Joshua Carter Jackson is a Canadian-American actor. He has appeared in primetime television and in over 32 film roles. His well-known roles include Pacey Witter in Dawson's Creek, Charlie Conway in The Mighty Ducks film series and Peter Bishop in Fringe.
Background
Ethnicity:
Jackson's father is from Texas and his mother is a native of Ballyfermot, Dublin, Ireland, having emigrated to North America in the late 1960s.
Joshua Jackson was born on 11 Lune in 1978 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Not long after his sister was born his parents divorced and Jackson, his mother and sister then moved to Seattle.
Education
Joshua Jackson attended Einstein Middle School in Shoreline, Washington. Shortly thereafter, he moved to Vancouver with his mother and younger sister. He attended Ideal Mini School and later switched to Kitsilano Secondary School. In an interview with The New York Times, Jackson said he was kicked out of high school once because of The Jon Stewart Show: "[The show] 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." He claims that the first time was because of "attitude" problems and that he "wasn't in the school spirit".
Career
Jackson started acting in Crooked Hearts with a small part he got from his mother. The next year, he played the role of Charlie in a musical version of "Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory". Through the play's casting director, Laura Kennedy, he met William Morris, his agent. Soon after, Jackson landed the role of Charlie (#96) in The Mighty Ducks series, a part for which Jake Gyllenhaal was also considered (years later both would also be amongst a small group of actors considered for the role of Bruce Wayne/Batman in Batman Begins, which eventually went to Christian Bale). Jackson went on to appear as Pacey Witter on Dawson's Creek, which ran on the WB network from 1998–2003, and also starred James Van Der Beek, Michelle Williams, and Katie Holmes. While the show was on hiatus, he appeared in several movies including The Skulls, The Safety of Objects, The Laramie Project and a short cameo in the remake of Ocean's Eleven where 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, voicing the character of Jesse Grass, a "hunky environmentalist" and love interest for Lisa Simpson in the episode "Lisa the Tree Hugger".
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. 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. His next film role was in the all-star ensemble drama Bobby, directed by Emilio Estevez, Jackson's co-star from The Mighty Ducks. He played a lead role in a US remake of the Asian horror film Shutter. He starred and acted as executive producer in the Canadian independent film One Week, which opened on March 6, 2009.
Jackson plays Peter Bishop in J.J. Abrams' science-fiction series Fringe. Created by JJ Abrams, Roberto Orci, and Alex Kurtzman. The series appears on the Fox TV network and was the second-highest rated new show of the 2008–2009 season after CBS's The Mentalist. BuddyTV ranked him #9 on its "TV's 100 Sexiest Men of 2010" list and #19 in 2011. Jackson was nominated for Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for the film One Week. He then won the award on April 12, 2010.
He held and hosted Pacey-Con in 2010, directly across the street from the San Diego Comic-Con, sporting a bowling shirt and giving out fan fiction he wrote himself 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.
Works
film
Crooked Hearts
The Mighty Ducks
Digger
D2: The Mighty Ducks
Andre
Magic in the Water
D3: The Mighty Ducks
Robin of Locksley
Ronnie and Julie
Scream 2
The Battery
Apt Pupil
Urban Legend
Cruel Intentions
The Skulls
Gossip
The Safety of Objects
Ocean's Eleven
The Laramie Project
Lone Star State of Mind
I Love Your Work
Cursed
Racing Stripes
Americano
Aurora Borealis
The Shadow Dancer
Bobby
Battle in Seattle
Shutter
Gashole
One Week
Lay the Favorite
Inescapable
movie
Payoff
Robin of Locksley
The Simpsons
series
Champs
Ronnie & Julie
On the Edge of Innocence
The Outer Limits
Dawson's Creek
Capitol Law
Fringe
TV series
Cubix
Interests
Enjoys playing the harmonica in his free time.
Connections
Joshua had a girlfriend: Diane Kruger (2006–2016).