Joshua Jackson

Canadian actor

Photo by: Gage Skidmore · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Born:June 11, 1978

Age:48

Zodiac Sign:Gemini

Height:1.88 m (6′2″)

Children:1

Born in:Vancouver, Canada

Languages:English

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Joshua Jackson

Canadian actor

Biography

Joshua Carter Jackson (born June 11, 1978) is a Canadian and American actor. He is known for his portrayals 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), a troubled married man on Showtime's The Affair (2014–2018), and Christopher Duntsch in the Peacock crime drama series Dr. Death (2021–2023). For the last of these, he was nominated for a Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor. His other credits include When They See Us (2019), Little Fires Everywhere (2020), and Doctor Odyssey (2024–2025). Outside of television, he came to prominence with his role 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 Genie Award for Best Actor.

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Quotes

“Right now there are a lot of young actors out there. And in the next couple of years, there's inevitably going to be a thinning of the herd. I think if I improve as I go, I'll survive the slaughter.”

— As quoted in the article 'Joshua Makes a Splash" in TV Guide magazine (April 15th, 2000)

“I don't feel that I need to play characters who are role models for young people. If you are only good, you leave them to explore the bad on their own.”

— As quoted in People (April 2002)

“Over 17 years I have played hockey, learned to row, I've been a dog, got blown up... It satisfies the 5 year-old intellectual curiosity, you know? Where I can do anything I want for six months and then move on.”

— As quoted in Entertainment Weekly (September 2nd, 2005)

Quotes sourced from the Wikiquote article "Joshua Jackson", available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.