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James Pickens Jr. is an American actor known around the world as Dr. Richard Webber, the steady chief of surgery on ABC's Grey's Anatomy, a role he has played since the show premiered in 2005, making him one of its original cast members. Before that he built a long career on stage and screen. He began professionally at New York's Roundabout Theatre as Walter Lee in A Raisin in the Sun, and in 1981 appeared in the Negro Ensemble Company production of A Soldier's Play alongside Denzel Washington and Samuel L. Jackson. He moved into television as Zack Edwards on the soap Another World from 1986 to 1990, then played Chuck Mitchell on Roseanne and later The Conners, and Deputy Director Alvin Kersh in later seasons of The X-Files. His guest and recurring credits include Curb Your Enthusiasm, The West Wing, Beverly Hills, 90210, JAG, Six Feet Under and Private Practice. On film he appeared in Nixon (1995), Ghosts of Mississippi (1996), Disney's Rocket Man (1997) as the head of NASA, Red Dragon (2002) and 42 (2013). Pickens brings warmth, gravitas and decades of storytelling to every appearance.
- Active since 1986
- Born in Cleveland
- Category: Actor
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