R. J. Williams
Born	Robert Jackson Williams July 19, 1978 (1978-07-19) (age 31) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Years active	1981–present

R. J. Williams or Robert Jackson Williams (born: July 19, 1978) was a child actor on movies and television shows, one of his credits was the child character Rowdy for two seasons of General Hospital. He was a guest star on a few episodes of Full House and on "Episode 2.1-the Child" of Star Trek: the Next Generation. Williams played the boy whose friend was a robot on the 1990s syndicated children's TV show Wake, Rattle and Roll, a daily syndicated interview show that ran for 130 episodes in syndication and then moved over exclusively to the Disney channel under the title Jump Rattle and roll.

He was also a winner of the Young Artist Award for best Actor in a Daytime Series for his role in "General Hospital" at the 12th annual Youth In Film Awards.^[1]

Once he concluded his run on his daytime show, R.J. Williams decided to take a hiatus from show business to attend both Crossroads High School, and the film school at University of Southern California (USC).

After graduation, Williams formed a production company, Arjay Entertainment which focused on celebrity and lifestyle programming. Between 2003-2006, his company went on to produce multiple specials and series that were distributed by Showtime Networks. RJ was the creator,host and executive producer of these shows.^[2]

In 2004, Williams worked alongside NSYNC's Lance Bass and together they co-hosted a one-hour, primetime American Music Awards Pre-Show with Dick Clark Productions and ABC.

The company formed several distribution alliances and provided content for ABC, Showtime, TV Guide Channel, America Online and various Fox Cable channels and became known for creating Young Hollywood related content.

In 2007, R.J. Williams launched YoungHollywood.com, a website devoted to celebrity and lifestyle video content. ABC News online called it "one of Hollywood's hottest websites", saying it is visited by over 1 million people per month.^[3]

YoungHollywood.com has become one of the largest producers of original celebrity online programming in Hollywood forming partnerships with companies such as TV Guide^[4] Blinkx^[5] and Metacafe^[6]

R.J. also appeared on That's So Hollywood, a locally produced Los Angeles KTTV entertainment program, lending what Fox described as "his celebrity expertise."^[7]

By the Fall of 2007, R.J. had forged partnerships with the four most powerful programming partners in their respective arenas: terrestrial television ("Entertainment Tonight"), social networking (MySpace), portal (Yahoo!) and video (YouTube).^[8]

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[edit] External links

• R. J. Williams at TV.com
• R. J. Williams at the Internet Movie Database