John James

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1956-04-18 (69 years old)

Place of Birth

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

John James

Biography

John James Anderson is an American actor and producer best known to television audiences for playing the character of Jeff Colby in both the prime-time soap opera Dynasty and its spin-off series The Colbys throughout the 1980s. James is a veteran of daytime soaps, first appearing in Search for Tomorrow in the late 1970s. In 1981, he won the role of Jeff Colby in Dynasty, appearing in the very first episode, "Oil", and remaining on the soap opera until the final episode, Catch 22 in 1989. James played the same role in The Colbys between 1985 and 1987, and one last time in the 1991 TV movie, Dynasty: The Reunion. James was nominated for a Gol...

Acting

2022

My Son Hunter

as Joe Biden

2002

My Halcyon River

as Narrator

1993

Partners 'n Love

as Carey Mays

1987

Haunted by Her Past

as Eric Beckett

2001

1984

He's Not Your Son

as Ted Barnes

2000

Icebreaker

as Will Langley

2016

2019

2019

2020

The ObamaGate Movie

as James Comey

2022

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The Legend of Van Dorn

as Mayor Haines

Production

2019

Axcellerator

as Executive Producer

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