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Victor Williams
Williams in 2015
Born	(1970-09-19) September 19, 1970 (age 54) Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Education	State University of New York, Binghamton (BA) New York University (MFA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1996–present

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 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.

Filmography

Film

• 1970 births
• Living people
• Male actors from New York City
• African-American male actors
• American male film actors
• American male television actors
• Binghamton University alumni
• People from Brooklyn
• Tisch School of the Arts alumni
• 20th-century American male actors
• 21st-century American male actors
• Midwood High School alumni
• American male voice actors