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Biography

Throughout his long and steady career, James Pickens, Jr., known to most as Dr. Richard Webber on Grey's Anatomy and FBI Deputy Director Alvin…more

Born

10/26/1954, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Birth Name

James Pickens Jr.

Gender

Male

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Star (5)

Role
- Grey's Anatomy
  Dr. Richard Webber
  - S 8: Ep 24 Flight
    5/17/12
  - S 8: Ep 23 Migration
    5/10/12
  - S 8: Ep 22 Let the Bad Times Roll
    5/3/12
  - S 8: Ep 21 Moment of Truth
    4/26/12
  - S 8: Ep 20 The Girl With No Name
    4/19/12
  - + 41 More Credits
- Grey's Anatomy
  Richard Webber
  - S 8: Ep 13 If/Then
    2/2/12
  - S 8: Ep 9 Dark Was The Night
    11/10/11
  - S 8: Ep 8 Heart-Shaped Box
    11/3/11
  - S 8: Ep 7 Put Me in, Coach
    10/27/11
  - S 8: Ep 6 Poker Face
    10/20/11
  - + 117 More Credits
- The Lyon's Den
  Terrance Christianson
  - S 1: Ep 6 Ex
    11/30/03
  - S 1: Ep 5 Trick or Treat
    10/26/03
  - S 1: Ep 4 Hubris
    10/19/03
  - S 1: Ep 3 Things She Said
    10/12/03
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Other Side of Caution
    10/5/03
  - + 8 More Credits
- Private Practice
  Dr. Richard Webber (backdoor pilot only)
  - S 1: Ep 0 The Other Side of This Life (Parts 1 & 2)
- Another World
  Zack Edwards (1986 - 1990)
  - S 6: Ep 2 Ep. #1278
    7/1/69
  - S 6: Ep 1 Ep. #1277
    6/30/69
  - S 5: Ep 22 Ep. #1014
    6/10/68
  - S 5: Ep 21 Ep. #1013
    6/7/68
  - S 5: Ep 20 Ep. #1012
    6/6/68
  - + 111 More Credits
Recurring Role (11)

Role
- The X-Files
  Deputy Director Kersh
  - S 9: Ep 20 The Truth (2)
    5/19/02
  - S 9: Ep 19 The Truth (1)
    5/19/02
  - S 9: Ep 10 Providence (2)
    3/10/02
  - S 9: Ep 9 Provenance (1)
    3/3/02
  - S 9: Ep 7 John Doe
    1/13/02
  - + 9 More Credits
- Philly
  Clyde Coleman
  - S 1: Ep 21 Thanks For the Mammaries
    4/23/02
  - S 1: Ep 19 San Diego Padre
    4/16/02
  - S 1: Ep 15 Lies of Minelli
    2/26/02
  - S 1: Ep 11 Live and Leg Die
    12/18/01
  - S 1: Ep 6 Blown Away
    11/13/01
  - + 1 More Credits
- The Practice
  Det. McKrew
  - S 5: Ep 18 The Confession
    4/1/01
  - S 5: Ep 14 The Day After
    2/11/01
  - S 5: Ep 13 The Thin Line
    2/4/01
  - S 5: Ep 10 Friends and Ex-Lovers
    12/17/00
  - S 4: Ep 14 Checkmates
    2/13/00
  - + 8 More Credits
- The Practice
  Det. Mike McKrew
  - S 4: Ep 17 Black Widows
    4/2/00
- The X-Files
  Assistant Director Kersh
  - S 6: Ep 12 One Son (2)
    2/14/99
  - S 6: Ep 10 Tithonus
    1/24/99
  - S 6: Ep 4 Dreamland (1)
    11/29/98
  - S 6: Ep 3 Triangle
    11/22/98
  - S 6: Ep 2 Drive
    11/15/98
  - + 1 More Credits
- The Practice
  Detective McKrew
  - S 3: Ep 7 Trench Work
    11/15/98
  - S 3: Ep 3 Body Count
    10/11/98
  - S 2: Ep 22 Another Day
    3/9/98
  - S 2: Ep 19 The Trial (1)
    2/9/98
- Brooklyn South
  Detective Reggie Simpson
  - S 1: Ep 21 Skel in a Cell
    4/20/98
  - S 1: Ep 14 Violet Inviolate
    2/2/98
  - S 1: Ep 4 Touched by a Checkered Cab
    10/13/97
  - S 1: Ep 2 Life Under Castro
    9/29/97
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    9/22/97
- Something So Right
  Jim
  - S 1: Ep 15 Something About How Jack and Carly Met
    2/11/97
  - S 1: Ep 13 Something About Reverse Psychology
    1/21/97
  - S 1: Ep 5 Something About Schmoozing
    10/29/96
  - S 1: Ep 3 Something About Seared Ahi
    10/15/96
  - S 1: Ep 2 Something About Jack's Ex
    9/24/96
- Roseanne
  Chuck
  - S 9: Ep 4 Honor Thy Mother
    10/8/96
- Roseanne
  Chuck Mitchell
  - S 8: Ep 16 Construction Junction
    2/13/96
  - S 8: Ep 15 Out of the Past
    2/6/96
  - S 7: Ep 14 My Name is Bev
    1/11/95
  - S 7: Ep 9 White Men Can't Kiss
    11/16/94
  - S 5: Ep 23 Glengarry, Glen Rosey
    5/4/93
  - + 11 More Credits
- Beverly Hills 90210
  Henry Thomas
  - S 3: Ep 6 Castles in the Sand
    8/19/92
  - S 3: Ep 5 Shooting Star/American in Paris
    8/12/92
  - S 3: Ep 4 Sex, Lies and Volleyball/Photo Finish
    8/5/92
  - S 3: Ep 3 Too Little, Too Late/Paris 75001
    7/29/92
  - S 3: Ep 1 Misery Loves Company
    7/15/92
  - + 6 More Credits
Guest Star (47)

