1. Cheyenne David Jackson was born on July 12,1975 and is an American actor and singer.
53 Facts About Cheyenne Jackson
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Cheyenne Jackson's credits include leading roles in Broadway musicals and other stage roles, as well as film and television roles, concert singing, and music recordings.
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Cheyenne Jackson next originated the role of Matthew in the workshop production of Altar Boyz for the New York Musical Theatre Festival, and was replaced by Scott Porter for the Off-Broadway run.
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Cheyenne Jackson's first leading role on Broadway was in All Shook Up, which earned him a Theatre World Award for "Outstanding Broadway Debut".
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Cheyenne Jackson has appeared in a number of films, including the 2006 Academy Award-nominated United 93, in which his portrayal of Mark Bingham earned him the Boston Society of Film Critics 2006 award for Best Ensemble Cast.
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Cheyenne Jackson had a leading role in the 2014 independent romantic comedy ensemble, Mutual Friends, and guest roles in television series such as NBC's 30 Rock and Fox's Glee.
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In concert, Cheyenne Jackson has sold out Carnegie Hall twice: The Power of Two in 2010 and Music of the Mad Men Era in 2011.
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In 2012, Cheyenne Jackson released two singles, "Drive" and "Before You", from his 2013 album I'm Blue, Skies.
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In 2016, Cheyenne Jackson released his third studio album, Renaissance, an album adapted and expanded from his solo concert Music of the Mad Men Era.
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Cheyenne Jackson's mother taught Jackson, his sister, and his two brothers to sing and regularly played music by Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, and Elvis Presley at home.
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In Seattle, Cheyenne Jackson worked as an ad executive at a magazine and did some theater work on the side, earning his Equity card.
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Cheyenne Jackson moved to New York City after 2001 to pursue an acting career.
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In regional theaters, Cheyenne Jackson has appeared as Tony in West Side Story, as Joey in The Most Happy Fella, as Cain in Children of Eden, as Berger in Hair, as Billy Bigelow in Carousel, as Joe Hardy in Damn Yankees, as Rocky in The Rocky Horror Show, and as The Poet in Kismet, among many other productions.
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Cheyenne Jackson made his Broadway debut understudying both male leads in the Tony Award-winning musical Thoroughly Modern Millie.
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Cheyenne Jackson later served as the standby for the character of Radames in Aida, then originated the role of Matthew in the NYMF production of Altar Boyz.
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In 2006, Cheyenne Jackson starred off-Broadway in playwright Nicky Silver's The Agony and The Agony with Victoria Clark.
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In June 2007, less than a week before the scheduled opening night, Cheyenne Jackson assumed the lead role of Sonny on Broadway in Xanadu, replacing James Carpinello who had been injured during rehearsal.
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In October 2009, Cheyenne Jackson opened on Broadway reprising the role of Woody Mahoney in the revival of the 1947 musical Finian's Rainbow at the St James Theatre, costarring with Jim Norton and Kate Baldwin.
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In September 2011, Cheyenne Jackson joined Morgan Freeman, Ellen Barkin, Matt Bomer, Christine Lahti, and John Lithgow as part of the Broadway-premiere cast of Dustin Lance Black's new play 8, directed by Joe Mantello.
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In June 2012, Cheyenne Jackson starred opposite Krysten Ritter in Neil LaBute's The Heart of The Matter produced by MCC Theater at the Lucille Lortel Theatre.
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In 2016, Cheyenne Jackson appeared in the 25th Anniversary Concert of The Secret Garden as Dr Neville Craven at the Lincoln Center.
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Cheyenne Jackson later reprised these roles while temporarily filling in for Gavin Creel in the 2022 Broadway revival at the St James Theatre opposite Miller, Sara Bareilles, Brian D'Arcy James, Phillipa Soo, Joshua Henry, and Julia Lester.
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Cheyenne Jackson has appeared in several other films including: Curiosity, Hysteria, Smile, the critically lauded The Green, and 2012 Sundance Film Festival selection Price Check.
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Cheyenne Jackson portrayed Greta Gerwig's boyfriend Roger in the 2012 Fox Searchlight Pictures film Lola Versus.
