Stoney Jackson
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| Born | Stonewall W. Jackson February 27, 1960 Richmond, Virginia,  United States |
Stonewall W. "Stoney" Jackson (born February 27, 1960 in Richmond, Virginia) is an African-American character actor.
[edit] Career
Jackson was born in Richmond, Virginia, and was featured in numerous teen magazines in the 1970s and 1980s, including Right On, Teen Beat, and Tiger Beat. He portrayed high school basketball player Jesse Mitchell on the ensemble series The White Shadow, and Travis Fillmore on the sitcom 227. Notably, he was one of the more visible dancers in Michael Jackson's Beat It, one of the most popular music videos of all time. He appeared in the video "I Can Dream About You" by Dan Hartman as the lead vocalist of the group "The Sorels," from the film "Streets of Fire" (1984) along with actors Grand L. Bush, Robert Townsend, & Mykelti Williamson, as well as the film CB4 with actors Chris Rock, and Allen Payne, which he played a small role named Wacky Dee. He was the one that sang "Dance". He also had a role in the show Walker, Texas Ranger where he played as Zack Russell.
More recently, he has guest starred as a martial arts instructor on an episode of Everybody Hates Chris.
