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James Pickens Jr. is an American actor who works in film and television. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1954, he is a member of the African American ethnic group. He speaks and writes in English.
He was educated at Bowling Green State University. His professional career began in 1986. He currently resides in Los Angeles County. He has two children.
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Film & TV
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
James Pickens, Jr. (born October 26, 1954) is an American actor. He is best known for his starring role as Dr. Richard Webber on the ABC drama television series Grey's Anatomy, and for his supporting role as Deputy Director Alvin Kersh on later seasons of the Fox Network science fiction series The X-Files.
Known for
- The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder — Charles (voice)2022
- The Jennifer Hudson Show2022
- Celebrity Wheel of Fortune — Self - Contestant2021
- The Conners — Chuck Mitchell2018
- Yellowstone — Old Cowboy2018
- Grey's Anatomy: B-Team — Richard Webber2018
- Station 19 — Dr. Richard Webber2018
- For the Love of Ruth2015
- Celebrity Family Feud — Self2015
- The Real2014
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1954-10-26 ) October 26, 1954 (age 71) , Cleveland, Ohio , U.S.
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1981–present
- Spouse
- Gina Taylor ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1984 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- James
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Cleveland
- Occupation
- actor
- Educated at
- Bowling Green State University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- James Pickens, Jr.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Residence
- Los Angeles County
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- date of birth
- 1954-10-26
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- Commons category
- James Pickens, Jr.
- name in native language
- James Pickens Jr.
- start of work period
- 1986-00-00
- social media followers
- 127181
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
James Pickens Jr. (born October 26, 1954) is an American actor. He is best known for his starring role as Dr. Richard Webber on the ABC medical drama television series Grey's Anatomy (since 2005), and for his supporting roles as Deputy Director Alvin Kersh on later seasons of the Fox Network science fiction series The X-Files and Chuck Mitchell on Roseanne (1990–96; 2018) and The Conners (2018–22).
Early life and education
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