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Cheyenne Jackson appeared in the independent films Mutual Friends, Lucky Stiff, and A Beautiful Now.
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Cheyenne Jackson had a lead role in the film version of Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks in 2014.
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Cheyenne Jackson played Michael Minetti, who is hired by retiree Lily Harrison to give her private dance lessons at her home for six weeks.
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From 2009 through 2013, Cheyenne Jackson had a recurring role on the award-winning series 30 Rock playing Danny Baker.
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Cheyenne Jackson portrayed Dustin Goolsby, the coach of "Vocal Adrenaline", the main rival of "New Directions", on the second season of FOX's show Glee.
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Cheyenne Jackson has guest starred on several television series, including Lipstick Jungle, Life on Mars, and Ugly Betty, and was featured in a prominent guest role during Season 8 of Curb Your Enthusiasm.
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In 2008, Cheyenne Jackson played series lead Sebastian Kinglare for the Lifetime Television pilot Family Practice opposite Anne Archer and Beau Bridges.
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In 2010, Cheyenne Jackson filmed a sitcom pilot for ABC-TV called It Takes a Village, co-starring Leah Remini, which was not picked up for the fall 2010 season.
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Additionally, Cheyenne Jackson guest starred on the pilot episode of NBC's revamp of The Munsters, Mockingbird Lane, written by Bryan Fuller and directed by Bryan Singer.
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Cheyenne Jackson portrayed Scout Master Steve, a competing love interest for Portia de Rossi's character Lily Munster; the show stars Eddie Izzard and Jerry O'Connell.
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Cheyenne Jackson appeared in the fifth season of American Horror Story as one of the leads alongside Lady Gaga and Matt Bomer.
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Cheyenne Jackson returned to the show's sixth season to play Network Executive Sidney Aaron James as well as the seventh season to play psychiatrist Dr Rudy Vincent Anderson and the eighth season of the show to play warlock John Henry Moore.
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Cheyenne Jackson appeared in the tenth episode of Season 2 of Sense8 as Blake Huntington, an award-winning actor who is cast opposite Miguel Angel Silvestre's Lito Rodriguez in a Hollywood film.
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Cheyenne Jackson has starred in several notable webisode series including Cubby Bernstein opposite Nathan Lane, Legally Brown with Allison Janney, and The [title of show] Show from the meta-fictional Broadway musical [Title of Show].
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In 2022, Cheyenne Jackson competed in season seven of The Masked Singer as "Prince" of Team Good who resembles a frog dressed as a prince.
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Early in his career, Cheyenne Jackson worked as a back-up singer for Vanessa Williams and Heather Headley.
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In March 2009, Cheyenne Jackson made his nightclub debut at Feinstein's at Loews Regency with a sold-out one-man show titled Back to the Start.
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Cheyenne Jackson later teamed up with Michael Feinstein to create a nightclub act titled "The Power of Two".
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On December 31,2012, Cheyenne Jackson reprised Music of the Mad Men Era at The Kennedy Center Concert Hall with 96 members of the National Symphony Orchestra and Nina Arianda.
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On May 10,2012, Cheyenne Jackson released his single "Drive", his first non-theatrical single and his first music video release.
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On July 10,2012, Cheyenne Jackson released his second single from I'm Blue, Skies, "Before You", produced by Salter.
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On June 3,2016, Cheyenne Jackson released Renaissance, an album on the PS Classics record label, adapted and expanded from his solo concert Music of the Mad Men Era.
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Cheyenne Jackson appeared on the March 26,2008, cover of The Advocate.
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Cheyenne Jackson appeared on the cover of Outs November 2010 issue.
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Cheyenne Jackson is an international ambassador for amfAR.
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Cheyenne Jackson is a national ambassador and spokesperson for the Hetrick-Martin Institute, a non-profit organization devoted to serving the needs of LGBT youth.
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Cheyenne Jackson began dating Monte Lapka, a physicist, in 2000.
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In October 2013, Cheyenne Jackson announced he was dating actor Jason Landau on his official Instagram account.
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Cheyenne Jackson has discussed his struggles with alcoholism, and in 2023 said that he had relapsed after 10 years of sobriety.