Joshua Jackson
Joshua Carter Jackson (born June 11, 1978) is a Canadian and American actor. He is known for his portrayals of Pacey Witter on The WB's teen drama Dawson's Creek (1998–2003), Peter Bishop in the Fox science fiction series Fringe (2008–2013), a troubled married man on Showtime's The Affair (2014–2018), and Christopher Duntsch in the Peacock crime drama series Dr. For the last of these, he was nominated for a Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor.
Joshua Jackson

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- Name
- Joshua Jackson
- Birth Name
- Joshua Carter Jackson
- Born
- 11 June 1978
- Birthplace
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Occupation
- Actor
- Full name
- Joshua Carter Jackson.
- Nationality
- Canada, United States and Ireland.
- Education
- Ideal Mini School and Kitsilano Secondary School.
- Languages
- English.
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Joshua Carter Jackson (born June 11, 1978) is a Canadian and American actor. He is known for his portrayals of Pacey Witter on The WB's teen drama Dawson's Creek (1998–2003), Peter Bishop in the Fox science fiction series Fringe (2008–2013), a troubled married man on Showtime's The Affair (2014–2018), and Christopher Duntsch in the Peacock crime drama series Dr. For the last of these, he was nominated for a Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor.
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Biography
Biography
His other credits include When They See Us (2019), Little Fires Everywhere (2020), and Doctor Odyssey (2024–2025). Outside of television, he came to prominence with his role in the Mighty Ducks film series (1992–1996). His other film appearances include Apt Pupil (1998), Urban Legend (1998), Cruel Intentions (1999), The Skulls (2000), Gossip (2000), The Safety of Objects (2001), The Laramie Project (2002), Cursed (2005), Bobby (2006), and Shutter (2008). For his performance in the Canadian independent drama One Week (2008), Jackson won the Genie Award for Best Actor.

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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Joshua Jackson • Birth Name — Joshua Carter Jackson • Born — 11 June 1978 • Birthplace — Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1991–present • Partner — Diane Kruger (2006–2016) • Children — 1
Early life
Early life
Jackson was born on June 11, 1978, in Vancouver, British Columbia to parents John and Fiona. His mother is a casting director. Jackson's father is from Texas, and his mother is a native of Ballyfermot, a surburb of Dublin, Ireland. She immigrated to North America in the late 1960s. He has a younger sister, Aisleagh, and two older half brothers, Jonathan and Lyman. He was raised Roman Catholic. Jackson lived in California until the age of 8 when he moved to Vancouver with his mother and younger sister; he has said that his father was a bad parent and husband and abandoned the family when they were in the U.S. He attended Ideal Mini School and later switched to Kitsilano Secondary School. He attended high school with actor Ryan Reynolds.
Career
Career
• Illustration — Jackson at the premiere of Bobby, Toronto International Film Festival in 2006 Jackson started acting in a small role in the film Crooked Hearts in 1991. The next year, he played the role of Charlie in a musical version of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. At this point, with the help of the play's casting director Laura Kennedy, he joined the William Morris Agency. Soon after, he landed the role of Charlie (#96) in The Mighty Ducks series, playing a young and aspiring hockey player. Jackson went on to appear as Pacey Witter on Dawson's Creek, which was created by Kevin Williamson and ran on the WB network from 1998 to 2003, and also starred James Van Der Beek, Michelle Williams, and Katie Holmes. While the show was on hiatus, he appeared in several movies including Cruel Intentions (an adaptation of Les Liaisons dangereuses that also starred Sarah Michelle Gellar and Ryan Phillippe), The Skulls, The Safety of Objects, The Laramie Project and a short cameo in the remake of Ocean's Eleven in which he appears as himself in a poker scene with Brad Pitt, George Clooney and Holly Marie Combs. In 2000, he also guest-starred in Season 12 of The Simpsons, voicing the character of Jesse Grass, a "hunky environmentalist" and love interest for Lisa Simpson in the episode "Lisa the Tree Hugger". He also was cast as "Beau" in the movie Gossip in 2000 with actors James Marsden, Kate Hudson and Norman Reedus. Shortly after Dawson's Creek ended in 2003, Jackson played the lead role in films alongside Dennis Hopper (Americano), Harvey Keitel (Shadows in the Sun), and Donald Sutherland (Aurora Borealis). In 2005, Jackson moved to the UK and made his stage debut on the London West End with Patrick Stewart in David Mamet's two-man play, A Life in the Theatre. The play was a critical and popular success, and ran from February to April of that year. Jackson said that he would consider returning to the stage, to try his hand on Broadway. His next film role was in Bobby, directed by Emilio Estevez, Jackson's co-star from The Mighty Ducks. He played a lead role in Shutter, a U.S. remake of film of the same name. He starred and acted as executive producer in the Canadian independent film One Week, which opened on March 6, 2009. • Illustration — Jackson