale, written by J. M. DeMatteis. His work has been published in numerous national and international publications including Playboy, Omni, and The Learning Channel magazine. A catalogue of his paintings, Kent Williams: Selected Works, was published in 1995.

Williams is the recipient of a number of awards for his work, both in comics and illustration, including the Italian Yellow Kid Award, four medals from the Society of Illustrators, and the Joseph Henniger Award for Best of Show.

Williams recently completed the graphic novel based upon the original script for the Darren Aronofsky film, The Fountain, starring Rachel Weisz and Hugh Jackman. The graphic novel took approximately two years to complete.

Williams currently lives in Los Angeles, and is teaching painting at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.

Kent Williams is an American actor and voice actor born in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States on December 27th, 1950. He is known for his role as a Assistant District Attorney and, later, Special Prosecutor Lawrence D. Barrington in the television programs Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer, and The New Mike Hammer. Williams reunited with Stacy Keach in 1997 when a new Mike Hammer syndicated television show was released under the title Mike Hammer, Private Eye. This time Williams played the role of Deputy Mayor Barry Lawrence - an homage to his character's name in the former Mike Hammer series. Williams was born in Harlem and later studied music and theatre at the State University of New York at Oswego where he graduated in the class of 1973, along with Christine Estabrook from Desperate Housewives.

Born in Manhattan, son of big band leader Glenn Williams and Marilyn Williams, a former June Taylor dancer. Studied music and theatre at SUNY Oswego where he graduated in 1973 along with classmate Christine Estabrook ("Desperate Housewives"). Studied acting at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco in the mid-1970s where his classmates included Anna Deavere Smith and screenwriter Ken Hixon.