Actor
John James
April 18, 1956 · Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
John James Anderson is an American actor and producer 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.
James 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 in 1989. James played the same role in The Colbys between 1985 and 1987, and one last time in the 1991 TV movie, Dynasty: The Reunion.
Often works with
Linda Evans
3 titles together
The Love Boat, Dynasty, Dynasty: The Reunion
Joan Collins
3 titles together
Dynasty, A Murder Between Friends, Dynasty: The Reunion
Maxwell Caulfield
3 titles together
Axcellerator, The Colbys, Dynasty: The Reunion
Ted McGinley
2 titles together
The Love Boat, Dynasty
Marion Ross
2 titles together
The Love Boat, Touched by an Angel
David Hedison
2 titles together
The Love Boat, The Colbys
Full filmography · 25
The Legend of Van Dorn
as Mayor Haines
2026
A Murder Between Friends
as TV Announcer
2026
Atatürk 1881 - 1919
cast
20237.7
My Son Hunter
as Joe Biden
20225.7
Evil at the Door
as Roebuck
2022
The ObamaGate Movie
as James Comey
2020
Axcellerator
as Sy
20196.2
Christmas Camp
as Ben
20185.8
Chronology
as Tom
2016
Lightning: Fire from the Sky
as Porter Randall
2001
Icebreaker
as Will Langley
20003.5
Partners 'n Love
as Carey Mays
1993