at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con From 2008 to 2013, Jackson played the lead role of Peter Bishop in the science-fiction series Fringe, created by J. J. Abrams, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. The series was the second-highest rated new show of the 2008–2009 season after The Mentalist. BuddyTV ranked him #9 on its "TV's 100 Sexiest Men of 2010" list, #19 in 2011 and #14 in 2012. Jackson was nominated for a Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for the film One Week. He won the award on April 12, 2010. He held and hosted the satirical Pacey-Con in 2010, directly across the street from the Comic-Con, sporting a bowling shirt and giving out fan fiction, written by Dawson's Creek fans, to those waiting in the Comic-Con entrance line. Footage of the event was recorded for a video, entitled "Pacey-Con", which he was filming for Will Ferrell's Funny or Die celebrity humor website. In 2013, Jackson appeared in the IFC film Inescapable with Marisa Tomei and Alexander Siddig. Jackson wrote the first story from the comic book trilogy Beyond the Fringe, titled "Peter and the Machine". Jackson starred in the successful television show The Affair, where he played Cole Lockhart, the protagonist husband of the unfaithful Alison Lockhart. In March 2018, Jackson made his theatrical debut on Broadway in Children of a Lesser God, where he played James Leeds, an unconventional teacher at a school for the deaf who gets in a conflicted professional and romantic relationship with a deaf former student, Sarah Norman (Lauren Ridloff). The play ran through May 2018. In 2019, Jackson starred as defense attorney Mickey Joseph in the miniseries When They See Us. In 2020, Jackson co-starred with Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington in the miniseries Little Fires Everywhere based on the novel by Celeste Ng. Jackson was cast as Dr. Christopher Duntsch, a neurosurgeon who was convicted of intentionally maiming his patient, in Dr. Death which was based on the podcast of the same name, replacing Jamie Dornan. In 2023, Jackson played the lead in the series Fatal Attraction with Lizzy Caplan, inspired by the 1980s thriller film of the same name.
Personal life
Personal life
Jackson was in a relationship with Dawson's Creek co-star Katie Holmes during the first two seasons of the show's run. Holmes said that Jackson was her first love. From 2006 to 2016, he was in a relationship with German actress Diane Kruger. Jackson began a relationship with actress Jodie Turner-Smith in 2018. They married on August 18, 2019. On April 13, 2020, the couple welcomed their daughter. In October 2023, it was revealed that Turner-Smith had filed for divorce from Jackson. In May 2025, it was reported that the couple had reached a divorce settlement. In December 2023, Jackson and fellow actor Lupita Nyong'o confirmed they were dating. In October 2024, Nyong'o announced they were no longer together. Jackson owned his childhood home in Topanga, California. In 2025, the house burned down during the Palisades Fire. He previously lived in Wilmington, North Carolina, where Dawson's Creek was filmed, and in New York City, where Fringe filmed its first season. In 2009, he moved back to Vancouver to shoot four seasons of the show before the last episode was aired on January 18, 2013. Jackson is a fan of the Vancouver Canucks and Anaheim Ducks ice hockey teams, and the San Francisco 49ers American football team.
Television
Television
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1991 — Payoff — Young Mac — Television film • 1996 — Champs — Matt Mazzilli — 2 episodes • Robin of Locksley — John Prince, Jr. — Television film • 1997 — Ronnie & Julie — Ronnie Monroe • On the Edge of Innocence — Sammy • data-sort-value="Outer Limits, The" | The Outer Limits — Devon Taylor — Episode: "Music of the Spheres" • 1998–2003 — Dawson's Creek — Pacey Witter — Main role: 124 episodes • 2000 — Saturday Night Live — Himself/host — Episode: "Joshua Jackson/NSYNC" • data-sort-value="Simpsons, The" | The Simpsons — Jesse Grass — Voice, episode: "Lisa the Tree Hugger" • 2006 — Capitol Law — Mark Clayton — Unsold TV pilot • 2008–2013 — Fringe — Peter Bishop — Main role: 96 episodes • 2014–2018 — data-sort-value="Affair, The" | The Affair — Cole Lockhart — Main role: 29 episodes • 2016 — Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt — Purvis — Episode: "Kimmy Goes to a Hotel!" • Years of Living Dangerously — Himself — Episode: "Collapse of the Oceans" • 2019 — When They See Us — Mickey Joseph — Episode: "Part Two" • 2020 — Little Fires Everywhere — Bill Richardson — Miniseries; 7 episodes • 2021 — Dr. Death — Dr. Christopher Duntsch — Main role (season 1): 8 episodes • 2023 — Fatal Attraction — Dan Gallagher — Lead role; Miniseries • 2024–2025 — Doctor Odyssey — Dr. Max Bankman — Main role, also executive producer
Stage
Stage
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2005 — data-sort-value="Life in the Theatre, A" | A Life in the Theatre — John — David Mamet play with Patrick Stewart • 2016 — Smart People — Brian — play by Lydia R. Diamond at Second Stage Theater • 2017, 2018 — Children of a Lesser God — James Leeds — Berkshire Theatre Festival with Kenny Leon Studio 54
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
Joshua Jackson was recorded at birth as Joshua Carter Jackson. His recorded language was English. He married Jodie Turner-Smith. One child is recorded: Janie Jackson.