Role
- The Brian McKnight Show
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 10 November 28, 2009
    11/28/09
- Private Practice
  Dr. Richard Webber
  - S 2: Ep 16 Ex-Life
    2/12/09
  - S 1: Ep 1 In Which We Meet Addison, a Nice Girl From Somewhere Else
    9/26/07
  - S 1: Ep 0 Come Rain or Come Shine: From Grey's Anatomy to Private Practice
    9/19/07
- e-Talk Daily
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 169 April 29, 2008
    4/29/08
- Live! with Kelly
  Himself
  - S 20: Ep 46 November 5, 2007
    11/5/07
- The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 80 Morning Show With Mike and Juliet
    5/11/07
- Canada AM
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 27 October 5, 2006
    10/5/06
- Jimmy Kimmel Live
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 79 Katherine Heigl, James Pickens Jr., Chandra Wilson, Ben Lee
    5/15/06
- Curb Your Enthusiasm
  Doctor
  - S 5: Ep 8 The Ski Lift
    11/20/05
  - S 5: Ep 6 The Smoking Jacket
    11/6/05
- The West Wing
  Mayor
  - S 5: Ep 15 Full Disclosure
    2/25/04
- Line of Fire
  Kenneth Stevens
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Senator (AKA: Strange Fruit)
    2/3/04
- CSI: Miami
  Prison Warden
  - S 1: Ep 24 Body Count
    5/19/03
- Six Feet Under
  Roderick Charles
  - S 3: Ep 10 Everyone Leaves
    5/4/03
- Becker
  Cliff
  - S 5: Ep 13 But I've Got Friends I Haven't Used Yet
    2/9/03
- Becker
  Cliff Bennett
  - S 5: Ep 9 Blind Injustice
    12/8/02
- MDs
  Mr. Farrell
  - S 1: Ep 5 Cruel and Unusual
    10/23/02
- Crossing Jordan
  Agent Hawkins
  - S 2: Ep 2 Bombs Away
    9/30/02
- Strong Medicine
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 2 Outcomes
    7/28/02
- Six Feet Under
  Mr. Charles
  - S 2: Ep 11 The Liar and the Whore
    5/12/02
- Family Law
  Judge James Burnley
  - S 2: Ep 8 Family Values
    11/20/00
- The District
  Mr. Lane
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Real Terrorist
    11/4/00
- Daddio
  Doug Grayson
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Premium Also Rises
    3/30/00
- City of Angels
  Wilson Patterson
  - S 1: Ep 10 Deliver the Male
    3/22/00
  - S 1: Ep 9 Assume the Position
    3/15/00
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Prince and the Porker
    2/9/00
- NYPD Blue
  Lt. Joe Abner
  - S 7: Ep 11 Little Abner
    3/14/00
  - S 7: Ep 9 Jackass
    2/29/00
  - S 7: Ep 7 Along Came Jones
    2/22/00
- Any Day Now
  Judge Lucius Pearl
  - S 2: Ep 19 Pay Your Dues
    1/23/00
  - S 2: Ep 15 A Parent's Job
    12/19/99
  - S 1: Ep 2 Huh?
    8/25/98
- JAG
  Commander Burke
  - S 5: Ep 7 Rogue
    11/9/99
  - S 5: Ep 4 The Return
    10/12/99
- Vengeance Unlimited
  Mr Hobbs
  - S 1: Ep 16 Friends
    2/25/99
- Seinfeld
  Det. Hudson
  - S 9: Ep 24 The Finale (2)
    5/14/98
- The Pretender
  Clark Thomas
  - S 2: Ep 17 Crash
    4/11/98
- Walker, Texas Ranger
  Staff Sergeant Luther Parrish
  - S 6: Ep 1 The Fighting McLains
    9/27/97
- Brooklyn South
  Detective
- Pacific Palisades
  Josh Smith
  - S 1: Ep 7 Past & Present Danger
