Darnell Williams was born on 3 March 1955 and is a British television actor.
14 Facts About Darnell Williams
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Darnell Williams is best known for his portrayal of Jesse Hubbard on the ABC soap opera All My Children from 1981 to 1988, and from 2008 to 2011, a role which has earned him two Daytime Emmy Awards.
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Darnell Williams's character became involved in a love affair with upper middle class Angie Baxter.
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The characters eventually married and thus Darnell Williams was one half of the first African American supercouple on an American soap opera.
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Darnell Williams won two Daytime Emmy Awards for his work on All My Children in the 1980s.
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Darnell Williams then appeared as Jesse Hubbard's look-alike Jacob Foster on Loving and The City.
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Darnell Williams had a recurring role as the counsellor on the primetime drama Felicity, and worked as a director and acting coach for All My Children.
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Darnell Williams appeared in the play Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell in New York City through June 2007.
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Darnell Williams returned to All My Children in January 2008 as a very much alive Jesse Hubbard, along with Debbi Morgan, who played Angie Hubbard.
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Darnell Williams appeared on "Oprah- the Last Season" with cast mates Debbi Morgan and Michael E Knight in 2011.
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In September 2011, Darnell Williams concluded his run on All My Children along with the rest of the cast, due to the cancellation of the serial.
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At the time All My Children ended, Darnell Williams was the oldest contracted male actor cast member with the show and the second oldest contracted actor after Susan Lucci.
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In January 2012, it was confirmed that Darnell Williams will be joining the cast of the CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless, where he will reunite with All My Children co-star Debbi Morgan.
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Darnell Williams returned in the new internet version of All My Children, reprising his role of Jesse Hubbard.