Joshua Carter Jackson (born June 11, 1978) is a Canadian-American actor. He is known for his starring role as Charlie Conway in ''
Mighty Ducks
''The Mighty Ducks'' is an American media franchise. It features a trilogy of live-action films released in the 1990s by Walt Disney Pictures, an animated television series, a live-action sequel television series, and a real-world hockey team ...
'', as
Pacey Witter
Pacey Witter (born 1983) is a fictional character in the WB television drama ''Dawson's Creek.'' He is a principal character in all six seasons of the series and is portrayed by actor Joshua Jackson.
Background
Pacey Witter is a sarcastic, under ...
in
The WB
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teen drama series ''
Dawson's Creek'' (1998–2003),
Peter Bishop
Peter Bishop is a fictional character of the Fox television series ''Fringe''. He is portrayed by Joshua Jackson.
Fictional character biography
Peter Bishop was born in 1978, in the alternate universe, to parents Walter Bishop, also known as "W ...
in the
Fox science fiction series ''
Fringe
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Arts
* Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the world's largest arts festival, known as "the Fringe"
* Adelaide Fringe, the world's second-largest annual arts festival
* Fringe theatre, a name for alternative theatre
* The Fringe, the ...
'' (2008–2013), Cole Lockhart in the
Showtime drama series ''
The Affair'' (2014–2018), Mickey Joseph in the drama miniseries ''
When They See Us
''When They See Us'' is a 2019 American crime drama television miniseries created, co-written, and directed by Ava DuVernay for Netflix, that premiered in four parts on May 31, 2019. It is based on events of the 1989 Central Park jogger case a ...
'' (2019), Bill Richardson in the drama miniseries ''
Little Fires Everywhere'' (2020), and Dr.
Christopher Duntsch
Christopher Daniel Duntsch (born April 3, 1971) is a former American neurosurgeon who has been nicknamed Dr. D. and Dr. Death for gross malpractice resulting in the maiming of several patients' spines and two deaths while working at hospitals in ...
in ''
Dr. Death'' (2021).
Jackson's best known films include
''The Mighty Ducks'' film series (1992–1996), ''
Cruel Intentions
''Cruel Intentions'' is a 1999 American teen romantic drama film written and directed by Roger Kumble and starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon, and Selma Blair. The film is a modern retelling of Pierre Choderlos de ...
'' (1999), ''
The Skulls'' (2000), and ''
Shutter'' (2008). For his performance in the Canadian independent film ''
One Week'' (2008), Jackson won the
Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role.
Early life
Jackson was born on June 11 1978 in
Vancouver to parents John and Fiona. His mother is a casting director. Jackson's father is from
Texas,
and his mother is a native of
Ballyfermot, Dublin, Ireland, having
immigrated to North America in the late 1960s. He has a younger sister, Aisleagh, and two older half brothers, Jonathan and Lyman. He was raised
Catholic
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.
Jackson lived in
California until the age of 8. He moved to Vancouver with his mother and younger sister. He attended
Ideal Mini School and later switched to
Kitsilano Secondary School
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. He attended high school with actor
Ryan Reynolds. In an interview with ''
The New York Times'', Jackson said he was kicked out of high school once because of ''
The Jon Stewart Show'': "
he show
He or HE may refer to:
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* He (pronoun), an English pronoun
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* He (letter), the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets
* He (Cyrillic), a letter of the Cyrillic script called ''He'' ...
played, at least where I grew up, at 1:30 in the morning, so I would stay up at night to watch
Jon Stewart, but then I'd be too tired—or too lazy—to go to school in the morning. So I'd just take the first couple of classes off, 'cause I wanted to be fresh when I got there."
Career
Jackson started acting in a small role in the film ''Crooked Hearts'' in 1991. The next year, he played the role of Charlie in a musical version of ''Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory''. At this point, with the help of the play's casting director Laura Kennedy, he joined the William Morris Agency. Soon after, he landed the role of Charlie (#96) in ''
The Mighty Ducks'' series, playing a young and aspiring hockey player.
Jackson went on to appear as Pacey Witter on ''
Dawson's Creek'', which was created by
Kevin Williamson and ran on the WB network from 1998 to 2003, and also starred
James Van Der Beek
James William Van Der Beek (; born March 8, 1977) is an American actor best known for his portrayal of Dawson Leery in the WB series ''Dawson's Creek'' and Johnny "Mox" Moxon in '' Varsity Blues'' (1999). He played a fictionalized version of h ...
