Jefferson White (born November 3, 1989) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Jimmy Hurdstrom on the television series Yellowstone and Sean O'Neil on Chicago P.D. He has narrated the audiobook edition of Sunrise on the Reaping.
Early life White grew up in Mount Vernon, Iowa and attended Iowa State University, graduating in 2012 in performing arts. He appeared in many productions at Iowa State, including his first leading role as Tupolski in The Pillowman directed by Don Watts.https://www.music.iastate.edu/productions/2009-2010/pillowman
Career White made his television debut on The Americans in 2014. Other television appearances include Elementary, Blue Bloods, How to Get Away with Murder and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
In 2018, White appeared as a series regular on season one of Yellowstone for Paramount Network, and his character, a stoner called Jimmy who, due to his grandfather asking a favor of John Dutton (Kevin Costner), is taken on as a branded cowboy of the Yellowstone. In 2021, White was named as a nominee for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for his work on Yellowstone. White's character Jimmy had been expected to feature in a forthcoming Yellowstone spin-off series titled 6666 as his character Jimmy moved to the 6666 Ranch in Texas during season 4 of Yellowstone, however once that series had been aborted the character was instead reported to appear in the second series of spin-off show Marshals featuring the character Kayce Dutton (Luke Grimes). White's character Jimmy also returned for cameo appearances in the fifth season of Yellowstone in 2024.
In September 2022, White portrayed the character Sean O'Neil in the tenth season of NBC's long-running drama Chicago P.D. White had roles in the 2023 feature film Eileen, which stars Anne Hathaway, and the 2024 Alex Garland film Civil War.
In February 2025, White was announced as narrator for the audio edition of Sunrise on the Reaping, a dystopian novel written by the American author Suzanne Collins. It is the second prequel novel to the original The Hunger Games trilogy, following The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, released in 2020.
Personal life White is married to Casey Wortmann, an actress and social worker.
Filmography +Key Denotes works that have not yet been released Film Year Title Role Notes 2022 God's Country Samuel 2023 Eileen Buck Warren 2024 Civil War Dave Hellboy: The Crooked Man Tom Ferrell 2025 Drink and Be Merry‘Yellowstone’s Jefferson White To Topline Holiday Dramedy ‘Drink And Be Merry’ From Adam Volerich Chet2026 Bedford Park Jay The Long Haul Mr. McCoy Post-production 2027 Post-production Joe Lund Post-production Lee Harvey Oswald Post-production Post-productionAmazon MGM’s Thriller ‘Ally Clark’ Rounds Out Cast With Six Additions
Television Year Title Role Notes2014 The AmericansBrad Mullin2 episodes 2015 Law & Order: Special Victims UnitGary1 episode ManhattanCole 'Iowa' DunlaveyRecurring roleElementaryDorian Moll1 episode 2016–20 BlindspotParkerRecurring role2016 How to Get Away with MurderPhilip Jessup Blue Bloods Eric Carlson 1 episode House of Cards Joshua Masterston3 episodes 2018–2024 YellowstoneJimmy HurdstromMain role2019 The Twilight Zone Jerry Pierson1 episode2022–2023 Chicago P.D.Sean O'NeilRecurring role2023Ink Master Himself Guest judge (Season 15)2025 You Dane Robinson 2 episodes 2026Boston BlueGreg McKean"Anatomy of a Bomb"2026MarshalsJimmy HurdstromRecurring role
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