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Name: Andrew Jackson
Character: Araknor
Place of Birth: Newmarket, Ontario, Canada

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Andrew Jackson was born in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada. He is the son of an armed forces padre and a high school music teacher, and spent his childhood in various parts of Ontario, Alberta, and Nova Scotia. The 6' 2 ½" actor’s leading man looks tend to defy the character roles he often portrays. He is a versatile actor who has worked extensively in television, film, and theatre.

Andrew spent four years at Canada’s prestigious Stratford Festival (1987-1990). Following his first season, he was presented with the Jean A. Chalmers Award for most promising newcomer. During Stratford’s off- season in 1987, he received rave reviews for his performance in "Goosespit" - Great Canadian Theatre Company in Ottawa.

In 1991 Andrew landed a contract role as "Dr. Stephen Hamill" on ABC’s "All My Children". After an enjoyable taste of New York City life, Andrew flew to Bermuda in 1993 to play his first on camera villain in the television pilot "Bermuda Grace" for NBC. He later headed off to Vancouver to guest star as a psychopathic villain on the "Highlander" series (Filmline International).

In 1994 Andrew co-starred as "Christian" with Tony Award winner Brent Carver (Kiss of the Spiderwoman) in Robin Phillips Sterling Award winning production of "Cyrano de Bergerac" at the Citadel Theatre. The production broke all box office records. The Edmonton Sun called it "the kind of world class performance we don’t see very often in Edmonton and should not be missed". Andrew later revisited the Citadel as "Apporodorus" in Shaw’s "Caesar and Cleopatra".

In 1995 Andrew proceeded to do a series of episodics, stage, and film work. The following year he was cast in the title role as "Bram Stroker’s Shadowbuilder" (feature, Applecreek Productions). He later turned in a startling performance as the Russian mafia, priest killer "Boris Kalichoff" in the CBS MOW "Breach of Faith: Family of Cops II". After playing a series of dark characters, he guest starred as the "Dynamite Kid" in the "Wind at My Back" episode "The Champ" (Sullivan Entertainment). The episode was rated the most popular of the season.

Andrew spent 1997 performing in an opera, "Beatrice & Benedict", at the Hummingbird Centre in Toronto before playing a series of athletes for television including "Paul O’Neill" in "The Joe Torre Story".

In 1998 Andrew played the lead character "Dirk Von Schelburg" in Mario Puzo’s "The Last Don II" miniseries for CBS. As a result of his performance, Robert Wuhl hired Andrew to play a French Canadian hockey player in the HBO comedy series "Arli$$". After a series of comedy roles, Andrew gained recognition from the science fiction world, playing the original "Jaridian" on "Gene Roddenberry’s Earth: Final Conflict" (Alliance - Atlantis).

In 1999 Andrew flew to LA to guest star as an evil warlock on Aaron Spelling’s "Charmed". He returned to Canada, appeared in the TV pilot "Amazon" and landed a series lead in the fifth season of "Wind at My Back" as an entirely new character, "Vanaver Mainwairing". Andrew had the pleasure of filming opposite Sela Ward in the CBS MOW "To Catch A Falling Star" before heading to San Diego to star as three separate characters in Glen Larson’s TV pilot "Millennium Man" (Paramount). He completed the year in Montreal, guest starring as a Russian villain in the Fox Family comedy "Big Wolf on Campus".

In 2000 Andrew broke into the commercial voice world and completed over 30 Voice Jobs, guest starred in "Beggars & Choosers", "Stargate", "First Wave", and played a one-eyed extraterrestrial fight promoter named "GNIKNOD" (Don King backwards) in the Fox (Kids) comedy "Los Luchadores".

In spite of pending actor's strikes and 9/11, Andrew kept active in 2001. He ventured to Nova Scotia to play "Nick" in Neptune Theatre's production of "Homeward Bound", before heading to Vancouver to play a cameo role opposite Jeanne Tripplehorne in "My Brother's Keeper". The New Line TV production was directed by John Badham. Toronto Voice Work was patched from Vancouver while Andrew filmed a lead role as a psychotic IRA terrorist in the independent short, "Bombmakers". The year finished off with a cameo role in Spielberg's mini-series "Taken" ( Dream Work's Production ) for the Scifi Channel.