,
Michelle Williams, and
Katie Holmes
Kate Noelle Holmes (born December 18, 1978) is an American actress. She first achieved fame as Joey Potter on the television series ''Dawson's Creek'' (1998–2003).
Holmes made her feature film debut in 1997 with a supporting role in Ang Lee ...
. While the show was on hiatus, he appeared in several movies including ''
Cruel Intentions
''Cruel Intentions'' is a 1999 American teen romantic drama film written and directed by Roger Kumble and starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon, and Selma Blair. The film is a modern retelling of Pierre Choderlos de ...
'' (an adaptation of ''Les Liaisons dangereuses'' that also starred
Sarah Michelle Gellar and
Ryan Phillippe), ''
The Skulls'', ''
The Safety of Objects
''The Safety of Objects'' is a 2001 American drama film based upon a collection of short stories of the same name written by A. M. Homes and published in 1990. It features four suburban families who find that their lives become intertwined. The f ...
'', ''
The Laramie Project'' and a short cameo in the remake of ''
Ocean's Eleven'' in which he appears as himself in a poker scene with Brad Pitt, George Clooney and Holly Marie Combs, among others. In 2000, he also guest-starred in Season 12 of ''
The Simpsons
''The Simpsons'' is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical depiction of American life, epitomized by the Simpson family, which consists of Homer Simpson, Homer, Marge ...
'', voicing the character of Jesse Grass, a "hunky environmentalist" and love interest for
Lisa Simpson in the episode "
Lisa the Tree Hugger
"Lisa the Tree Hugger" is the fourth episode of the twelfth season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons''. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 19, 2000. In the episode, Lisa falls in love ...
". He also was cast as "Beau" in the movie ''
Gossip'' in 2000 with actors James Marsden, Kate Hudson and Norman Reedus.
Shortly after ''Dawson's Creek'' ended in 2003, Jackson played the lead role in films alongside
Dennis Hopper (''
Americano''),
Harvey Keitel (''
Shadows in the Sun''), and
Donald Sutherland (''
Aurora Borealis
An aurora (plural: auroras or aurorae), also commonly known as the polar lights, is a natural light display in Earth's sky, predominantly seen in high-latitude regions (around the Arctic and Antarctic). Auroras display dynamic patterns of bri ...
''). In 2005, Jackson moved to the UK and made his stage debut on the
London West End
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with
Patrick Stewart
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in
David Mamet's two-man play, ''
A Life in the Theatre''. The play was a critical and popular success, and ran from February to April of that year. Jackson said that he would consider returning to the stage, to try his hand on
Broadway
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* Broadway theatre, theatrical productions in professional theatres near Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
** Broadway (Manhattan), the street
**Broadway Theatre (53rd Stree ...
. His next film role was in ''
Bobby'', directed by
Emilio Estevez
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He is the son of actor Martin Sheen and the older brother of Charlie Sheen. Emilio Estevez started his career as an actor and is known for being a member of the acting Bra ...
, Jackson's co-star from ''
The Mighty Ducks''. He played a lead role in ''
Shutter'', a US remake of a Thai horror
film of the same name. He starred and acted as executive producer in the Canadian independent film ''
One Week'', which opened on March 6, 2009.
From 2008 to 2013, Jackson played the lead role of
Peter Bishop
Peter Bishop is a fictional character of the Fox television series ''Fringe''. He is portrayed by Joshua Jackson.
Fictional character biography
Peter Bishop was born in 1978, in the alternate universe, to parents Walter Bishop, also known as "W ...
in the science-fiction series ''
Fringe
Fringe may refer to:
Arts
* Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the world's largest arts festival, known as "the Fringe"
* Adelaide Fringe, the world's second-largest annual arts festival
* Fringe theatre, a name for alternative theatre
* The Fringe, the ...
'', created by
JJ Abrams,
Roberto Orci and
Alex Kurtzman
Alexander Hilary Kurtzman (born September 7, 1973) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for his work on the ''Star Trek'' franchise since 2009, co-writing the scripts to ''Transformers'' (2007), '' Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' and ...
. The series appeared on the
Fox TV network and was the second-highest rated new show of the 2008–2009 season after
CBS
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's ''
The Mentalist
''The Mentalist'' is an American drama television series that ran from September 23, 2008, until February 18, 2015, broadcasting 151 episodes over seven seasons, on CBS. Created by Bruno Heller, who was also its executive producer, the show ...
''.
BuddyTV
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ranked him #9 on its "TV's 100 Sexiest Men of 2010" list, #19 in 2011 and #14 in 2012.
