Cheyenne Jackson
Cheyenne Jackson was born in Spokane, Washington, United States on July 12th, 1975 and is the Stage Actor. At the age of 48, Cheyenne Jackson biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, songs, movies, TV shows, and networth are available.
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Cheyenne David Jackson (born July 12, 1975) is an American actor and singer.
His work includes leading roles in Broadway musicals and other theater appearances, as well as film and television appearances, concert singing, and recording of songs. He began his acting career in regional theatre in Seattle, and by the time, Thoroughly Modern Millie (2002) and Aida (2003) were understudy.
In Altar Boyz (2004), he played Matthew for the first time.
Jackson's first leading role on Broadway was in All Shook Up (2005), which earned him a Theatre World Award for his "Outstanding Broadway Debut." Since then, he has appeared in The Agony & the Agony (2006), Xanadu (2006), and Finian's Rainbow (2010; Drama Desk nominations); and The Performers (2013). He has appeared in a number of films, including the 2006 Academy Award-nominated United 93, in which his portrayal of Mark Bingham earned him the Boston Society of Film Critics 2006 award for Best Ensemble Cast.
He appeared in the 2014 independent romantic comedy collection Mutual Friends, as well as in guest appearances in television series such as NBC's 30 Rock and Fox's Glee.
In its fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth seasons, Jackson has appeared in the FX Horror anthology television series American Horror Story. Jackson has sold out Carnegie Hall twice: The Power of Two in 2010 and Music of the Mad Men Age in 2011.
He also appears in cabaret.
He has released three albums of well-known music, including one with Michael Feinstein in 2008.
Jackson's 2012 album I'm Blue, Skies released two singles, "Drive" and "Before You."
Jackson's third studio album, Renaissance, was released in 2016, an album that was reconstructed and expanded from his solo concert Music of the Mad Men Era. Hades appears in the Descendants 3 alongside actor Cameron Boyce, Dove Cameron, and Sofia Carson with Director Kenny Ortega.
Early life
Jackson was born at Deaconess Hospital in Spokane, Washington, on July 12, 1975, to David and Sherri Jackson, and his father was named after the 1950s Western series Cheyenne. He was raised in Oldtown, Idaho, a "teen mill town" in a rural area in northern Idaho near the Washington border. He was the third of four children. His father, a native American and a Vietnam veteran, was a Vietnam war veteran. Jackson, his sister, and his two brothers were taught by his mother, Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, and Elvis Presley at home. Jackson lived with his family in a rural home with no running water or an outhouse. As a child, he moved to Spokane.
Jackson was an ad executive at a newspaper and did some theatre work on the side, earning his Equity card. "I think I'll do with my life as soon as I learned what theater was, what Broadway was like," I thought. It's just a matter of getting all the pieces in place," he said. After the September 11 attacks, he redirected his life to New York City to fulfill his dream of being an actor: "Acting] was something I always wanted to do but I was too afraid and didn't have the confidence to do," says the actor. For those of us, 9/11 changed everything. "It gave me the urgency."
Personal life
Jackson is gay. Monte Lapka, a physicist, first dated Jackson in 2000, and the two married in New York City on September 3, 2011. In July 2013, they announced plans to divorce. In September 2013, they applied for divorce.
On his official Instagram page, Jackson revealed that he was dating actor Jason Landau in October 2013. In February 2014, they announced their engagement and marriage in Encino, California, in September 2014. In October 2016, Jackson and Landau welcomed twins, a girl named Willow and a boy named Ethan.
Jackson is a recovering addict who has entered sobriety in 2013.
Career
Jackson has appeared in numerous theaters around the world as Tony in Children of Eden, as Cain in Children of Eden, as Joe Bigelow in Carousel, as Rocky in The Rocky Horror Show and as The Poet in Kismet.
In the Tony Award-winning musical Thoroughly Modern Millie, Jackson made his Broadway debut understudied both male leads. He appeared in Aida's role as the standby for Radames and then portrayed Matthew in Altar Boyz's off-Broadway version. He appeared in All Shook Up, his first Broadway leading role in the film, a tribute to Elvis Presley. His appearance as Chad earned him a lot of critical praise, the Theatre World Award, and awards from the Drama League and Outer Critics Circle for Outstanding Lead Actor. Jackson appeared in The Agony and The Agony with Victoria Clark off-Broadway in 2006. Jackson stepped in in June 2007 in Xanadu's last week, replacing James Carpinello, who had been hospitalized during rehearsal. Jackson and Jane Krakowski appeared in recent workshops. However, both Jackson and Krakowski dropped out of the initial Broadway production, citing time constraints as the reason. The Drama League and Drama Desk have given him awards for Outstanding Lead Actor, as well as Sonny's performance as Sonny. Xanadu received several Tony Award nominations, including "Best New Musical" for which Jackson and the cast appeared on the 62nd Tony Awards show.
