Jonathan Jackson

At 42 years old, Jonathan Jackson has this physical status:

Jonathan Stevens Jackson (born May 11, 1982) is an American actor, singer, and writer. (See Encounter) and author.

Lucky Spencer of ABC Daytime's General Hospital was his first well-known character, winning him five Emmy Awards.

In the film Tuck Everlasting, he appeared in Jesse Tuck.

Enescence formed in 2004 with his brother, actor and drummer Richard Lee Jackson, as well as friend Daniel Sweatt.

He portrayed Avery Barkley in the ABC/CMT musical drama series Nashville from 2012 to 2018.

Early life

Jackson was born in Orlando, Florida, the son of Jeanine (née Sharp), an amateur ventriloquist and businesswoman, and Dr. Rick "Ricky Lee" Jackson, a family physician, country musician, and a congressional candidate in the state of Washington. Jackson was born in Battle Ground, Washington, with his brother Richard Lee Jackson, now an actor and singer, and sister Candice Jackson, now a prosecutor and government official in the Trump administration. Jonathan attended Meadow Glade Elementary School.

In 1991, Jackson's family went to Universal Studios Hollywood, where both Richard and Jonathan decided to pursue acting. The brothers began training in Portland, Oregon, before moving part-time to Burbank, California, with their mother in 1993. Jackson gained a role in the ABC Daytime soap opera GM General Hospital after doing various commercials. Jackson continued his education as he worked, graduating high school at age 16.

Personal life

On June 21, 2002, Jackson married Lisa Vultaggio, a former General Hospital actress at the age of 20. "Some people felt we were too young to marry," Jackson told the Chicago Sun-Times. However, we didn't get the need to wait. It's right when it's right." To raise their children, the couple migrated to Battle Ground, Washington, in Jackson's hometown. They have three children: Caleb (born June 21, 2003), Adora (born in 2005), and Titus Gabriel (born October 7, 2010).

Jackson, the son of Seventh-day Adventist parents, was raised as a non-denominational Christian and has always been vocal about his faith. As a teen Jackson, he did not drink or do drugs as part of his belief system. Jackson was also a proponent of abstinence from premarital sex. During his award acceptance addresses, Jackson also thanked God. While Jackson was on General Hospital, he and his family held a home church in Burbank, which included Jackson's future wife Lisa Vultaggio. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly in 1999, Jackson discussed how his convictions influenced his choice of acting roles. "I would not be involved with a movie that is a direct slap in the face of God." [...] I'm an actor, so I must play people who disagree with me. I'd be able to play a character that was completely unbelieving and anti-God, as long as it wasn't the intended message of the whole film."

Jackson appeared on "What Is Your Anti-Drug" in 2002, DKNY-sponsored "What's Your Anti-Drug?" He was posed in a montage photograph for the 2003 calendar, and he said that his anti-drug was faith. In 2012, Jackson and his family were baptized into the Eastern Orthodox Church. Jackson cited a trip to Romania and Rome as the first step in learning about Christianity's history. He thanked the Holy Trinity and Monks on Orthodox monastic enclave Mount Athos in his acceptance address for his 2012 Daytime Emmy Award. "These people [are] dedicating their lives to prayer, not just praying for themselves," Jackson later explained in an interview, but ultimately, we are praying for all of us. And then this thought crossed my mind: with all the chaos, chaos, and insanity that goes on in this world, what would be like? Personally, I felt like I just wanted to thank them because I know that their prayers mean a lot."

As of September 18, 2020, OrthoChristian.com reports that Jackson had migrated to Ireland to help support a new monastery that had been established by the Romanian Orthodox Metropolis of Southern and Western Europe. "It's the primary reason I moved," he says in the interview, "I have been waiting for years for an Orthodox monastery to be established in Ireland."

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Career

Lucky Spencer on GM Hospital was Jackson's first notable appearance, a role he played from 1993 to 1999. Jackson has received numerous accolades for his role as Lucky. He was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series six times, winning first in 1995 and 1999, making him the youngest Actor category champion for both nominations and wins. In 1995 and 1999, he received Soap Opera Digest Awards. In 1996, 1997, and 1999, he was nominated for Young Artist Awards. He received the YoungStar Award in 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 1999, and was nominated in 2000. Jackson was also a "teen heartthrob" among fans, as seen on fan magazines such as Tiger Beat and gaining a following of fan clubs and internet followers. In 1999, he was named one of People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People.