The year 2002 has gotten off to a great start. Andrew wrote & performed the voice overs for an independent short "Sound of Pain" and dubbed the voice of Hata in the MOW "Prince Shotoku (Japan Broadcasting Corp). Andrew recently completed filming a lead role in the VSZ Film's production of "Coming Forward" for the Lifetime Network. He was cast as "John McCrane"; a sheriff's deputy, family man, church going serial rapist. The film stars Penelope Anne Miller.

Feature Film works...

THE SEA (Independent) - George Paradiso 2 Productions. / Eduardo Arnal
TRY SEVENTEEN - Lead / Guy Millennium Films / Jeff Porter
FADE TO BLACK (Independent) - Lead / Klein Herbal T. Prod. / Lincoln Thorne
SOUND OF PAIN (Independent Short) - Lead V.O.’s Last Breath Films / Ron McCall
PRINCE SHOTOKU - Hata ( Dubbing - Lead Voice ) /Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK) / Airwaves
BOMBMAKERS (30 min film short) - Lead / Malcolm Lucky Bastards Inc. / Peter Kent
HELD UP - Swat Team Leader / Billy Trimark Pictures / Steve Rash
JOHN WOO'S BLACKJACK - Lead / Don Tragle Alliance / John Woo
BRAM STOKER'S SHADOWBUILDER - Lead / "The Shadowbuilder" Applecreek Comm. / Jamie Dixon
SPECIMEN - Lead / Sixty-six Combustion Films / John Bradshaw
RED BLOODED AMERICAN GIRL - Donald / SC Entertainment / David Blyth
STATE PARK - Corky / ITC Productions / Kerry Feldman / Rafal Zielinski

TV Movie works...

WE’LL MEET AGAIN (M.O.W.) - Co-starring / Nick Whitehall PAX Network / Michael Storey
SCARED SILENT (M.O.W.) - Co-starring / John McCrane Lifetime / VSZ Films / Mike Robe
TAKEN - Buddy Parker / SciFi Channel/Dream Works TV/Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
MY BROTHERS KEEPER - Adam Ruane / USA Network / Newline Cinema / Trilogy Entertainment / John Badham
MILLENNIUM MAN (Pilot) (No Escape-Der Kampf mit der Bestie) - Starring Roles / Adam / Adaman/ Adam II Glen Larson Group / Paramount Pictures / Bradford May
WIND AT MY BACK (Feature Presentation) - Lead / James F. Marshall III CBC / Sullivan Ent. / Stefan Scaini
CATCH A FALLING STAR M.O.W. - Support / Ryan Steele CBS / Robert Clarke
COVER ME (Mini Series) - Kevin / CBC / Alliance Atlantis / Stacey Stewart Curtis
MARIO PUZO'S THE LAST DON II (Mini Series) - Lead / Dirk Von Schelburg CBS / Graeme Clifford
UNIVERSAL SOLDIER II : BROTHERS IN ARMS (pilot) - GR 13 / Sergeant Andrew Scott Catalyst Ent. / Jeff Woolnough
THE JOE TORRE STORY: CURVE BALLS ALONG THE WAY - Paul O'Neil / Showtime / Sturla Gunnarsson
BREACH OF FAITH(Family of Cops II) M.O.W. - (Lead) Boris Kalichoff / CBS / Alliance / David Greene
TWISTS OF TERROR - Lead / Barry Showtime / Doug Jackson
BERMUDA GRACE (pilot) - Guest Star / NBC / Paramount Tropical Pictures / Mark Sobel
PEEPING TOM (pilot) - Mr. Battering Ram / Global Prods. / Ha! Comedy Network / Jim McKenna
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS - Balthazar / CBC / N. Campbell

Contract TV works...

WIND AT MY BACK - (5th Season) Vanaver Mainwairing / Sullivan Ent. / CBC / Odyssey Network / Stefan Scaini / Ken Jubenvill / Otta Hanus
FAMILY PASSIONS - (Macht der Leidenschaft) Jön Futing / Jorn Winther Prods. / Various
ALL MY CHILDREN - Dr. Stephen Hamill / ABC /Christopher Goutman / Henry Kaplan / Conal O'Brian / Various

TV works...