    6/18/97
- Pacific Palisades
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 6 Runaway
    6/11/97
- Dangerous Minds
  Coach Butch Kelly
  - S 1: Ep 11 Moonstruck
    12/30/96
- The Big Easy
  Bernard Dulac
  - S 1: Ep 17 Driving Miss Money
    8/25/96
- One West Waikiki
  Tom
  - S 2: Ep 13 Allergic to Golf
    5/25/96
- The Lazarus Man
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Conspirator
    2/17/96
- In the House
  Russell
  - S 2: Ep 15 My Crazy Valentine
    2/12/96
- Touched By an Angel
  George
  - S 2: Ep 4 The Driver
    10/14/95
- Coach
  Rick Williams
  - S 6: Ep 19 Blue Chip Blues
    3/1/94
- Renegade
  Unknown
  - S 2: Ep 15 Hostage
    1/24/94
- Roseanne
  Chuck Mitchell
  - S 6: Ep 13 Suck Up or Shut Up
    1/4/94
  - S 6: Ep 9 Homecoming
    11/16/93
- NYPD Blue
  Nathan Foster
  - S 1: Ep 6 Personal Foul
    10/26/93
- Murder, She Wrote
  Sonny Greene
  - S 9: Ep 21 The Survivor
    5/9/93
- Doogie Howser, M.D.
  Bert
  - S 4: Ep 13 Roommate with a View
    12/30/92
- L.A. Law
  Joseph Russell
  - S 7: Ep 3 Zo Long
    11/5/92
- Parker Lewis Can't Lose
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 8 Hungry Heart
    9/13/92
- Blossom
  Vinnie
  - S 2: Ep 18 The Letter
    2/17/92

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Grey's Anatomy casting shakeup continues

By Tim Surette, Feb 10, 2009

There's a lot going on in the world of Grey's Anatomy, but who cares about that fake-doctor drama when you can focus more on the real-actor hissy fits going on when the camera isn't rolling? The latest from Seattle Grace… read more

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- In his spare time, James likes to play golf, go bowling, and listen to jazz music.
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- James and her wife are good friends with actor Isaiah Washington who co-starred with him in the first three seasons of Grey's Anatomy. as Dr. Preston Burke.
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- In 1980, James met her wife while they were both struggling actors on the New York Theater scene. Their first date was a spring stroll in Central Park.
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- James: (on his favorite hobby, cattle roping) It's a great escape from the craziness of Hollywood. It's a nice therapy for me. Even when I don't rope, just getting my horse outside is a great way to collect myself and be out in nature.
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- James: (after the success of "Grey's Anatomy") This thing has gone above and beyond what I believe anyone thought it would. The downside of that -- if there is one -- is, you know, you come into 20 million households every night, now, walking down the street has a different flavour to it. Your privacy is not so private anymore. But it kind of goes with the territory.
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- James: (on his marriage) We've had struggles like any married couple would, but we just work through those things.
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