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Cheyenne Jackson (born July 12, 1975) is an American actor and singer.[1] He started in regional theater when he moved to Seattle and after moving to New York City made his 2002 Broadway theatre debut understudying both male leads in the Tony Award-winning musical Thoroughly Modern Millie. In 2005, he originated his first Broadway leading role in All Shook Up earning him a Theatre World Award for "Outstanding Broadway Debut". In films, Jackson portrayed Mark Bingham in the 2006 Academy Award nominated United 93 which earned him the Boston Society of Film Critics 2006 award for "Best Ensemble Cast". He has also appeared in the films Curiosity, and Hysteria. On television he played series regular Danny Baker on NBC's 30 Rock. He also guest starred on several series including; Lipstick Jungle, Life on Mars, and Ugly Betty. In 2008, Jackson was cast as the series lead Sebastian Kinglare, and filmed the Lifetime Television pilot Family Practice opposite Anne Archer and Beau Bridges.[2] The series was not picked up for distribution. He also has an album in process but it has been delayed due to his television work.[3] Jackson has starred in several notable webisode series and in 2009 starred in a sold out one man show, "Back to the Start."[3] In 2008, he was named Out magazine's Entertainer of the year and he lent his time to many LGBT and HIV/AIDS charities.[4]
[edit] Early lifeJackson was born in Idaho and was named by his father after the 1950s Western series.[3] The third of four children, he was raised along a "teeny mill town", of about 1,200 people, in the rural area on the Washington-Idaho border.[3] Most people worked at either the paper mill or the sawmill.[3] The family lived on forty acres next to the river between the two states. Their home initially had no indoor plumbing.[3] His father is a Native American and a Vietnam vet, Jackson characterizes him as the "manliest man in the West."[3][5] His mom taught Jackson, his sister and two brothers to sing and regularly played music from Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan and Elvis; singing was a big part of their lives.[3] So was religion; his parents were evangelical born-again Christians and this caused tension when he came out to them as gay at nineteen after he had moved to Spokane, Washington.[3] They didn't speak for a while and religion interfered with communicating.[3] His brother is a pastor who preached on the 700 Club.[3] Eventually the family accepted him being gay.[3] Later he moved to Seattle, Washington where he worked as an ad executive at a magazine and did some theater on the side earning his Equity card.[3] "As soon as I found out what theater was, what Broadway was, I thought, Oh, that's what I'll do with my life. Just a matter of getting all the pieces in place."[3] Inspired to rethink his career after both a death in his family and the 9-11 attacks he moved to New York despite being in a committed relationship.[3] He felt the risk was worth it and began auditioning for roles.[3] [edit] CareerEarly in his career, Jackson worked as a back up singer for Vanessa Williams, Heather Headley, and Liza Minnelli.[6][7] Regionally, Jackson has appeared as Tony in West Side Story, as Joey in The Most Happy Fella, as Cain in Children of Eden, as Berger in Hair, as Billy Bigelow in Carousel, as Joe Hardy in Damn Yankees, as Rocky in The Rocky Horror Show, and as The Poet in Kismet, among many other productions. Jackson made his Broadway debut understudying both male leads in the Tony Award-winning musical Thoroughly Modern Millie. He later served as the standby for the character of Radames in Aida, then originated the role of Matthew in the off-Broadway production of Altar Boyz. In 2005, he originated his first Broadway leading role in the musical tribute to Elvis Presley, All Shook Up. His performance as Chad earned him much critical praise, the Theatre World Award, as well as nominations from the Drama League and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor.[8] In 2006, he starred off-Broadway in playwright Nicky Silver's The Agony and The Agony with Victoria Clark. In June 2007, less than a week before the scheduled opening night, Jackson assumed the lead role of Sonny on Broadway in Xanadu. He replaced actor James Carpinello who had been injured during rehearsal. Previous workshop productions of the musical starred Jackson and Jane Krakowski. However, both Jackson and Krakowski opted out of the initial Broadway run, citing schedule conflicts.[9] His performance as Sonny would go on to earn him nominations from the Drama League and Drama Desk for Outstanding Lead Actor. Xanadu had several Tony Award nominations including "Best New Musical" for which Jackson and the cast performed on the 62nd Tony Awards show.[10] In 2008, Jackson re-teamed with Jane Krakowski and Sean Hayes in the New York City Center's Encores! production of Damn Yankees. He returned to Encores! in 2009, playing Woody Mahoney in the staged concert of Finian's Rainbow which was praised by critics.[11][12][13] Jackson also starred in the development workshop of the musical with the working title of Mormon Musical by Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and Robert Lopez (who co-wrote the music for Avenue Q); the musical will be about Mormons and has a planned 2009 opening.[14] He has guest starred on television series including; Lipstick Jungle, Life on Mars, and Ugly Betty. In 2008, Jackson was cast as the series lead Sebastian Kinglare, and filmed the Lifetime Television pilot Family Practice opposite Anne Archer and Beau Bridges.[2] The series was not picked up for distribution. Jackson has starred in several notable webisode series including; "Cubby Bernstein" opposite Nathan Lane, "Legally Brown" with Allison Janney , and "The [title of show] Show" from the meta-fictional Broadway musical [Title of show].[15][16] In March 2009, Jackson made his nightclub debut at Feinstein's at Lowes Regency with a sold out one man show titled "Back to the Start". He later teamed up with Michael Feinstein to create a nightclub act titled "The Power of Two". The show was praised by the New York Times, Variety, and the New York Daily News among others.[17][18][19][20][21] A CD of the show was released on November 3, 2009. In October 2009 Jackson opened on Broadway to positive critical reviews reprising the role of Woody Mahoney in the Broadway revival of the 1947 musical Finian's Rainbow at the St. James Theatre, costarring with Jim Norton and Kate Baldwin.[22][23][24][25][26] The Wall Street Journal raved, "The way that [Kate Baldwin] and Cheyenne Jackson sing "Old Devil Moon" is the stuff best-selling cast albums are made of."[27] He was a featured performer on the New York Daily News float and telecast of NBC's coverage of the 83rd Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade singing "Play To Win", composed by Michael Feinstein and William Schermerhorn.[28] The cast of Finian's Rainbow will be recording album in December with a release date in early 2010.[29] [edit] Personal lifeHe is openly gay and an LGBT rights supporter, as well as an advocate for several AIDS charities including American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.[30][31] Jackson's partner, Monte, is a physicist; they have been together since 1999.[5] [edit] Discography
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