Identity
Identity
Joshua Jackson is recorded as actor.
Film
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1991 — Crooked Hearts — Tom (11 years) • 1992 — data-sort-value="Mighty Ducks, The" | The Mighty Ducks — Charlie Conway • 1993 — Digger — Billy • 1994 — D2: The Mighty Ducks — Charlie Conway • Andre — Mark Baker • 1995 — Magic in the Water — Joshua Black • 1996 — D3: The Mighty Ducks — Charlie Conway • 1997 — Ronnie and Julie — Ronnie • Scream 2 — Film Class Guy #1 • 1998 — data-sort-value="Battery, The" | The Battery — Michael Papperman — Short film • Apt Pupil — Joey • Urban Legend — Damon Brooks • 1999 — Cruel Intentions — Blaine Tuttle • Muppets from Space — Pacey Witter — Uncredited cameo • 2000 — data-sort-value="Skulls, The" | The Skulls — Lucas 'Luke' McNamara • Gossip — Beau Edson • 2001 — data-sort-value="Safety of Objects, The" | The Safety of Objects — Paul Gold • Ocean's Eleven — Himself — Cameo • 2002 — data-sort-value="Laramie Project, The" | The Laramie Project — Matt Galloway • Lone Star State of Mind — Earl Crest — Alternative title: Cowboys and Idiots • 2003 — I Love Your Work — John Everhart • 2005 — Cursed — Jake Taylor • Racing Stripes — Trenton's Pride — Voice • Americano — Chris McKinley • Aurora Borealis — Duncan Shorter • data-sort-value="Shadow Dancer, The" | The Shadow Dancer — Jeremy Taylor — Alternative title: Shadows in the Sun • 2006 — Bobby — Wade Buckley • 2007 — Battle in Seattle — Randall • 2008 — Shutter — Benjamin Shaw • Gashole — Himself — Documentary • One Week — Ben Tyler • 2012 — Lay the Favorite — Jeremy • Inescapable — Paul • 2015 — Sky — Detective Ruther • 2025 — Karate Kid: Legends — Victor Lipani • 2026 — Happy Hours — TBA
Awards and nominations
• Year — Association — Category — Nominated work — Result • 1993 — Young Artist Award — Outstanding Young Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture — The Mighty Ducks • 1999 — Teen Choice Awards — Choice TV Actor — Dawson's Creek • 2000 • Choice Liar in a Film — The Skulls • Young Hollywood Award — Male Superstar of Tomorrow • 2001 — Teen Choice Awards — Choice TV Actor — Dawson's Creek • 2002 • 2003 • 2005 — Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival — Best Actor — Aurora Borealis • 2006 — Hollywood Film Festival — Best Ensemble of the Year — Bobby • Satellite Awards — Best Actor – Motion Picture — Aurora Borealis • 2007 — Screen Actors Guild Awards — Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture — Bobby • 2009 — Teen Choice Awards — Choice Actor Fantasy/Sci-Fi — Fringe • 2010 — Genie Awards — Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role — One Week • Teen Choice Awards — Choice Actor Fantasy/Sci-Fi — Fringe • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 — Saturn Awards — Best Actor on Television • 2016 — People's Choice Awards — Favorite Premium Cable TV Actor — The Affair • 2017 • 2018 — Drama League Awards — Distinguished Performance Award — Children of a Lesser God • 2022 — Critics' Choice Television Awards — Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries — Dr. Death
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- 1.Gugliemi, Jodi. Diane Kruger and Joshua Jackson Have Split After 10 Years Together. People. 18 July 2016.
- 2.Furman, Elina. Joshua Jackson: An Unauthorized Biography. St. Martin's Press. 8. 1999. 9781466813250.
- 3.Shires, Sarah. I was just six and dad filed for custody of my dog. Yes, I'm still mad; Joshua Jackson on growing up and life after Dawson's Creek. The Evening Standard. July 2013.
- 4.Movies.yahoo.com. Joshua Jackson Biography.