In 2008, Jackson joined Jane Krakowski and Sean Hayes in the Encores of the New York City Center! Damn Yankees are a product of the University of Damn Yankees.He returned to Encores!
In 2009, Woody Mahoney appeared in a staged concert of Finian's Rainbow that critics lauded. Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and Robert Lopez, who co-wrote the music for Avenue Q, also appeared in the development workshop for The Book of Mormon by Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and Robert Lopez, who co-wrote the music for Avenue Q.At the St. James Theatre in October 2009, Jackson opened on Broadway to encouraging critical reviews retracing Woody Mahoney's appearance in the Broadway revival of the 1947 musical Finian's Rainbow, costarring Jim Norton and Kate Baldwin. "The way [Kate Baldwin] and Cheyenne Jackson sing "Old Moon" is the stuff best-selling cast albums are made of," the Wall Street Journal blasted. On January 17, 2010, the film came to an end. In early December 2009, Jackson performed the Broadway revival cast album with a release date of February 2, 2010.
In September 2011, Jackson appeared in Morgan Freeman, Ellen Barkin, Matt Bomer, Christine Lahti, and John Lithgow as part of Dustin Lance Black's latest play 8, directed by Joe Mantello. In June 2012, Jackson appeared opposite Krysten Ritter in Neil LaBute's The Heart of The Matter, a MCC Theater production at the Lucille Lortel Theatre.
In the 2012-2013 Broadway season, Jackson, Henry Winkler, Alicia Silverstone, Daniel Breaker, Jenni Barber, and Ari Graynor starred in David West Read's production The Performers, which opened on October 23, 2012 at the Longacre Theatre. After 23 previews and seven regular performances, the show came to a close on November 18, 2012. Overall, the reaction to the play was mixed, with a median Stage Grade of C. However, a large number of writers, including Entertainment Weekly, The Hollywood Reporter, and The Associated Press all gave overwhelmingly critical feedback to both Jackson and Ari Graynor's appearances. The show's early closing was attributed in large part to the effects of Hurricane Sandy on the box office.
In the film Into the Woods, Jackson made his Hollywood Bowl debut in 2019. He performed these roles in the 2022 Broadway revival at the St. James Theatre while temporarily filling in for Gavin Creel.
In the 2006 Academy Award nominated United 93, Jackson most notably portrayed 9/11 victim and hero Mark Bingham, who received the Boston Society of Film Critics 2006 award for Best Ensemble Cast. He has appeared in many other films, including: Curiosity (2005), Hysteria (2010), Smile (2011), the critically lauded The Green (opposite Julia Ormond and Illeana Douglas), and the 2012 Sundance Film Festival selection (with Parker Posey). In the 2012 Fox Searchlight Pictures film Lola Versus, he played Greta Gerwig's boyfriend Roger. He appeared in the HBO biopic Liberace, Behind the Candelabra, with Michael Douglas and Matt Damon in 2013. He appeared in the independent films Mutual Friends (2013), Lucky Stiff (2014), and A Beautiful Now (2015). He appeared in the Disney Channel original film Descendants 3 (2019), more recently.
In Six Weeks in 2014, Jackson appeared in the film version of Six Dance Lessons. Michael Minetti, a former Lily Harrison (Gena Rowlands) recruiter, was hired by retiree Lily Harrison (Gena Rowlands), to teach her private dance lessons at her house for six weeks. The film is based on Richard Alfieri's Broadway play of the same name and directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman.
Danny Baker, a film actor who appeared on the award-winning series 30 Rock from 2009 to 2013. Dustin Goolsby, the head coach of "Vocal Adrenaline," Jackson's second season of FOX's show "Glee," appeared on the second season of FOX's show "Glee."
During Season 8 of Curb Your Enthusiasm, he appeared on several television shows, including Lipstick Jungle, Life on Mars, and Ugly Betty, and was featured in a prominent guest appearance. Larry David and Wanda Sykes' personal trainer, "Terry," was his name. In an episode titled "Innocence," Jackson made his guest-starring debut on the long-running NBC series Law & Order.
