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Mel Jackson

Born: 13 October 1970 (54 years old)
Gender: Male

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Mel Jackson is an American actor producer, spoken word artist and R&B musician best known for his role as Simuel in the 1997 feature film Soul Food, and for his starring role as Ira Lee 'Tripp' Williams III on the fifth and final season of the television sitcom Living Single, from 1997-1998.

Television Roles

Show

Character

Half & Half - Season 3

Roland

Living Single - Season 5

Ira Lee 'Trip' Williams

Love, Inc. - Season 1

Daniel

NYPD Blue - Season 4

Jermaine Brewer

Reed Between the Lines - Season 1

James

The Jamie Foxx Show - Season 4

Kenny

The Parent 'Hood - Season 3

Ahmad Zaire

The Parkers - Season 5

Johnnie

The Steve Harvey Show - Season 4

Julian


LATEST ARTICLES

Generations: The Legacy Teasers - September 2025

Jack uses Fikile to distract Pele but things go wrong... and tragedy strikes.

New on TV today: Tuesday 19 August 2025

Food Network hosts the Chef Grudge Match and Nat Geo documents more Construction Fails.

New! Tunte Teasers - August 2025

Money. The more Tunte pursues it, the more it escapes her reach. And then she gets burnt.

Sneak peek pix: Dintle and Nhloso's Scandal!ous wedding

A colour scheme centred round gold, a celebrity cake and side eyes.

Anupama Teasers - September 2025

Anupama discovers Raghav's diary and decides to turn its story into a musical play.

New on TV today: Monday 18 August 2025

New novela Black Gold starts on BET and medical drama Watson is new on M-Net.

New on TV today: Sunday 17 August 2025

Reality show Kwanele Bazali begins on Mzansi Magic and Botched Presents: Plastic Surgery Rewind on E!.

New on TV today: Saturday 16 August 2025

Two wildlife docs air on Nat Geo Wild today: Dung Mafia and Heart of the Elephant.

On Carte Blanche: baking company accused of mixing toxic products and assault

Stir in sexual harassment and cook for an hour.

Saras & Kumud Teasers - September 2025

Saraswatichandra assaults Prashant but is knocked out by one of his men - and disappears.

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