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.

Contents

• 1 Early life
• 2 Personal life
• 3 Filmography
  • 3.1 Film
  • 3.2 Television
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Early life

Williams was born in Brooklyn, New York. He attended Midwood High School, where he used his 6:ft 5 1⁄2 in (197:cm) height by playing power forward on the school basketball team. He went on to attend college at Binghamton University in Upstate New York. Then he received a Masters of Fine Arts degree in acting from New York University's Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts.

Personal life

Williams is married to Zia Williams, a Nigerian born Senior Vice President of Engineering at Two Sigma.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

• Official website
• Victor Williams at IMDb