SMALLVILLE - Ray Wallace WB Network / Steve Miner
COLD SQUAD - Jeff Hawkins CTV / Alliance/Atlantis / Peter Mitchell
LOS LUCHADORES - Guest Star / Gniknod Fox / Shavick Ent. / Craig Pryce
FIRST WAVE - Guest Star / Davis Vidratron / Sugar Ent. / Rob LaBelle
STARGATE SG-1 - Guest Star / Per'sus MGM / Martin Wood
BEGGARS & CHOOSERS - Guest Star / Richard Ellis Showtime / Dufferin Gate / Anne Wheeler
BIG WOLF ON CAMPUS - Guest Star / Boris Fox Family / Telescene / Jim Kaufman
PETER BENCHLEY'S AMAZON (pilot) - Colonel Miller / CTV / Alliance Atlantis / Jon Cassar
CHARMED - Guest Star / Nicholas Spelling / Warner Brothers / Richard Compton
HIGHLANDER: THE RAVEN - Guest Star/ Firecorp Prods. / Rene Bonniere
EARTH: FINAL CONFLICT - Guest Star / Recurring/ The Jaridian Alliance Atlantis / William S. Gereghty / John Stead
ARLI$$ - Guest Star / Luc Cassoulet HBO / Robert Wuhl
FAST TRACK - Tucker Ricks / Showtimc / TMN / Rene Bonniere
WIND AT MY BACK "The Champ" (Rated the most popular episode of the season) - (Guest Star) The Dynamite Kid / CBC / Sullivan Ent. / Odyssey Network / Stefan Scaini
F/X - Blade / F/X Productions / Mike Vejar
PSI FACTOR - Frank Atlantis / John Bell
DUE SOUTH - Guest Star / Hogan Alliance / Richard Lewis
ROAD TO AVONLEA - Goliath CBC / Disney / Allan King
LONESOME DOVE - Acton/ Canadian Dove Prods. / Don Shebib
SIRENS - Chris Joworski/ Showtime / Jean Claude Lord
THE HIGHLANDER - "The Darkness" Guest Star / PallinWolf Filmline International / Paulo Barzman
TOP COPS - Guest Lead /CBI Productions / Mario Azzopardi
FRIDAY THE 13th SERIES "The Carnal Pit" (Rated the most popular episode of the series) - General Lafayette /Triumph Entertainment / A. Mastroianni
ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS - Parks /Towndsend Prods. / Robert lscove

Theatre works...

HOMEWARD BOUND - Nick Neptune / Theatre / Mary Vingoe
BEATRICE AND BENNEDICT (Canadian Opera Co.) - The Messenger / 1st Soldier Hummingbird Centre / Robin Phillips
CYRANO DE BERGERAC - Christian / Theatre Calgary / MTC / NAC / Brian Rintoul
CAESAR & CLEOPATRA - Appolodorus / Citadel / Robin Phillips
**CYRANO DE BERGERAC - Christian / Citadel / Robin Phillips
JULIUS CAESAR - Octavious Caesar / Stratford Festival / Richard Monette
THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR - Slender / Stratford Festival / B.Hopkins
LOVE FOR LOVE - The Servant / u/s / Scandal / Stratford Festival / NAC / D. William
TITUS ANDRONICUS - Chiron / Stratford Festival / Jeanette Lambermont
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS - Balthazar / Stratford Festival / Richard Monette
THE SHOEMAKER'S HOLIDAY - Aschew / u/s Lacey / Stratford Festival / D. William
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE - Prince of Arragon / Stratford Festival / Michael Langham
MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL - The Messenger / Stratford Festival / D. William
THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA - Outlaw / u/s / Valentine / Stratford Festival / NAC / Detroit Music Hall / R. Beard
THE THREE MUSKETEERS - Various Roles / Stratford Festival / R. Ouzounian
GOOSESPIT - Ed / G.C.T.C. / Patrick McDonald
***TROILUS AND CRESSIDA - Aneas / u/s / Ullyses / Stratford Festival / D. William
THE CHERRY ORCHARD u/s/ - Yasha / Stratford Festival / John Wood
INTIMATE ADMIRATION - The Actor / Stratford Festival / John Wood
NORA (The Doll's House) u/s / - Krogstad / Stratford Festival / Brian Rintoul
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE - Wickham / Royal Alexandra / B. Pryde
MACBETH - Lennox / u/s / Malcolm / Skylight Theatre / Lewis Baumander
AS IS - Chet / T.F.T. / Shaw Festival / NAC / M. Bard
THE MISANTHROPE - Clitandre / The Banff Centre / B. Hopkins
MAKE EM LAUGH - M.C. / Singer / Dancer / U.S. O'Neil's Dinner Theatre / Sandra O'Neil
THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT - Singer / Dancer / Canterbury Theatre / Danute Miskinis



 

 



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