Victor Williams plays Deacon Palmer, one of Doug Heffernan's fellow IPS coworkers and football-loving sidekicks, on Sony Pictures Television's successful half-hour comedy THE KING OF QUEENS, airing Wednesdays, 9:00-9:30 PM (ET/PT) on CBS.

His many television appearances span such hit series as "The Practice," "Homicide: Life on the Street," "Law and Order," "The Jamie Foxx Show," as well as a recurring role on the NBC drama "ER."

Williams has also been seen in such feature films as "Copland," Penny Marshall's "The Preacher's Wife" and "A Brooklyn State of Mind." His stage credits include "Troilus and Cressida" at the New York Shakespeare Festival, "Ohio Tip-Off" at the Dallas Theater Center and numerous productions in New York University's graduate acting program, including "Summer and Smoke," "Dancing at Lughnasa," "King Lear" and "Othello."

Williams graduated with a Masters of Fine Arts in Acting from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and with a Bachelor of Arts in Theater from Binghamton University. He is single and lives in Los Angeles.

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