Biography

Billy (William F.) Jameson was born in Atlanta, Georgia, to Brenda Diane Jameson, a Bus Driver Supervisor, and James W. Jameson Jr., an Insurance Consultant. They now are retired and run an Antique Store in Loganville, Ga. His father had Irish, and some Scottish, ancestry, while his mother's family, was Scottish, Irish and Dutch. Billy grew up in a good family as an only child. He started studying acting in 1985 at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, GA. Then in 1989, he landed a featured extra role on "In the Heat of the Night" Crackdown episode, working with Carol O Connor and Walton Goggins. He made a National commercial for (Crowne Plaza) and continued studying acting in Atlanta, GA. Billy married Yumiko Jameson in 1993. They have 2 children and Billy focused on a Database Engineer career, and raising his children from 1993 to 2005. Billy then got back into acting classes in 2005, at the Professional Actors Studio, landing another National commercial for (Equifax). Billy then went to California in 2012 and studied at Stella Adler, The ActorsBootCamp, then came back to GA. Billy then went back to Los Angeles in Jan 2015, and enrolled in Ivana Chubbuck Studios, studying under Chris Holder all of 2015 in Advanced Scene Study. In 2016, he was promoted to the Master Class studying under Ivana Chubbuck all of 2016. Billy worked on 5 short films in 2016 (Intolerance, 3:54am, Bricks, House of White, Are you my friend?)
- IMDb mini biography by: Billy Jameson