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.
Joshua Carter Jackson (born June 11, 1978) is a Canadian-American actor.
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.
Soon after, he landed the role of Charlie (#96) in The Mighty Ducks series, playing a young and aspiring hockey player. Joshua 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, Michelle Williams and Katie Holmes.
In 2000, he also guest-starred in Season 12 of The Simpsons, voicing the character of Jesse Grass, a "hunky environmentalist" and love interest for Lisa Simpson in the episode "Lisa the Tree Hugger".
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).
He was arrested on November 9, 2002, at a Carolina Hurricanes hockey game in Raleigh, North Carolina, after a quarrel with a security guard.
Soon after, he landed the role of Charlie (#96) in The Mighty Ducks series, playing a young and aspiring hockey player. Joshua 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, Michelle Williams and Katie Holmes.
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).
In 2005, Jackson moved to the UK and made his stage debut on the London West End with Patrick Stewart in David Mamet's two-man play, A Life in the Theatre.
Holmes claims Jackson was her first love. He began dating German actress Diane Kruger in 2006.
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 in the science-fiction series Fringe, created by JJ Abrams, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman.
The series appeared on the Fox TV network and was the second-highest rated new show of the 2008–2009 season after CBS's The Mentalist.
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 in the science-fiction series Fringe, created by JJ Abrams, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman.
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.
BuddyTV ranked him #9 on its "TV's 100 Sexiest Men of 2010" list, #19 in 2011 and #14 in 2012. Jackson was nominated for 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, sporting a bowling shirt and giving out fan fiction, written by Dawson's Creek fans, to those waiting in the Comic-Con entrance line.
BuddyTV ranked him #9 on its "TV's 100 Sexiest Men of 2010" list, #19 in 2011 and #14 in 2012. Jackson was nominated for Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for the film One Week.
BuddyTV ranked him #9 on its "TV's 100 Sexiest Men of 2010" list, #19 in 2011 and #14 in 2012. Jackson was nominated for Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for the film One Week.
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 in the science-fiction series Fringe, created by JJ Abrams, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman.
In 2013, Jackson appeared in the IFC film Inescapable with Marisa Tomei and Alexander Siddig.
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.
Jackson and Kruger ended their relationship in 2016 after 10 years together. Jackson began a relationship with American actress Jodie Turner-Smith in 2018.
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, Children of a Lesser God, where he played James Leeds, an unconventional teacher at school for the deaf who gets in a conflicted professional and romantic relationship with a former deaf student, Sarah Norman (Lauren Ridloff).
The play ran through May 2018. In 2019, Jackson starred as defense attorney Mickey Joseph in the Netflix drama miniseries When They See Us. In 2020, Jackson co-starred with Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington in Hulu's miniseries Little Fires Everywhere based on the novel by Celeste Ng. Jackson has been cast in the title role in Dr.
Jackson and Kruger ended their relationship in 2016 after 10 years together. Jackson began a relationship with American actress Jodie Turner-Smith in 2018.
The play ran through May 2018. In 2019, Jackson starred as defense attorney Mickey Joseph in the Netflix drama miniseries When They See Us. In 2020, Jackson co-starred with Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington in Hulu's miniseries Little Fires Everywhere based on the novel by Celeste Ng. Jackson has been cast in the title role in Dr.
They married in December 2019 and have a daughter, born April 2020. He owns his childhood home in Topanga, California.
The play ran through May 2018. In 2019, Jackson starred as defense attorney Mickey Joseph in the Netflix drama miniseries When They See Us. In 2020, Jackson co-starred with Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington in Hulu's miniseries Little Fires Everywhere based on the novel by Celeste Ng. Jackson has been cast in the title role in Dr.
They married in December 2019 and have a daughter, born April 2020. He owns his childhood home in Topanga, California.
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