Andrew Jackson is a Canadian voice, television, film and theatre actor best known for his role as Dr. Stephen Hamill on All My Children.
Biography
Andrew Jackson was born to a military clergyman and a high-school music teacher in Newmarket, and spent his childhood in various parts of Ontario, Alberta, and Nova Scotia, Canada. He received a Bachelor in English at McMaster University and later attended the National Theatre School and Banff School of Fine Arts to complete his training as an actor.
Since the beginning of his career, Jackson proved to be a versatile actor and as a result, has worked extensively in television, film and theatre. From 1987 to 1990 he was part of his home country's prestigious Stratford Festival, winning in his first year the Jean A. Chalmers Award for most promising newcomer. During that time he got his first minor screen roles in such features as State Park and Red Blooded American Girl.
After that, he set his sights on New York City and got his first big break when cast as Dr. Stephen Hamill on All My Children, which would give him a steady fan base and the exposure needed to jump-start a screen career.
Following that work, he came back to the stage playing Christian in the Sterling Award winning production of Cyrano de Bergerac at the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton in 1994.
As the decade progressed, he could frequently be seen in such small-screen series as Family Passions and Sirens, in addition to a number of made-for-television features including Breach of Faith: Family of Cops II. Jackson continued gaining momentum onscreen with roles in The Last Don II and John Woo's Blackjack. A fateful trip to Los Angeles to essay a guest role on the popular series Charmed was followed by a return to Canada to play the lead in the popular series Wind at My Back and a recurring role in Earth: Final Conflict. In 2002, Jackson appeared in no less than nine film and television productions including Steven Spielberg's acclaimed sci-fi miniseries Taken.
The new millennium seemed to be treating him very well, with a recurring role in the series Andromeda, another guest spot in the popular Category 6: Day of Destruction and in the 2005 thriller Edison, acting alongside Kevin Spacey and Morgan Freeman, as Ives, a hard-assed, militaristic cop, whose part of a F.R.A.T. unit that is unanswerable to the law. Right after that, he took part in the pilot of a series then called Quantico that would become a big hit since its debut that fall under the final title of Criminal Minds. A succession of recurring roles would follow in series and miniseries like Terminal City, Merlin's Apprentice, The Collector, Kyle XY, XIII and Being Erica.
Jackson has also made his way into the commercial voice world and completed more than a hundred voice projects. Of course he has made incursions in the world of video games with vocal work for series like Beast Wars: Transformers and providing the opening title narrations for Earth: Final Conflict being his favorite his first, the Incredible Hulk for the Marvel series. He too has landed roles in numerous animation series including Razzbery Jazzberry Jam, Skatoony, Pippi Lonstonking, Di-Gata Defenders II and The Amazing Spiez.
Jackson spent part of his free time with an organization called A.R.K. (Actors Reading for Kids) visiting children in schools and hospitals and reading for them.
Criminal Minds
He portrayed Tim Vogel, a prison guard serial rapist and killer partnered with an ex-inmate sociopath in the Season One episode Extreme Agressor.
Filmography
- Skatoony (2010) TV series (voice) - Xcqankly
- Razzberry Jazzberry Jam - Jazzberries Unplugged (singing voice) - The Shock: The Electric Guitar, The Disappearing Act (voice) - Tesla the Theremin and Bongo Mania (2010) TV episodes (voice) - Nestor & Cesar, The Bongo Drums
- Sea Wolf (2009) TV mini-series - Johnson
- The Amazing Spiez - Operation Solo Spy (2009) TV episode (voice) - Macho Man
- Being Erica - The Secret of Now and Such a Perfect Day (2009) TV episodes - Marcus Stahl
- XIII - Le jour du soleil noir and Toutes les larmes de l'enfer (2008) TV episodes - Roger Deakins
- The Dead Zone - Ambush (2007) TV episode - Doug O'Connell
- Seed (2007) - Dr. Parker Wickson
- Di-Gata Defenders - Von Faustien (2007) TV episode (voice) - Von Faustien
- Hank William's First Nation - Duelling Hotties (2006) TV episode - David Wright
- Kyle XY - Memory Serves, Overheard and Endgame (2006) TV episode - Cyrus Reynolds
- Sandcastle (2006) - Ian
- The Evidence - Five Little Indians (2006) TV episode - Oliver Beckman
- The Collector - 6 episodes (2004-2006) TV episodes - Danny Hullstrom
- Merlin's Apprentice (2006) TV mini-series - Master Burton
- Terminal City - Episode #1.6, Episode #1.7 and Episode #1.8 (2005) TV episodes - Tomas Bukowski
- Devil Kings (2005) (VG) (voice) - Lark/warrior
- Criminal Minds - Extreme Aggressor (2005) TV episode - Tim Vogel
- Edison (2005) - Ives
- Steklo (2005) TV mini-series - Morgan
