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John James
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1956-04-18,Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Gender
Male
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 Golden Globe Award for his role in Dynasty in 1985 and appeared at the 1986 ceremony. The Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film went to Edward James Olmos. James returned to the genre playing Rick Decker on As the World Turns in 2003–04. In May 2006, he was cast in the role of Dr. Jeff Martin (the first husband of Erica Kane played by series star Susan Lucci) on the ABC daytime soap opera All My Children. He began airing the following month. On July 15, 2008, James returned to As the World Turns, reprising the role of demented Dr. Rick Decker. In film, James starred in Icebreaker with Sean Astin, Bruce Campbell, and Stacy Keach; in The Cursed aka Peril with Morgan Fairchild and Michael Pare; in Lightning: Fire from the Sky with Jesse Eisenberg, Stacy Keach and John Schneider and in Chronology with William Baldwin and Danny Trejo. He produced and starred in Illegal Aliens. All four movies were directed by David Giancola. In 2012, James starred in the Giancola documentary, Addicted to Fame (2012), about the making of their film Illegal Aliens. Currently, James is producing and starring in another Giancola's film, the sci-fi action adventure, Axcellerator. This film reunites him with The Colbys co-star Maxwell Caulfield while James' daughter Laura plays one of the roles.

Filmography

5.577

My Son Hunter
2022-09-07

My Halcyon River

0

My Halcyon River
2002-11-24

Partners 'n Love

4

Partners 'n Love
1993-02-14

Atatürk 1881 - 1919

7.661

Atatürk 1881 - 1919
2023-11-03

Lightning: Fire from the Sky

4.526

Lightning: Fire from the Sky
2001-11-03

Haunted by Her Past

6.125

Haunted by Her Past
1987-10-05

He's Not Your Son

6

He's Not Your Son
1984-10-03

Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter

6.5

Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter
1991-01-06

3.457

Icebreaker
2000-05-01

2

Chronology
2016-10-15

5.8

Christmas Camp
2018-12-20

6.2

Axcellerator
2019-05-18

The ObamaGate Movie

4

The ObamaGate Movie
2020-10-20

Evil at the Door

3.6

Evil at the Door
2022-01-21

The Legend of Van Dorn

0

The Legend of Van Dorn

A Murder Between Friends

3.8

A Murder Between Friends
2026-01-13

Search for Tomorrow

8

Search for Tomorrow
1951-09-03

Touched by an Angel

7.2

Touched by an Angel
1994-09-21

Battle of the Network Stars

6.429

Battle of the Network Stars
1976-11-13

6.143

Blue Murder
2001-01-10

6.294

The Colbys
1985-11-20

Dynasty: The Reunion

7

Dynasty: The Reunion
1991-10-20

Denver Clan ohne Maske

0

Denver Clan ohne Maske
1993-12-27

Finder of Lost Loves

6.75

Finder of Lost Loves
1984-09-22

6.519

Dynasty
1981-01-12

5.333

Pacific Blue
1996-03-02

6

Miss USA
1963-07-17

6.275

The Love Boat
1977-09-24

6.275

The Love Boat
1977-09-24