Darnell Williams
| Darnell Williams | |
|---|---|
| Born |
3 March 1955 London, England, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1974–present |
Darnell Williams (born 3 March 1955) is a British-born soap opera actor. He 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.
Williams was born in London, England. In the mid-1970s, he was a regular dancer on TV's Soul Train, and was one of the few dancers not to solve the Scramble Board.
Williams began portraying Jesse Hubbard on All My Children in 1981. His character became involved in a love affair with upper middle class Angie Baxter (Debbi Morgan). The characters eventually married and thus Darnell Williams was one half of the first African American supercouple on an American soap opera. Williams won two Daytime Emmy Awards for his work on All My Children in the 1980s. During the mid-1980s, both he and Morgan co-hosted a dance show titled "New York Hot Tracks," that also featured music videos.
In 1988, Williams left All My Children. However he would return to soap operas in the 1990s as Jesse's look-alike Jacob Foster on Loving and The City. He later briefly reprised his role of Jesse on All My Children, albeit in angel form, when he welcomed Gillian Andrassy (Esta TerBlanche) into Heaven in 2001.
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