- Category 6: Day of Destruction (2004) - Walt Ashley
- Life As We Know It - The Best Laid Plans, Partly Cloudy, Chance of Sex and Secrets & Lies (2004) TV episodes - Walter Bradford
- The Book of Ruth (2004) - Elton
- My Father's an Actor (2004) - Father
- Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004) - Man In Car
- Andromeda - Double or Nothingness (2003) and The Torment, the Release (2004) TV episodes - Lipp-Sett
- Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye - Girl Who Signed Wolf (2003) and Bad Hair Day (2004) TV episodes - Kevin Duffman
- Tarzan - Pilot (2003) TV episode - Jonathan Clayton
- Conception (2003) - Andrew
- Doc - Evaluate This (2003) TV episode - Danny Taylor
- Cold Squad - Bob & Carol & Len & Ali (2003) TV episode - Jeff Hawkins
- The Sea (2003) - George
- Taken - High Hopes (2002) TV episode - Buddy Parker
- We'll Meet Again (2002) - Nick Whitehall
- Smallville - Duplicity (2002) TV episode - Ray Wallace
- Sound of Pain (2002) (voice) - Various Mental Patients (Voice Overs)
- Try Seventeen (2002) - Guy
- Scared Silent (2002) - Officer John McCrane
- Earth: Final Conflict - 4 episodes (1997-2002) TV episodes - The First Jaridian
- My Brother's Keeper (2002) - Adam Ruane
- Deadly Betrayal (2002) - Adam Hamilton
- Fade to Black (2002) - C. Klein
- Bombmakers (2002) - Malcolm
- Shotoku taishi (2001) (voice) - Hata
- Wind at My Back - 9 episodes (1997-2001) TV episodes - Vanaver Mainwairing
- Los luchadores - Confrontation in the Constellation (2001) TV episode - Gniknod
- First Wave - Legacy (2000) TV episode - Davis
- Stargate SG-1 - Divide and Conquer (2000) TV episode - Supreme High Councillor Per'sus
- Beggars and Choosers - Fifty Three Percent Solution (2000) TV episode - Richard Ellis
- Big Wolf on Campus - Commie Dawkins (2000) TV episode - Boris
- Catch a Falling Star (2000) - Ryan Steele
- Millennium Man (1999) - Jake Adaman/Adam/Adam II
- Held Up (1999) - Billy (SWAT Team Leader)
- Amazon - Fallen Angels (1999) TV episode - Colonel Miller
- Charmed - That '70s Episode (1999) TV episode - Nicholas
- Highlander: The Raven - Crime & Punishment (1998) and The Devil You Know (1999) TV episodes - Darryl Keenan
- Cover Me (1999) TV mini-series - Kevin
- Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms (1998) - Sgt. Andrew Scott/GR13
- Arli$$ - The Family Trust (1998) TV episode - Luc Cassoulet
- Blackjack (1998) - Don Tragle
- The Last Don II (1998) TV mini-series - Dirk Von Schelburg (unknown episodes)
- Shadow Builder (1998) - Shadowbuilder
- Marvel vs Capcom: Clash of the Super Heroes (1998) (VG) (voice) - The Incredible Hulk
- PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal - Possession/Man Out of Time (1996) and The Warrior (1997) TV episodes - Frank Kelterbourne
- Fast Track - Kennedy Gets a Ride (1997) TV episode - Tucker Ricks
- Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way (1997) - Paul O'Neill
- Pippi Longstocking (1997) (voice) - Romeo/Old, Classical Stage Actor
- Beast Wars: Transformers - Other Voices: Part 1 and Other Voices: Part 2 (1997) TV episodes - Additional Voices
- Breach of Faith: Family of Cops II (1997) - Boris Kalichoff
- Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter (1997) (VG) (voice) - The Incredible Hulk/Dr. Bruce Banner
- F/X: The Series - Eye of the Dragon (1996) TV episode - Blade
- Road to Avonlea - Davey and the Mermaid (1996) TV episode - Goliath
- Twists of Terror (1996) - Barry
- Specimen (1996) - Sixty-Six
- Due South - North (1995) TV episode - Duff Hogan
- Lonesome Dove: The Series - Rebellion (1995) TV episode - Acton
- Marvel Super Heroes (1995) (VG) (voice) - The Incredible Hulk/Thanos of Titan
- Ultraforce - Prime Ambition and A Veiled Threat (1995) TV episodes (voice)
- Sirens - Gun Play: Part 1 and Gun Play: Part 2 (1994) TV episode - Chris Joworski
- Family Passions - 29 episodes (1993-1994) TV episodes - Jön Futing
- Bermuda Grace (1994) - Raymond Mitchell
- Highlander - The Darkness (1993) TV episode - Pallin Wolf
- All My Children - 173 episodes (1991-1993) TV episodes - Dr. Stephen Hamill
- Top Cops - Charles Wells/Michael Carew (1991) TV episode - Michael Carew
- Peeping Tom (1991) - Mr. Battering Ram
- Red Blooded American Girl (1990) - Donald
- Friday the 13th - The Charnel Pit (1990) TV episode - General Lafayette
- The Comedy of Errors (1989) - Balthazar
- State Park (1988) - Corky
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents - The Initiation (1987) TV episode - Parks
WRITER
- Conception (2003) (story)
- Sound of Pain (2002) (voiceovers)
CASTING DIRECTOR
- The Sea (2003)
- Fade to Black (2002/I)
LINKS
- For an up-to-date Filmography: imdb.com/Andrew Jackson
Notes
- He can sing and plays both piano and trumpet, and has even composed his own piano music.
- He can perform over 65 different character voices and accents, including a mean Jack Nicholson impersonation.
- He is a certified scuba diver.
- He has participated more than once in the annual January First Polar Bear Swim in Vancouver.