Isaiah Washington IV born August 3 1963 is an American actor and internet personality Following a series of film appearances he came to prominence for portraying Dr Preston Burke in the first three seasons of the series Greys Anatomy from 2005 to 2007 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 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 Greys Anatomy He was dismissed after the third season over allegations that he used homophobic slurs although he would return for a guest appearance in 2014 From 2014 to 2018 Washington portrayed Thelonious Jaha on The CWs science fiction television series The 100 In 2020 Washington became the host of a travel cooking show on Fox Nation Description above from the Wikipedia article Isaiah Washington licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia