John James Anderson is an American actor, best known to television audiences for playing the character of Jeff Colby in both the prime-time soap opera Dynasty and its spin-off series The Colbys throughout the 1980s. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, James is the son of radio broadcaster Herb Oscar Anderson, and brother of actor Herb Anderson. He is a veteran of daytime soaps, first appearing in Search for Tomorrow in the late 1970s. In 1981 he won the role of Jeff Colby in Dynasty, appearing in the very first episode, Oil, and remaining on the soap opera until the final episode, Catch 22. He returned to play Jeff one last time in the TV movie, Dynasty: The Reunion. James was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his role in Dynasty and appeared at the 1986 ceremony along with Ed Begley, Jr., David Carradine, Richard Farnsworth, John Malkovich, Pat Morita, Edward James Olmos, and Bruce Weitz. The Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor ? Series, Miniseries or Television Film went to Olmos. James returned to the genre playing Rick Decker on As the World Turns in 2003?2004. In May 2006, he was cast in the role of Dr. Jeff Martin on the ABC daytime soap opera All My Children. [More at Wikipedia]

April 18th, 1956 in Minneapolis (Age 68)