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<\/a><\/p>\nBorn and raised in British Columbia, Williams spent his youth balancing the arts and sports, training in theatre, music, and dance while simultaneously playing competitive basketball and practising mixed martial arts.\n<\/p>\n
After graduating from Vancouver\u2019s Langara College Film Arts program in 2020, he continued to deepen his craft through professional theatre classes.\n<\/p>\n
Williams began navigating the Canadian film and television industry while also becoming a disruptor by writing, directing, producing, and starring in independent short films with a close-knit circle of creative collaborators.\n<\/p>\n
His massive breakthrough came when he was cast as Shane Hollander in Jacob Tierney\u2019s award-winning series \u2018Heated Rivalry\u2019, adapted from the bestselling novels by Rachel Reid.\n<\/p>\n
Since its debut in fall 2025, the series has become a global phenomenon, catapulting Williams to international stardom.\n<\/p>\n
In Toronto, Williams discussed his roles in \u2018YAGA\u2019 and \u2018Heated Rivalry\u2019, his journey to stardom, and how his life has changed since finding fame.\n<\/p>\n
In your new series \u2018Yaga,\u2019 you play Henry Park and another recently revealed character. Can you tell us about them?\n<\/p>\n
Okay, Henry is sort of this well-travelled, pretentious piece of sh-t, manipulative, conceited,\u00a0\u00a0full of himself, but charming fella. And then Logan is our little perverted boy with maybe a good heart in there and impressionable.\n<\/p>\n
What did you respond to in Kat Sandler\u2019s writing?\n<\/p>\n
Definitely, witchy, feminist, rage, and how the hell did they greenlight this? All exciting things. And the opportunity to play two people who both serve \u2013 I don\u2019t want to reveal anything; this is so tricky \u2013 a big purpose in the script. And to work with the people on board. And the fact that it was based on a play that was celebrated already. I was constantly on the edge of my seat, and I remember me and my team reading it and we\u2019re like, \u2018We\u2019re almost near the end, do you know what is happening? Nope. Neither do I.\u2019 And a 30-minute episodic thriller is really interesting.\n<\/p>\n
When did you first think about becoming an actor?\n<\/p>\n
Yeah, I went to a performing arts elementary school. I kind of pitch it as like a LaGuardia [High School NY] for kids. So it was grades one to seven. We were doing dumbed-down Shakespeare. We were doing plays, poetry recitals, all these sort of things that it felt like, sometimes I feel like acting can feel like a rebellion or like this weird departure from a normal job or career, but because I had that base when my like brain was so like plastic, kind of returning to it in high school when I was like, \u2018I don\u2019t want to do post-secondary. I\u2019m too dumb for it. I\u2019m not very good at sports. Like, what should I do?\u2019 And I was like, \u2018Mom, I\u2019m gonna be an actor.\u2019 She was like, \u2018Oh, yeah, you\u2019ve always been good at that. Go for it.\u2019\n<\/p>\n
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Hudson Williams at the Balenciaga fashion show as part of Paris Fashion Week Fall 2026 on March 07, 2026 in Paris, France. (Photo by Swan Gallet\/WWD via Getty Images)<\/p>\n
Were there actors you watched growing up who inspired you?<\/p>\n
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