---
name: "Jon Michael Hill"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jon-michael-hill"
fi1m_id: "jon-michael-hill"
imdb_id: "nm3586347"
tmdb_id: 1224051
wikidata_id: "Q6271235"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "28 July 1985"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T20:45:04.331718+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."
---

# Jon Michael Hill

## Identity

Jon Michael Hill

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jon-michael-hill
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jon-michael-hill
- **IMDb ID:** nm3586347
- **TMDB ID:** 1224051
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6271235
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Michael_Hill, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6271235, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3586347/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1224051

Actor. Born 28 July 1985 in Waukegan - Illinois - USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 28 July 1985, Waukegan - Illinois - USA
- **Active:** 2018–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 83 (1), 2020s 74 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Michael_Hill, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6271235, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3586347/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1224051

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed*](https://film.one/tv/maximum-pleasure-guaranteed.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jon Michael Hill is an American actor. He was born on 28 July 1985 in Waukegan, Illinois, and graduated from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in studio acting. He is an ensemble member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago.

Hill is known for his television roles as Detective Damon Washington in *Detroit 1-8-7* (2010–2011) and Detective Marcus Bell in *Elementary* (2012–2019), in which he also directed one episode. His other credits include *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (2011), *Person of Interest* (2011), *Eastbound & Down* (2012), *The Good Fight* (2020), *A Man in Full* (2024) and *Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed* (2026) as Detective Baxter. On stage, he received Tony Award nominations for his performances in the Broadway productions *Superior Donuts* (2010) and *Purpose* (2025).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, ibdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed* (2026), Fi1m 74, as Detective Baxter — [page](https://film.one/tv/maximum-pleasure-guaranteed.md)
- *Widows* (2018), Fi1m 83, as Reverend Wheeler — [page](https://film.one/film/widows.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed* (2026), series, as Detective Baxter — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/maximum-pleasure-guaranteed.md)
- *As Easy As Closing Your Eyes* (2024), Executive Producer
- *A Man in Full* (2024), series, as Conrad Hensley
- *61st Street* (2022), series, as Pastor Richards
- *Widows* (2018), as Reverend Wheeler — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/widows.md)
- *Pass Over* (2018), as Moses
- *The Good Fight* (2017), series, as Jumaane Jenkins
- *No Pay, Nudity* (2016), as New Kid/Reginald
- *In the Radiant City* (2016), as Richard Gonzalez
- *Standing8* (2015), as Abdul
- *Elementary* (2012), series, as Marcus Bell · Director
- *Person of Interest* (2011), series, as Curtis — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/person-of-interest.md)
- *Detroit 1-8-7* (2010), series, as Det. Damon Washington
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Tre Davis

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- Theatre World Award 2010: Theatre World Award (won)
- Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play 2010: Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play (nominated)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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