Joshua Jackson

Joshua Jackson recently starred in the Paramount+ drama series “Fatal Attraction” and the Peacock drama series “Dr. Death,” which earned Jackson earned a 2022 Critics Choice Award nomination for Best
Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television.

Jackson is currently shooting “Karate Kid” for Sony Pictures and will begin production on “Doctor Odyssey” for ABC and Ryan Murphy Productions as the lead and titular character as well as executive producer of the series.

Well known as “Dawson’s Creek”’s fast-talking, self-deprecating Pacey Witter, Jackson has been working in front of the camera for over 20 years. Jackson’s TV credits in recent years include the Hulu limited series “Little Fires Everywhere” starring opposite Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington, the award-winning Netflix miniseries “When They See Us” for Ava DuVernay, Showtime’s “The Affair,” the National Geographic Channel’s Emmy® Award-winning documentary series “Years of Living Dangerously” and FOX’s “Fringe” created by J.J. Abrams.

In 2018, Jackson made his Broadway debut in “Children of a Lesser God” starring alongside Lauren Ridloff, telling the story of an unconventional teacher at a school for the deaf and the remarkable woman he meets there. The show received rave reviews with The New York Times calling Jackson a revelation in his role. Jackson’s additional stage credits include a successful run on London’s West End starring in “A Life in the Theatre” alongside Patrick Stewart. The acclaimed comedy was written by the Pulitzer Prize and Olivier Award-winning, and Oscar®-nominated David Mamet. He also starred in the off-Broadway play “Smart People” at New York’s Second Stage Theatre, about four Harvard intellectuals finding themselves entangled in a complex web of social politics.

Jackson’s feature film debut was in Michael Bortman’s “Crooked Hearts,” which he followed up with “The Mighty Ducks” trilogy, “Digger” and “Andre the Seal.” Jackson starred in Universal Pictures’ “The Skulls,” Rose Troche’s acclaimed drama “The Safety of Objects,” the HBO Films version of Moises Kaufman’s groundbreaking play “The Laramie Project,” and in Regent Films’ “Aurora Borealis,” opposite Donald Sutherland.
Jackson’s additional feature film credits include “Sky,” “Cursed,” “Gossip,” Bryan Singer’s “Apt Pupil” and “Cruel Intentions.” He also starred opposite Rebecca Hall, Bruce Willis and Catherine Zeta Jones in “Lay the Favorite” for director Stephen Frears and “Inescapable” opposite Marisa Tomei. He was seen as part of the ensemble cast of the critically acclaimed film “Bobby” for director Emilio Estevez and starred in the psychological thriller “Shutter” for 20th Century Fox/New Regency which was shot on location in Tokyo. Additionally, he had noted cameos in Steven Soderbergh’s “Ocean’s 11,” “Scream 2,” “Urban Legend” and “I Love Your Work.” In 2010, he received the Best Actor Genie Award for his starring role in the Canadian Independent feature film “One Week.”

PERSONAL INFORMATION
HOMETOWN: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
BIRTHDATE: June 11