Jonathan Jackson
Jonathan Jackson
Jonathan Jacksonis an American actor, musician and author. His first well known character was Lucky Spencer on the ABC Daytime soap opera General Hospital, a role which has won him five Emmy Awards. In 2002, he played Jesse Tuck in the film Tuck Everlasting. In 2004 he started the band Enationwith his brother, actor Richard Lee Jackson and friend Daniel Sweatt. In 2012 he got the role of Avery Barkley in the ABC prime time drama Nashville...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth11 May 1982
CountryUnited States of America
Yeah... I like films, I like movies, I like playing different characters and working with different actors and filming in different places. I like movies because it's kind of a combination of every art: it's like, it's picture, it's story, it's music, it's kind of like a clash and a collide of every art. It's really neat.
He's basically a very optimistic, joyful type of guy who really wants to enjoy life, ... Peter Pan character.
I think acting is a gift. I look at someone like Ben Kingsley, and he's incredibly charismatic, even when he's not acting. He's an incredibly hard worker, and he has a very specific system that he does with his work.
I wouldn't say it's fallen off any. We still have some great players on the field.
For years, I've thought about a project or a way where I could do acting and music together, and I never really thought that would happen. Then 'Nashville' came along, and it was like a dream come true to marry both of those worlds.
We had all the funds and everything agreed, and then someone came in and bought it for $12 million and literally did it overnight.
God puts certain things in certain people. I'm a restless soul. I'm always searching. I'm always pressing to find what truth is and what life is all about.
When it comes to chemistry with actors, I always feel chemistry is not something that comes and goes. You either have it or you don't.
I'd rather live forever in Heaven than a place where there's terrorism and hate.
I like films, I like movies, I like playing different characters and working with different actors, and filming in different places. I like movies, because it's kind of a combination of every art, it's like it's picture, it's story, it's music, it's kind of like a clash and a collide of every art. It's really neat.
I think acting is a gift. I think certain people for some reason just have a gift that they were meant to perform.
I don't really have an ambition to become the Rolling Stones, or anything like that. For me, it's just playing music is kind of a transcendent, amazing gift, so when people come together and they play, I think it's a real special thing.
There's nothing better than actually getting to watch the person and see his or her mannerisms.
Often times, if a character is pretty straightforward, he or she is not as interesting to portray.