CheyenneJackson(bornJuly12,1975)isanAmericanactorandsinger.[2]HestartedinregionaltheaterwhenhemovedtoSeattle,andaftermovingtoNewYorkCity,madehis2002BroadwaytheatredebutunderstudyingbothmaleleadsintheTonyAward-winningmusicalThoroughlyModernMillie.In2005,heoriginatedhisfirstBroadwayleadingroleinAllShookUpearninghimaTheatreWorldAwardfor"OutstandingBroadwayDebut". Infilm...(展开全部) CheyenneJackson(bornJuly12,1975)isanAmericanactorandsinger.[2]HestartedinregionaltheaterwhenhemovedtoSeattle,andaftermovingtoNewYorkCity,madehis2002BroadwaytheatredebutunderstudyingbothmaleleadsintheTonyAward-winningmusicalThoroughlyModernMillie.In2005,heoriginatedhisfirstBroadwayleadingroleinAllShookUpearninghimaTheatreWorldAwardfor"OutstandingBroadwayDebut". Infilms,Jacksonportrayed9/11victimandheroMarkBinghaminthe2006AcademyAwardnominatedUnited93whichearnedhimtheBostonSocietyofFilmCritics2006awardfor"BestEnsembleCast".HehasalsoappearedinthefilmsCuriosityandHysteria.Ontelevision,heisarecurringseriesregularonNBC's30Rock,portrayingJack/DannyBaker.Healsogueststarredonseveralseriesincluding;LipstickJungle,LifeonMars,andUglyBetty.In2008,JacksonwascastastheseriesleadSebastianKinglare,andfilmedtheLifetimeTelevisionpilotFamilyPracticeoppositeAnneArcherandBeauBridges.[3]Theserieswasnotpickedupfordistribution.[4] Jacksonhasstarredinseveralnotablewebisodeseriesandin2009starredinasoldoutonemanshow,"BacktotheStart."[4]In2008,hewasnamedOutmagazine'sEntertaineroftheyear.HeisaninternationalambassadorforamfAR(TheFoundationforAIDSResearch)[5]andanationalambassadorandspokespersonforTheHetrick-MartinInstitute.[6] Earlylife JacksonwasborninIdahoandwasnamedbyhisfatherafterthe1950sWesternseries.[4]Thethirdoffourchildren,hewasraisedalonga"teenymilltown"ofabout1,200peopleinaruralareaontheWashington-Idahoborder.[4]HisfatherisaNativeAmericanandaVietnamveteran. HismomtaughtJackson,hissisterandtwobrotherstosingandregularlyplayedmusicfromJoanBaez,JoniMitchell,BobDylanandElvis.Hisparentswereevangelicalborn-againChristiansandthiscausedtensionwhenhecameouttothemasgayat19afterhehadmovedtoSpokane,Washington.[4]Hisbrotherisapastorwhopreachedonthe700Club.[4]Eventuallythefamilyacceptedhissexuality.[4] LaterhemovedtoSeattle,whereheworkedasanadexecutiveatamagazineanddidsometheateronthesideearninghisEquitycard.[4]"AssoonasIfoundoutwhattheaterwas,whatBroadwaywas,Ithought,Oh,that'swhatI'lldowithmylife.Justamatterofgettingallthepiecesinplace."[4]Inspiredtorethinkhiscareerafterbothadeathinhisfamilyandthe9-11attackshemovedtoNewYork. Personallife HeisopenlygayandanLGBTrightssupporter,aswellasanambassadorforamfAR(TheFoundationforAIDSResearch)[35]andthenationalambassadorforTheHetrick-MartinInstitute.[36][37]Jackson'spartner,MonteLapka,isaphysicist;theyhavebeentogethersince2000.[1][38][39]