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Joshua Jackson

Full / Real Name: Joshua Carter Jackson
Born: 11 June 1978 (46 years old)
Gender: Male

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Joshua Jackson is a Canadian actor best known for his role as Pacey Witter in the television series Dawson's Creek, as well as for film roles including Cruel Intentions, The Mighty Ducks series, Apt Pupil, Scream 2, The Laramie Project and The Skulls.

Jackson was part of the ensemble cast of the critically acclaimed film Bobby directed by Emilio Estevez, and the psychological thriller Shutter that was shot on location in Tokyo.

Additionally, Jackson enjoyed 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-winning and Oscar-nominated David Mamet.

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 The Skulls, in Rose Troche's acclaimed drama The Safety of Objects, the HBO Films version of Moises Kaufman's groundbreaking play The Laramie Project and Aurora Borealis as a troubled young man opposite Donald Sutherland.

He had noted cameos in Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's 11, Scream 2, Urban Legend and I Love Your Work. His additional feature film credits include Cursed, Gossip, Bryan Singer's Apt Pupil and Cruel Intentions.

He starred in the science fiction television series Fringe, as Peter Bishop, from 2008-2013.

A Vancouver native, Jackson divides his time between his hometown, Los Angeles and New York.


Television Roles

Show

Character

Blaine Tuttle

Pacey J. Witter

Pacey J. Witter

Pacey J. Witter

Pacey J. Witter

Pacey J. Witter

Pacey J. Witter

Peter Bishop

Peter Bishop

Peter Bishop

Peter Bishop

Peter Bishop

Cole Lockhart

Cole Lockhart

Cole Lockhart

Cole Lockhart

Devon Taylor

Jesse Grass


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