Joshua Jackson | |
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Born | Joshua Carter Jackson June 11, 1978 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
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Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1991–present |
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Partner | Diane Kruger (2006–2016)[1] |
Children | 1 |
Joshua Carter Jackson (born June 11, 1978)[2] is a Canadian-American actor. He is known for his portrayal of Pacey Witter on The WB's teen drama Dawson's Creek (1998–2003), Peter Bishop in the Fox science fiction series Fringe (2008–2013), Cole Lockhart on Showtime's The Affair (2014–2018), Dan Gallagher in the Paramount+ series Fatal Attraction, and Dr. Christopher Duntsch in the Peacock crime drama series Dr. Death (2021). For the latter, he was nominated for the 2022 Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Limited Series. He also stars as Dr. Max Bankman in the ABC series Dr. Odyssey (2024-). His other credits include When They See Us (2019), and Little Fires Everywhere (2020).
Outside of television, he played Joshua Black in Magic in the Water in 1995. Jackson came to prominence playing Charlie Conway in the Mighty Ducks film series (1992–1996). His other film appearances include Apt Pupil (1998), Urban Legend (1998), Cruel Intentions (1999), The Skulls (2000), Gossip (2000), The Safety of Objects (2001), The Laramie Project (2002), Cursed (2005), Bobby (2006), and Shutter (2008). For his performance in the Canadian independent drama One Week (2008), Jackson won the 2010 Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role.