William Estes (; born October 21, 1978) is an American

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known for his role on

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police drama '' Blue Bloods'' as Jameson "Jamie" Reagan, a

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officer and the youngest son of the police commissioner, played by

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. Prior to that role, he starred as J.J. Pryor, on the

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drama ''

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''.

Early life

Estes was born and raised in

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, where he currently resides.

Career

Estes' break-out movie role was Seaman Ronald 'Rabbit' Parker on '' U-571''. Early in his career, he did many commercials including

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and numerous guest starring roles in series like ''

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'' and '' Santa Barbara''. Estes landed his first major role in a television series when he was chosen out of 700 other children to play Will McCollough (essentially the "Timmy" role) in the syndicated '' New Lassie'' series, which ran from 1989 to 1992. Since then, he has had many starring roles in television series and he dabbled in the music video industry. He has appeared in Meat Loaf's video " Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer than They Are" (from '' Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell'') and was in

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's video " It's My Life" with

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. In 2000, according to a 2005 '' Soap Talk'' interview, Estes was asked by

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to be in his music video after he worked with Estes on ''U-571''. Estes did most of his own stunts in the video. Estes had a leading role in the Fox series ''

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''. The series followed six best friends over the course of 20 years, with each episode marking the next successive year. When the group meets up for its 20th high school reunion, one turns up dead at the end of the night. In late 2005, Fox announced that the series would be canceled because of low ratings and the identity of the murderer would not be revealed. Estes portrayed

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in the 2007 short film ''Luz Del Mundo'', written by Ty Roberts and David Trimble, directed by Ty Roberts, and produced by Ryan McWhirter and John Pitts. He has also appeared in a couple of photographs, in the books ''Hollywood Splash'' and ''Men Before 10 AM Too''. He was nominated four times for one award, the

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s for ''The New Lassie'' and ''Kirk''. Since 2010, Estes has been playing Jamie Reagan in the

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television series '' Blue Bloods''.

Personal life

Estes has been briefly romantically linked to actresses

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in 2004 and

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in 2020.

Filmography

Films

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Estes, Will 1978 births American male child actors American male television actors Living people Male actors from Los Angeles 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors