Joshua Jackson

Joshua Carter Jackson is a Canadian and American actor. He is known for playing Pacey Witter on the WB teen drama series Dawson's Creek, Peter Bishop in the Fox science fiction series Fringe, a troubled married man on Showtime's The Affair, and neurosurgeon Christopher Duntsch in the Peacock crime drama series Dr. Death. Outside of television, he first came to prominence for his role as Charlie in the Mighty Ducks film series.

Jackson was born on June 11, 1978, in Vancouver, British Columbia. His father was from Texas, and his mother was a casting director originally from Ballyfermot, a suburb of Dublin, Ireland. He was raised Roman Catholic and lived in California until age eight, when he moved back to Vancouver with his mother and younger sister. He attended Ideal Mini School and later Kitsilano Secondary School alongside actor Ryan Reynolds.

Jackson began acting with a small role in the 1991 film Crooked Hearts and played Charlie in a musical adaptation of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, which led to him joining the William Morris Agency. Shortly after, he landed his role in The Mighty Ducks film series, portraying a young hockey player. From 1998 to 2003, he starred as Pacey Witter in Dawson's Creek. During hi-atuses from the show, he appeared in films such as Apt Pupil, Urban Legend, Cruel Intentions, The Skulls, Gossip, The Safety of Objects, and The Laramie Project, as well as voicing Jesse Grass on an episode of The Simpsons and making a cameo in the remake of Ocean's Eleven.

Following Dawson's Creek, Jackson starred in feature films including Americano, Shadows in the Sun, Aurora Borealis, Cursed, Bobby, and Shutter. In 2005, he made his stage debut on London's West End opposite Patrick Stewart in A Life in the Theatre. He starred in and served as executive producer for the 2008 Canadian independent film One Week. From 2008 to 2013, he played the lead role of Peter Bishop on Fringe, during which he also wrote the comic book story "Peter and the Machine" for the Beyond the Fringe series and hosted the satirical video event "Pacey-Con".

Jackson continued to work across television, film, and theater. He played Cole Lockhart on The Affair, starred in the IFC film Inescapable, and made his Broadway debut in 2018 playing James Leeds in Children of a Lesser God. He subsequently appeared as defense attorney Mickey Joseph in the miniseries When They See Us, co-starred in Little Fires Everywhere, played the title lead in Dr. Death, starred in the series Fatal Attraction, and appeared in Doctor Odyssey.

For his performance in One Week, Jackson won the Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role on April 12, 2010. His performance in Dr. Death earned him a nomination for a Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor.