Will Estes

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birthname = William Estes Nipper
birthdate = birth date and age|1978|10|21
location = Los Angeles, California
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yearsactive = 1984 — present
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homepage = http://www.willestes.com
notable role = JJ Pryor "American Dreams"
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Will Estes (born William Estes Nipper, October 21, 1978, Los Angeles, California) is an American actor best known for his role as JJ Pryor, on the NBC drama "American Dreams". His break-out movie role was Seaman Ronald 'Rabbit' Parker on "U-571". Early in his career, he did many commercials and numerous guest starring roles in shows like "Highway to Heaven" and "Santa Barbara." Then he was chosen out of 700 other kids for the series "The New Lassie." [http://willestes.com/history.html Will Estes Bio] Since then he has had many starring roles in TV shows 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 "") and was in Bon Jovi's video "It's My Life" with Shiri Appleby.

In 2000, according to a 2005 "Soap Talk" interview, Jon Bon Jovi asked him to be in his music video after he worked with him on U-571. He did most of his own stunts in the video. [http://www.islandrecords.com/bonjovi/archives_atoz_e.las Estes Entry] So far, this has been one of his favorite career moments.

Will had a leading role in the FOX show "Reunion." The show followed six best friends over the course of 20 years, with each episode marking the next successive year. When the group meets up for their 20th high school reunion, one turns up dead at the end of the night. In late 2005 Fox announced that the series would be cancelled due to low ratings and the identity of the murderer would not be revealed.

An upcoming project is a short movie "Luz Del Mundo". He will be playing Jack Kerouac, a good friend of Neal Cassady. The movie is in post production and will be seen in future film festivals. It was written by Ty Roberts and David Trimble, directed by Ty Roberts and produced by Ryan McWhirter and John Pitts.

There is a YouTube video of him in a short called "States United". Eventually, it might become a full length film.

He has also appeared in a couple photographs, in the books Hollywood Splash ISBN 1576871835 and Men Before 10 AM Too ISBN 1576870847

He was nominated 4 different times for one award, the Young Artist Awards for The New Lassie and Kirk

Filmography

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External links

* [http://www.willestes.com WillEstes.com]
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* [http://luzdelmundomovie.com Luz Del Mundo]
* [http://www.amazingwill.net/gallery/index.php Amazingwill.net Photo Gallery]