Ted Williams III is an actor, author, and educator who lives to inspire. He teaches Political Science at the City Colleges of Chicago and holds degrees in Public Policy Studies from the University of Chicago and Rutgers University. He is the former host of WYCC-PBS Television’s The Professors weekly talk show and has provided political commentary for various media outlets.

He has also appeared in commercials for companies including Empire Carpet, Six Flags, Cheerios, and Subway, and recently appeared in the films Human Zoos, The Christmas Thief, and NBC’s Chicago PD, and Showtime’s The Chi. He is the creator of the production 1619: The Journey of a People and of the book The Way Out: Christianity, Politics, and the Future of the African American Community. 1619 was nominated for the 2020 August Wilson Award for the Best Writing of a Musical by the Black Theater Alliance Awards. He is also a contributor to the Third World Press text, Not Our President and a former candidate for the Chicago City Council. He and his wife Roslyn have three children.