Will Estes

Will Estes (born William Estes Nipper; October 21, 1978) is an American actor known for his role as J.J. Pryor, on the NBC drama American Dreams. In 2010, he joined the cast of Tom Selleck's CBS police drama Blue Bloods. In the series, he plays Jamison "Jamie" Reagan, a New York Police Department officer and the younger son of the police commissioner, played by Selleck. The series is now entering its sixth season.

Life and career

Estes was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Mary Lu Chasteen, an office administrator, and Bill Nipper, a projectionist. Estes' break-out movie role was Seaman Ronald 'Rabbit' Parker on U-571. Early in his career, he did many commercials including Fruit of the Loom and numerous guest starring roles in series like Highway to Heaven and Santa Barbara.

He landed his first major role in a television series when he was chosen out of 700 other kids to play Will McCollough (essentially the "Timmy" role) in the syndicated New Lassie series, which ran from 1989-91. 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 Bon Jovi's video "It's My Life" with Shiri Appleby.