Jonathan Stevens Jackson (born May 11, 1982) is an American actor, best known as Lucky Spencer, son of supercouple Luke and Laura on the American daytime drama General Hospital. He also played the lead, Jesse Tuck, in the 2002 film Tuck Everlasting.

Biography

Career

Jackson is most famous as Lucky Spencer on General Hospital, a role he played from 1993 to 1999. Jackson has a very close relationship to his onscreen parents, Anthony Geary and Genie Francis, and still calls Geary one of his closest friends to this day. Jackson won three Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Younger Actor for his role as Lucky in 1995, 1998, and 1999.

Jackson has starred in the movies Camp Nowhere, Trapped in a Purple Haze, The Deep End of the Ocean, Tuck Everlasting, Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, Insomnia, and Stephen King's Riding the Bullet. He made two guest appearances in Boy Meets World during the 1997-98 season.

In addition to acting, Jackson plays guitar and sings in a band with his brother, Richard Lee. The band is called Enation, and they have released several albums and had a Top 10 hit on the iTunes national Rock Charts. Jonathan and Richard Lee played under various names before forming Enation, such as Jono and the Rock, Scarlet River and Scarlet Road. Several of the band's songs were aired on General Hospital, the most memorable being his ballad "Elizabeth". Most recently, a song by Enation titled "Feel This" was prominently featured on the television series One Tree Hill, which stars Enation member Michael Galeotti's wife Bethany Joy Galeotti. He had a recurring role as Kyle Reese in the hit Fox TV show Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, playing the father of John Connor before the show was cancelled. In 2009, he will star in the feature film thriller Kalamity, alongside Nick Stahl. It was announced on September 29, 2009 that Jackson will return to General Hospital on October 27 to portray Lucky Spencer, a character he originated.^[1]

Personal life

Jackson was born in Orlando, Florida, the son of Jeanine, an office manager, and Dr. Rick Jackson, a family practitioner, musician, and Congressional candidate in the state of Washington.^[2] Jackson was raised in Washington. He has two siblings. His older brother, Richard Lee, is also an actor and the drummer in their band, Enation. His older sister, Candice, is a lawyer and a best selling author. He is also politically active. He campaigned for Mike Huckabee in 2008 and served as part of the "Hollywood A Team" for George W. Bush in his 2000 presidential campaign.^[3] He married former General Hospital actress Lisa Vultaggio on June 21, 2002. They have a son, Caleb (born on June 21, 2003) and a daughter, Adora (born in the summer of 2005). The family splits their time between Washington and Los Angeles.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

Saturn Award

• 2005: Nominated, Best Performance by a Younger Actor - Riding the Bullet

Brooklyn Film Festival

• 2000: Won, Coen Brothers Award For Duo Filmmakers - Crystal Clear (shared w/Richard Lee Jackson)
• 2000: Won, Festival Award: Best Narrative Short - Drama - Crystal Clear (shared w/Richard Lee Jackson)

Daytime Emmy Award

• 1995: Won, Outstanding Younger Leading Actor in a Drama Series - General Hospital
• 1996: Nominated, Outstanding Younger Leading Actor in a Drama Series - General Hospital
• 1997: Nominated, Outstanding Younger Leading Actor in a Drama Series - General Hospital
• 1998: Won, Outstanding Younger Leading Actor in a Drama Series - General Hospital
• 1999: Won, Outstanding Younger Leading Actor in a Drama Series - General Hospital
• 2000: Nominated, Outstanding Younger Leading Actor in a Drama Series - General Hospital

Soap Opera Digest Awards

• 1995: Won, Outstanding Child Actor - General Hospital
• 1999: Won, Outstanding Young Lead Actor - General Hospital

Young Artist Award

• 1996: Nominated, Best Performance in a Daytime Drama - Young Actor - General Hospital
• 1997: Nominated, Best Performance in a Daytime Drama - Young Actor - General Hospital
• 1999: Nominated, Best Performance in a Daytime Drama - Young Actor - General Hospital

Young Hollywood Award

• 2000: Won, Breakthrough Performance - Male - The Deep End of the Ocean

YoungStar Awards

• 1997: Nominated, Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Made For TV Movie - Prisoner of Zenda, Inc.
• 1997: Won, Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Daytime TV Program - General Hospital.
• 1998: Won, Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Daytime TV Program - General Hospital.
• 1999: Won, Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Daytime TV Program - General Hospital.
• 1999: Nominated, Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Drama Film - The Deep End of the Ocean.
• 2000: Nominated, Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Daytime TV Program - General Hospital.

References

External links

• Jonathan Jackson at the Internet Movie Database
• Official Site: JonathanJackson.net