Jackson was nominated for a
Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for the film ''
One Week''. He won the award on April 12, 2010. He held and hosted the satirical Pacey-Con in 2010, directly across the street from the
San Diego Comic-Con
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, sporting a bowling shirt and giving out
fan fiction, written by ''Dawson's Creek'' fans, to those waiting in the Comic-Con entrance line. Footage of the event was recorded for a video, entitled 'Pacey-Con', which he was filming for
Will Ferrell's
Funny or Die celebrity humor website. In 2013, Jackson appeared in the IFC film ''
Inescapable'' with
Marisa Tomei and
Alexander Siddig
Siddig El Tahir El Fadil El Siddig Abdurrahman Mohammed Ahmed Abdel Karim El Mahdi (born 21 November 1965) is a Sudanese-born English actor and director known professionally as Siddig El Fadil and subsequently as Alexander Siddig.
Siddig i ...
. Jackson wrote the first story from the
comic book
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trilogy ''Beyond the Fringe'', titled "Peter and the Machine". Jackson starred in the successful
Showtime television show, ''
The Affair'', where he played Cole Lockhart, the protagonist husband of the unfaithful Alison Lockhart.
In March 2018, Jackson made his theatrical debut on Broadway in ''
Children of a Lesser God'', where he played James Leeds, an unconventional teacher at a school for the deaf who gets in a conflicted professional and romantic relationship with a former deaf student, Sarah Norman (
Lauren Ridloff
Lauren Ridloff (; born April 6, 1978) is a deaf American actress known for her roles as Connie in the TV series '' The Walking Dead'' and Makkari in the film '' Eternals''. Her breakthrough role was in 2018 with her lead performance in the Bro ...
). The play ran through May 2018.
In 2019, Jackson starred as defense attorney Mickey Joseph in the
Netflix drama miniseries ''
When They See Us
''When They See Us'' is a 2019 American crime drama television miniseries created, co-written, and directed by Ava DuVernay for Netflix, that premiered in four parts on May 31, 2019. It is based on events of the 1989 Central Park jogger case a ...
''.
In 2020, Jackson co-starred with
Reese Witherspoon
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and
Kerry Washington
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in Hulu's miniseries
''Little Fires Everywhere'' based on the novel by
Celeste Ng.
Jackson has been cast as
Christopher Duntsch
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, a neurosurgeon who was convicted of intentionally maiming his patients, in
''Dr. Death'', based on the podcast of the same name.
In 2022, Jackson was set to lead the Paramount+ series ''
Fatal Attraction'' with Lizzy Caplan, inspired by the 1980s thriller film of the same name.
Personal life
Jackson was in a relationship with ''
Dawson's Creek'' co-star
Katie Holmes
Kate Noelle Holmes (born December 18, 1978) is an American actress. She first achieved fame as Joey Potter on the television series ''Dawson's Creek'' (1998–2003).
Holmes made her feature film debut in 1997 with a supporting role in Ang Lee ...
during the first two seasons of the show's run. Holmes said that Jackson was her first love.
From 2006 to 2016, he was in a relationship with German actress
Diane Kruger
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Kruger became known for her roles in f ...
.
Jackson began a relationship with British actress
Jodie Turner-Smith in 2018. They married in December 2019 and have a daughter, born April 2020.
He owns his childhood home in
Topanga, California
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. He previously lived in
Wilmington, North Carolina, where ''Dawson's Creek'' was filmed; and in
New York
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* ...
, where ''
Fringe
Fringe may refer to:
Arts
* Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the world's largest arts festival, known as "the Fringe"
* Adelaide Fringe, the world's second-largest annual arts festival
* Fringe theatre, a name for alternative theatre
* The Fringe, the ...
'' filmed its first season. In 2009, he moved back to
Vancouver to shoot four seasons of the show before the last episode was aired on January 18, 2013.
Jackson is a fan of the
Vancouver Canucks hockey team. He was arrested on November 9, 2002, at a
Carolina Hurricanes
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hockey game in
Raleigh, North Carolina, after a quarrel with a security guard. He was charged with
assault
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,
affray
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, and public
intoxication
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and
disruption, having a 0.14
blood alcohol content
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. Prosecutors agreed to dismiss the assault charge, and Jackson agreed to attend an alcohol education program and perform 24 hours of
community service
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in order to have the remaining charge dropped.
Filmography
Film
Television
Stage
Awards and nominations
References
External links
*
*
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The Hour with
George Stroumboulopoulos
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1978 births
Living people
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