Sebastian Kinglare, the Lifetime Television pilot Family Practices actor, appeared alongside Anne Archer and Beau Bridges in 2008. The series was not intended for export.
It Takes a Village, a sitcom pilot for ABC-TV starring Leah Remini, but was not selected for the fall 2010 season.
In the USA Network comedy pilot Local Talent, Jackson and Nathan Lane were featured as series leads. The series was not intended for sale.
In addition, Jackson guest appeared on the pilot episode of NBC's reimagining of The Munsters, Mockingbird Lane, written by Bryan Fuller and directed by Bryan Singer. Jackson portrayed Scout Master Steve, a competing love interest for Portia de Rossi's Lily Munster; Lily Munster also stars Eddie Izzard and Jerry O'Connell. On October 26, 2012, NBC aired the pilot as a Halloween special.
Jackson also appeared as one of the leads in the fifth season of American Horror Story as a character alongside Lady Gaga and Matt Bomer. Jackson appeared on the show's sixth season as well as the seventh season to play psychiatrist Dr. Rudy Vincent Anderson and the eighth season of the show to play warlock John Henry Moore.
Jackson appeared on RuPaul's Drag Race several times. Blake Huntington, an award-winning actor who plays Miguel ngel Silvestre in a Hollywood film, also appeared in the tenth episode of Sense8 as Blake Huntington. In 2019, he appeared in the Disney Channel Original Movie Descendants 3 as Hades, Mal's father.
Jackson has appeared in several popular webisode films, including Cubby Bernstein opposite Nathan Lane, Legally Brown with Allison Janney, and The [title of show] The show from the meta-fictional Broadway musical [Title of Show]
Max was portrayed by Jackson in the Fox comedy film Call Me Kat opposite Mayim Bialik and Kyla Pratt in 2020.
Jackson played in season seven of The Masked Singer as "Prince" of Team Good in 2022. He came in third place after finishing in third place.
Jackson began his career as a back-up singer for Vanessa Williams and Heather Headley.
Back to the Start, Jackson made his nightclub debut at Feinstein's at Loews Regency in March 2009. He then joined Michael Feinstein to produce "The Power of Two," a well-received nightclub performance. On November 3, 2009, the show's CD was released.
On October 29, 2010, the Power of Two, a concert uniting Jackson and Feinstein, was unveiled in Carnegie Hall. In a concert at Carnegie Hall on November 18, 2011, Jackson was the guest artist performing with the New York Pops. Cheyenne Jackson's Cocktail Hour: Music of the Mad Men Era. "There, in Judy (Garland) Johnson's performance of Joni (Mitchell)'s song, (Cheyenne) Jackson) turned the bittersweet ballad into a stunning highlight in an evening filled with luscious moments with the New York Pops," Joe Dziemianowicz of The New York Daily News.
On December 31, 2012, Jackson performed Music of the Mad Men Era at The Kennedy Center Concert Hall with 96 members of the National Symphony Orchestra and his special musical guest, Tony winner Nina Arianda. Within days, the festival was sold out within days, and critics praised it as dazzling, surprising, and a cool way to ring in 2013.
Jackson became a songwriter and was granted a development artist contract by Sony/ATV's Hickory Records and Red Distribution in March 2012.
Jackson's single "Drive" was his first non-theatrical single and his first music video release on May 10, 2012. Christian Hörlesberger, an Austrian music video director, and Thomas "Tawgs" Salter produced the video. It was the first single from I'm Blue, Skies, that was later released in June 2013. Sia, Stephen "Stevie" Aiello, and Charlotte Sometimes co-authored the album.
Jackson's second single from I'm Blue, Skies, "Before You," which was also produced by Salter, appeared on July 10, 2012. "Before You" hit a peak of #31 on the Hot 100 AC charts in August 2012. Nick Everhart, as well as actress Rachel Dratch and Christina Cole, produced the single's music video. It was inspired by the 1960s classic television shows The Addams Family and The Munsters, as well as classic cinema from the 1970s, 1940s, and 1950s. The film, according to the producer, was a salute to Hollywood's Golden Age.
"She's Pretty, She Lies," "Look at Me," and "I'm Blue, Skies" were among his 2013 singles, which was followed by music videos. On June 3, 2016, Jackson released Renaissance, an album on the PS Classics record label, which was based and expanded from his solo concert Music of the Mad Men Era.