Jackson starred in his first feature film Camp Nowhere as Morris "Mud" Himmel in 1994 while working at General Hospital. During this period, he appeared in made-for-television films Prisoner of Zenda, Inc., and The Legend of the Ruby Silver, and made a guest appearance on ABC sitcom Boy Meets World's Season 5 on Monday. Jackson directed The Deep End of the Ocean in 1999, just after leaving General Hospital, opposite Michelle Pfeiffer. Jackson's director, Ulu Grosbard, described him as a "highly gifted actor." He put on a tone, a presence, and chemistry with Michelle from the beginning. He's just 15 years old, but he's a good actor with both focus and humor." "It's like he was my own son when Jonathan and I read together." We just went at each other in a way that only a mother and her son could do. His reading was enthralling." In 1997 for Prisoner of Zenda, Inc., and 1999 for The Deep End of the Ocean, Jackson was nominated for YoungStar Awards.

Jackson was expected to be playing Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones, according to Newsweek magazine in December 1999. However, he was soon dropped from the race, and publications speculated that the prior coverage had damaged his chances due to creator George Lucas's choice for secrecy. Jackson continued his film career in 2000 with the independent film True Rights and the ABC television film Trapped in a Purple Haze. At the Brooklyn Film Festival, Jackson produced and directed Crystal Clear, which received Best Dramatic Short Film and the Coen Brothers Award for Duo-Filmmaking. Jesse Tuck, one of his most well-known film roles, appeared in Tuck Everlasting, which he shot simultaneously with Insomnia. In 2004, Jackson shot Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights and Riding the Bullet. Kyle Reese appeared in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles from 2008 to 2009, portraying the father of John Connor before the show was cancelled.

On September 29, 2009, it was announced that Jackson would return to GM to reprise Lucky Spencer's role. Jackson received his fourth Daytime Emmy and first Outstanding Supporting Actor Award in 2011. Jackson had opted to leave General Hospital on November 7, 2011, and his last airdate was December 23, 2011. Jackson's character is not intended to be revived or killed off, leaving the door open for him to return with the show in the future. Jackson received his fifth Daytime Emmy Award and his second straight win for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2012.

He appeared in the ABC drama Nashville as singer-songwriter Avery Barkley in 2012. Jonathan sang and played the guitar himself on the series alongside the rest of the cast members.

Jackson took guitar lessons and taught himself how to play the piano as an infant. He had a growing family band with many family friends when he was growing up. The band's name, "Scarlet Road" appeared on the band's website in 2000, including his brother, uncle, and father. Jonathan and his brother Richard had dubbed their group "Jono and the Rock" by 2002.

The group morphed into Enation, where Jackson is the frontman, performing guitar, vocals, and writing the bulk of the songs. Jonathan's brother Richard (drums) and their buddy Jonathan Thatcher (bass, previously of Delirious) are among the band members.

Since being featured on the CW television drama series One Tree Hill, the band has released several albums and their song "Feel This" became a top ten hit on the iTunes national Rock Charts. Enation's songs have also been featured on Riding the Bullet and General Hospital.

As well as performing as a singer, guitarist, and piano, Jackson wrote the song "The Morning of the Rain" which appeared on episode 7 and 19 of Nashville's first season. Enation has also appeared on the Billboard Top ten (Live From Nashville DVD, #9) and has received several radio and television appearances, including live performances on The View and VH1's Big Morning Buzz Live.

Jackson recorded a song dedicated to the Hilandar and Serbian Orthodox monasteries in Kosovo in June 2020.

Jackson published a book of poetry under the pen name J. S. Jackson in the spring of 2012, titled Book of Solace and Madness. He talked about his yet-to-be-published book Acting in the Spirit, which would explore the link between his Eastern Orthodox faith and his acting career. Jackson's book The Mystery of Art: Becoming an Artist in the Image of God appeared in November 2014.

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