In the series, he plays Jamison "Jamie" Reagan, a New York Police Department officer and the younger son of the police commissioner, played by Selleck. Estes was born in Los Angeles, California, Estes" break-out movie role was Seaman Ronald "Rabbit" Parker on U-571.
In 2010, he joined the cast of Tom Selleck"s Columbia Broadcasting System police drama Blue Bloods. The series is now finishing its sixth season. 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 1989-1991.
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 "lieutenant"s My Life" with Shiri Appleby.
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 Delegate Mundo, written by Ty Roberts and David Trimble, directed by Ty Roberts and produced by Ryan McWhirter and John Pittsburgh
He has also appeared in a couple photographs, in the books Hollywood Splash and Men Before 10 Department of Administration and Management Too.
He was nominated four times for one award, the Young Artist Awards for The New Lassie and Kirk.
