Victor Williams

Victor L. Williams (born September 19, 1970) is an American actor best known as Doug Heffernan's (Kevin James) best friend Deacon Palmer on The King of Queens. He has also appeared on several other hit TV shows, including Homicide: Life on the Street, Law & Order, ER, New York Undercover, Girlfriends, Fringe and The Jamie Foxx Show. In 2012, Williams was seen and heard as a pitchman for Verizon Fios television commercials.

Early life Williams was born in Brooklyn, New York. He attended Midwood High School, where he played on the school basketball team with his height at . He went on to attend college at Binghamton University in Upstate New York. Then he received a Master of Fine Arts degree in acting from New York University's Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 1984 Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues Little Creature Beat Street Onlooker 1996 The Preacher's Wife Robbie 1997 Cop Land Russell A Brooklyn State of Mind Black Man 1999 Graham's Diner - Disaster Video Security Guard Short 2001 Me & Mrs. Jones Jersey 2003 With or Without You Kenneth The Animatrix Dan Voice, direct-to-video World Record Dan Voice, short 2004 First Breath Eddie Short 2005 Bewitched Police Officer The Toy Warrior Voice 2006 Traci Townsend Darrell 2007 A New Tomorrow Joby / Interviewer 2008 Tomorrow Never Knows Kevin Short 2009 Lenox Avenue Dallas Kirkland Release Reggie Short Dream State Dr. Forsythe Short 2010 Notes on Being Young Dr. Christenfeld Short 2011 Kissed by the Devil Jordan King Short 2012 Single Hills Rob Francis It's Just Funny I'm Saying Don Jaun Television film 2013 Home Hamilton 80/20 Vic 2014 Hungry Hearts Social Worker 2015 I'll Text You - Short 2016 Saturday in the Park Henry 2017 Trouble Ray November Criminals Mr. Broadus 2018 The Land of Steady Habits Howard Jewtah Lone Man 2023 Dig Deeper GerryShort, Executive Producer 2025 The Home Couper

Television Year Film Role Notes 1996 Homicide: Life on the Street Ishmael Al-Hadj Episode: "Scene of the Crime" 1997 Law & Order Uniform Policeman Wilson Episode: "Legacy" New York Undercover Freddie James Episode: "The Solomon Papers" Profiler Det. Beckley Episode: "Blue Highway" 1998 The Jamie Foxx Show Leon Episode: "Soul Mate to Cellmate" 1998-2001 ER Roger McGrath Recurring cast: season 4, guest: season 5 & 7 1998-2007 The King of Queens Deacon Palmer Main cast 2000 The Practice Officer Craig Armstrong Episode: "Blowing Smoke" 2003 Justice League Snooty British Director, Lieutenant Voice, episode: "Eclipsed" 2005 Love, Inc. Marcus Episode: "Pilot" 2008 Girlfriends Mr. Hines Episode: "Stand and Deliver" 2009 Flight of the Conchords Police Officer West Recurring cast: season 2 Fringe Phil Episode: "Inner Child" 2010 Mercy Robert Mercer Episode: "I Saw This Pig and I Thought of You" Blue Bloods Oliver Episode: "Samaritan" 2012 Delocated Friend Episode: "Friend" NYC 22 Sgt. Michael Conrad Recurring cast 2013 The Michael J. Fox Show Todd Episode: "Interns" 2014 The Leftovers Ron Jensen Episode: "Penguin One, Us Zero" The Good Wife Carter Greyson Episode: "Sticky Content" 2014-18 The Affair Detective Jeffries Recurring cast: season 1-2 & 4 2016 The Blacklist Officer Episode: "Susan Hargrave" High Maintenance Mike Episode: "Museebat" People of Earth Assessor Recurring cast: season 1 2017 Sneaky Pete Richard Recurring cast: season 1 Madam Secretary Anthony Colvert Episode: "Minefield" 2018 Elementary Jon Hoyt Episode: "The Worms Crawl in, the Worms Crawl Out" The Sinner D.A. Hutchinson Recurring cast: season 2 2018-19 Happy Together Gerald Main cast 2018-21 Bull AUSA Rosenberg Recurring cast: season 2, guest: season 5 2020 The Neighborhood Pastor Don Episode: "Welcome to the New Pastor" Hunters Detective Kennedy Groton Recurring cast The Good Lord Bird Coachman Jim Recurring cast 2021 FBI: Most Wanted Special Agent Moses Reed Episode: "Chattaboogie" A Luv Tale: The Series Preston/George Recurring cast 2022 The Righteous Gemstones Makawon Butterfield Episode: "I Speak in the Tongues of Men and Angels" 2023Justified: City PrimevalWendell Robinson Main cast 2024 Elsbeth Aaron Pritchard Episode: "The Wrong Stuff"