--- name: "Hudson Williams" canonical: "https://film.one/person/hudson-williams" fi1m_id: "hudson-williams" imdb_id: "nm12241997" tmdb_id: 4194612 wikidata_id: "Q136912898" roles: ["Actor"] born: "13 February 2001" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-23T11:13:28.654116+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Hudson Williams ## Identity Hudson Williams - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/hudson-williams - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** hudson-williams - **IMDb ID:** nm12241997 - **TMDB ID:** 4194612 - **Wikidata ID:** Q136912898 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_Williams, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q136912898, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12241997/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4194612 Actor. Born 13 February 2001 in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 13 February 2001, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada - **Active:** 2025–present - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_Williams, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q136912898, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12241997/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4194612 ## Coming up - *YAGA* (2026-10-23), as Henry Park — [page](https://film.one/tv/yaga.md) ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*Heated Rivalry*](https://film.one/tv/heated-rivalry.md) (77) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Hudson Williams > Hudson Williams makes small changes of expression count. In *Heated Rivalry*, his restraint and his rapport with Connor Storrie make a familiar romance worth following, even when the writing gives them too little help. In *Heated Rivalry* (2025), Williams makes Shane Hollander's feelings visible through small changes of expression and restrained movement. Opposite Connor Storrie's Ilya Rozanov, he makes the attraction between rival hockey players convincing before the writing has explained much about either man. There is enough happening in their responses to keep us interested when the dialogue gives them little help. We rate Williams here for his attention to his partner, and for making that attention worth watching. His early work included self-produced short films, taking on writing and directing as well as acting. Small television parts in *Allegiance* (2024) and *Tracker* (2025) preceded the breakthrough of *Heated Rivalry*. The move to a sustained romantic lead matters because his quiet physical choices have time to register. Shane remains the substantial performance on which our view rests. Jacob Tierney, the series' creator, writer and director, takes sexual attraction seriously and gives it plenty of screen time. The intimate choreography leaves Williams and Storrie room to respond to each other, and those responses make the growing affection believable. We were won over by the tenderness in these scenes, where both actors make the care between the men as convincing as the desire. The familiar progression from antagonism to affection works because both actors give us reasons to follow it. Our warmer individual praise went to Storrie for making the melodrama seem like something a person might actually be living through. Williams deserves his share of the credit without being credited with repairing the thin writing. His dual role as Henry Park and Logan in the mystery thriller *YAGA* (2026) offers a different test of his physical choices. We would look there for a clearer sense of what changes when he is asked to build two distinct characters. Start with *Heated Rivalry* for the lovers, with modest expectations of the sport. ## Biography Hudson Williams is a Canadian actor. He grew up in British Columbia and completed the Film Arts program at Langara College in Vancouver in 2020. Williams is best known for his role as Shane Hollander in the Crave series *Heated Rivalry* (2025–present). He also appears as Henry Park in the 2026 series *Yaga*. Earlier credits include guest roles as Brandon Stokes in *Tracker* (2024) and in *Allegiance* (2024), as well as several short films that he wrote, directed or produced. In 2026 he won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Leading Performance in a Drama Series for *Heated Rivalry*. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, ew.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Heated Rivalry* (2025), Fi1m 77, as Shane Hollander — [page](https://film.one/tv/heated-rivalry.md) ## Complete filmography (13) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *YAGA* (2026), series, as Henry Park — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/tv/yaga.md) - *Heated Rivalry* (2025), series, as Shane Hollander — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/heated-rivalry.md) - *Mrs. Chang's Perfect Teeth* (2025), as Massage Parlour Patron - *All I Need for Christmas* (2024), as TJ - *Nobody Dumps My Daughter* (2024), as Sean - *Teresa's Choice* (2024), as Donnor (voice) - *Tracker* (2024), series, as Brandon Stokes - *Allegiance* (2024), series, as Junior - *Devil Makes Three* (2023), as Jason - *CNN News Central* (2023), series, Actor - *Tyrant*, Actor - *8*, as Darius - *Apparatus*, as Tyler ## Gallery - ![Hudson Williams at the Toronto premier of Heated Rivalry on November 24 2025. Photo by Tara_taralynn](https://film.one/media/person/1002596/gallery-fbceced90830.jpg) Hudson Williams at the Toronto premier of Heated Rivalry on November 24 2025. 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