Michael J. Jackson (actor)

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Michael J. Jackson

Born

January 19, 1948
Liverpool, England

Awards won
Other Awards
Evening Standard British Film Awards for Most Promising Newcomer Actor 1978

Michael J. Jackson (born 19 January 1948 in Liverpool) is an English actor.

1 Early career
2 TV appearances
3 Filmography
4 Off Screen
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Early career

Michael appeared in several theatre productions early on in his career, including a West End production with Rowan Atkinson and The Watford Theatre's production of The Incident at Tulse Hill. He won the Evening Standard British Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer Actor in 1978.^[1]

He continues to work in theatres across the country throughout his career, including a stint as Duke Frederick in Shakespeare's As You Like It in 2000, and most recently in 2004 when he starred as George Pye in Humble Boy at the Northcott Theatre, Devon.

[edit] TV appearances

He appeared in several TV series at the beginning of his career starting with one episode of Man About The House in 1973, followed by Anna Karenina, The Legend of Robin Hood, Play For Today, Doctor Who, One Summer and Fairly Secret Army. In 1987 Michael appeared in the popular and now cult TV series Wish Me Luck, with a leading role in all 3 series between 1987 and 1990. Following the success of this show Michael appeared in one-off episodes of Maigret, Bugs and Ellington before undertaking a role in the popular Liverpudlian soap Brookside in 1996-1998.

Michael also made several appearances in the TV series Highlander: The Series in 1996-1997. His next TV role was in the drama Now You See Her, also starring Amanda Holden. He went on to appear in The White Knight Stratagem, Dalziel and Pascoe and Judge John Deed.

In 2002 Michael appeared in the TV drama Birthday Girl starring Sarah Lancashire. His next TV role was as a doctor in the popular BBC soap/drama Doctors from 2003-2004. He has since appeared in Murphy's Law, Casualty, Faith, Dream Team and more recently the ITV drama Mobile which was screened in May 2007.

During October/November 2007 Michael took part in a reality TV show Make Me A Film Star. He was on the judging panel auditioning many hopeful actors up and down the country for a role in a new film which he will co-direct with Phil Middlemiss (also on the panel).

[edit] Filmography

Michael's films include Sweeney 2, That Summer, The Glory Boys, Morons From Outer Space, The Fourth Protocol, There's Only One Jimmy Grimble, Family Portrait (a 4 minute award winning short film) and in July 2007 he completed filming a new movie Stepdad which also stars Ricky Tomlinson. This is due to be shown on TV early in 2008.