James Pickens, Jr. (born October 26, 1954) is an American actor. He is best known for his starring role as Dr. Richard Webber on the ABC drama television series Grey's Anatomy, and for his supporting role as Deputy Director Alvin Kersh on later seasons of the Fox Network science fiction series The X-Files.

Filmography

• The Jennifer Hudson Show
• The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder — Charles (voice)
• 2020One Last Prayer — Executive Producer
• Grey's Anatomy: B-Team — Richard Webber
• Station 19 — Dr. Richard Webber
• The Conners — Chuck Mitchell
• Yellowstone — Old Cowboy
• 2015For the Love of Ruth
• The Real Daytime
• 201342 — Mr. Brock
• 20128 — Gary Segura
• 2010Just Wright — Lloyd Wright
• Private Practice — Dr. Richard Webber
• Grey's Anatomy — Richard Webber
• 2005Venom — Sheriff
• The Lyon's Den — Terrence Christianson
• 2003White Rush — Denny
• CSI: Miami — Prison Warden
• 2002Home Room — Principal Robbins
• MDs
• 2002Red Dragon — Male Zoo Doctor (uncredited)
• Crossing Jordan — Agent Hawkins
• Six Feet Under — Roderick Charles
• Curb Your Enthusiasm — Doctor
• Daddio — Doug Grayson
• Strong Medicine — Dr. Everett Sloane
• The District — Mr. Lane
• 2000Traffic — Prosecutor Ben Williams
• 1999A Slight Case of Murder — Detective Larry Gray
• Family Law
• 1999Liberty Heights — Sylvia's Father
• The West Wing — Mayor
• Any Day Now
• Becker — Cliff
• 1998Bulworth — Uncle David
• 1998How Stella Got Her Groove Back — Walter Payne
• 1998Little Girl Fly Away — Detective Walter Engelhart
• 1998Sphere — O.S.S.A. Instructor
• Brooklyn South — Reggie Simpson
• 1997Gridlock'd — Supervisor
• 1997RocketMan — Ben Stevens
• The Practice — Mike McKrew
• 1996Bloodhounds — Agent John DeGraf
• Dangerous Minds
• 1996Ghosts of Mississippi — Medgar Evers
• 1996Power 98 — Det. Wilkinson
• 1996Sleepers — Marlboro
• The Pretender — Clark Thomas
• 1996The Uninvited — Stan Comelson
• 1995Dead Presidents — Mr. Curtis
• JAG — Wallace Burke
• 1995Nixon — Black Orator
• 1995Sharon's Secret — Ashmore
• 1995Trial by Fire
• 1994A Child's Cry for Help — Brad Currie
• 1994Jimmy Hollywood — Cook
• 1994Lily in Winter — Chick
• One West Waikiki
• 1994Sodbusters — Isaac
• Touched by an Angel — George
• 1993Boiling Point — Prison Officer
• 1993Menace II Society — Man #2
• The X-Files — Alvin Kersh, Alvin Kersh / Jamaican Crewman
• Walker, Texas Ranger — Staff Sergeant Luther Parrish
• 1992Exclusive — Jonathan Heglin
• Renegade — Lieutenant Pete Calloway
• 1992Trespass — Police Officer Reese
• Beverly Hills, 90210 — Henry Thomas
• Coach — Rick Williams
• Doogie Howser, M.D. — Bert
• Seinfeld — Det. Hudson
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark
• Roseanne — Chuck Mitchell
• 1987Hotshot
• L.A. Law — Joseph Russell
• Murder, She Wrote — Sonny Greene
• Saturday Night Live — Unemployed Vietnam veteran in Texxon Oil commercial (uncredited), Texxon commercial guy (uncredited)
• Another World

Appearances as themselves (4)

• Celebrity Wheel of Fortune — Self - Contestant
• Celebrity Family Feud — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self
• The View — Self