Life and career

Estes was born in Los Angeles, California, Estes' break-out movie role was Seaman Ronald 'Rabbit' Parker on U-571. Early in his career, he did many commercials including Fruit of the Loom and numerous guest starring roles in series like Highway to Heaven and Santa Barbara.

He landed his first major role in a television series when he was chosen out of 700 other kids to play Will McCollough (essentially the "Timmy" role) in the syndicated New Lassie series, which ran from 1989-91. Since then, he has had many starring roles in television series 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 Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell) 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.

Will had a leading role in the Fox series Reunion. The series 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.

He portrays Jack Kerouac, in the 2007 short film Luz Del Mundo, written by Ty Roberts and David Trimble, directed by Ty Roberts and produced by Ryan McWhirter and John Pitts. He has also appeared in a couple photographs, in the books Hollywood Splash and Men Before 10 AM Too. He was nominated four times for one award, the Young Artist Awards for The New Lassie and Kirk.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Dutch	Teddy	as Will Nipper; also known as Driving Me Crazy
1993	Once Upon a Forest	Willy	Voice role; as Will Nipper
1995	How to Make an American Quilt	Boy at Party
1999	Blue Ridge Fall	Taz
2000	U-571	Seaman Ronald 'Rabbit' Parker
2000	Terror Tract	Sean Goodwin	Segment: "Come to Granny"
2001	Mimic 2	Nicky	Straight-to-video
2001	New Port South	Chris
2002	May	Chris, Adam's roommate
2004	Charity	Repo Man	Short film
2005	The Drive	Aaron
2009	Not Since You	Billy
2011	Magic Valley	Jimmy Duvante
2012	The Dark Knight Rises	Officer Simon Jansen
2013	Line of Duty	The Dealer
2013	Automotive	Kansas
2015	Anchors	Dylan

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	Santa Barbara	Brandon DeMott Capwell	Temporary replacement (unknown episodes)
1988-89	Highway to Heaven	Louis (at 11) Samuel Hays (age 7)	as Will Nipper Episode: "The Correspondent" Episode: "Merry Christmas from Grandpa"
1989	Murphy's Law	George Segal	Episode: "Doing It the Hard Way Is Always Easier"
1989-92	The New Lassie	Will McCullough	Series regular; as Will Nipper
1990	Miracle Landing	David Kornberg	TV movie; as Will Nipper
1990	Menu for Murder	Chad	TV movie; as Will Nipper
1991	The Last Halloween	Michael	TV movie; as Will Nipper
1992	Baywatch	Cooper	Episode: "The Chamber"; as Will Nipper
1992	The Legend of Prince Valiant	Stable-Boy/Squire	Voice role; Episode: "The Lesson Twice Learned"; as Will Nipper
1992	Harry and the Hendersons	Brad	Episode: "Harry the Mascot"
1993	Jonny's Golden Quest	Jonny Quest	TV movie; voice role; as Will Nipper
1993	It Had to be You	Christopher Quinn	Series regular (6 episodes)
1993	When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn	Gary Black	TV movie; as Will Nipper
1993	Circus of the Stars Gives Kids the World	Himself	Trapeze Artist
1994	Step by Step	Kevin Phillips	Episode: "Growing Up is Hard to Do"
1994-96	Boy Meets World	Alex Dylan	Episodes: "Turnaround", "Career Day" Episode: "Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow"
1995	Brother's Destiny	Michael Murphy	TV movie
1995	Full House	Andrew	Episodes: "Michelle Rides Again, Part One & Part Two"
1995-96	Kirk	Cory Hartman	Series regular (31 episodes)
1997	Meego	Trip Parker	Series regular (12 episodes)
1997-98	The Secret World of Alex Mack	Hunter Reeves	Recurring role (Season 4; 6 episodes)
1998	Diagnosis: Murder	Erik Fincher	Episode: "An Education in Murder"
1998	Kelly Kelly	Sean Kelly	Series regular (7 episodes)
1999-2000	7th Heaven	Andrew Nayloss	Recurring role (5 episodes)
2000	The Fugitive	Jesse Larson	Episode: "Guilt"
2001	The Familiar Stranger	Ted Walsh	TV movie
2002-05	American Dreams	J.J. Pryor	Series regular (61 episodes)
2003	Celebrity Jeopardy!	Himself	Contestant
2004	See You In My Dreams	Ben	TV movie
2005	Reunion	Will Malloy	Series regular (9 aired episodes, 4 unaired episodes)
2005	The Dive From Clausen's Pier	Mike Mayor	TV movie
2005	Pet Star	Himself	Judge
2006	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Adam Halder	Episode: "Class"
2008	Squeegees	Pee-Wee Machachi	Webisodes available
2008	Eleventh Hour	Kevin Pierce	Episode: "Surge"
2009	In Plain Sight	Henry Atkins/Henry Adams	Episode: "Gilted Lily"
2009	The Cleaner		Episode: "Crossing the Threshold"
2010-present	Blue Bloods	Officer Jamison Reagan	Main role	2012	Shadow of Fear	Morgan Pierce	TV movie

Charities

Will Estes supports the following charitable cause: Animals.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]