- 5.Rothing, Hilary. Fringe DVD Launch Party: Josh Jackson interview. UGO Entertainment. September 8, 2009.
- 6."Late Night with Conan O'Brien", Joshua Jackson interview May 14, 2002 (Joshua Jackson answers the Conan O'Brien question about fans websites; "Yeah, you know, I'm Irish Catholic, I have a lot of family members, that's a lot of websites.") Retrieved on April 23, 2010.
- 7.Best Kisser on 'Dawson's Creek'? Katie Holmes Won't Tell (But Ryan Reynolds Will). ET Canada. February 18, 2016.
- 8.Mcfadden, Kay. The Kids Are Alright – Jackson Has Come Far From The 'Chocolate Factory'. The Seattle Times. January 19, 1998.
- 9.Perkins, Bim Adewunmi, Nichole. "Why Is This Show Not Called Pacey's Creek?". Slate Magazine. November 29, 2019.
- 10.IMDb title 0701157 Lisa the Tree Hugger
- 11.IMDb title 1104806 One Week
- 12.IMDb name 0005045 Joshua Jackson
- 13.BBC News. February 8, 2008.
- 14.Sky1.sky.com. Fringe Overview.
- 15.BuddyTV. TV's 100 Sexiest Men of 2010. December 6, 2010.
- 16.BuddyTV. TV's 100 Sexiest Men of 2011. December 7, 2011.
- 17.BuddyTV. TV's 100 Sexiest Men of 2012.
- 18.Cbc.ca. CBC News — Polytechnique tops Genie nominations. March 1, 2010.
- 19."Polytechnique sweeps Genie Awards" . Toronto Star, April 12, 2010.
- 20.Vena, Jocelyn. Joshua Jackson Explains Pacey-Con 'Funny Or Die' Video. MTV News.
- 21.Mintzer, Joshua. Inescapable: Toronto Review. The Hollywood Reporter. September 11, 2012.
- 22.Rogers, Vaneta. Actor / Now-Writer Joshua Jackson Goes Beyond The Fringe. Newsarama. September 22, 2011.
- 23.Joshua Jackson Talks 'The Affair' Season 2 and Exploring Cole's Point of View. Collider. October 3, 2015.
- 24.Children of a Lesser God. playbill.com.
- 25.Friend, David. Joshua Jackson on the 'tragically simple' circumstances of the Central Park Five case. 660 News. June 4, 2019.
- 26.Malkin, Marc. Listen: Joshua Jackson on Tackling Race and Class in 'Little Fires Everywhere'. Variety.com. April 2, 2020.
- 27.Andreeva, Nellie. 'Dr. Death': Joshua Jackson To Play Title Role In Peacock Limited Series, Replacing Jamie Dornan. Deadline Hollywood. October 12, 2020.
- 28.Andreeva, Nellie. Joshua Jackson To Star In 'Fatal Attraction' TV Series At Paramount+. Deadline Hollywood. 20 January 2022.
- 29.Ravitz, Justin. Katie Holmes:Joshua Jackson Was "My First Love". Us Weekly.
- 30.Gugliemi, Jodi. Diane Kruger and Joshua Jackson Have Split After 10 Years Together. People. Time Inc. July 18, 2016.
- 31.Heller, Corinne. Joshua Jackson and Jodie Turner-Smith Are Married and Expecting Their First Child. E! News. December 20, 2019.
- 32.Harmata, Claudia. She's Here! Joshua Jackson and Jodie Turner-Smith Welcome a Daughter. People. Meredith Corporation. April 21, 2020.
- 33.Juneau, Jen. Jodie Turner-Smith Files for Divorce from Joshua Jackson After More Than 3 Years of Marriage. People.
- 34.Kang, Esther. Joshua Jackson and Jodie Turner-Smith's Divorce Settlement Revealed: How They're Splitting Jewelry, Art and Residuals. People. May 12, 2025.
- 35.Kang, Esther. Joshua Jackson and Lupita Nyong'o Confirm Their Romance as They Step Out Together Holding Hands. People. December 7, 2023.
- 36.Weaver, Emily. Lupita Nyong'o and Joshua Jackson's Relationship Timeline. People.com.
- 37.Cockle, Jenny. Ben Miller on Los Angeles: I love the glitz, the glamour, the quirks, the beauty. The Independent. November 11, 2007.
- 38.Nordyke, Kimberly. Joshua Jackson Says He Feels "Incredibly Lucky" Despite His Home Being Destroyed by L.A. Wildfire. The Hollywood Reporter. January 12, 2025.
- 39.Joshua Jackson loses home to Los Angeles wildfires. bangpremier.com.
- 40.Slotek, Jim. Mighty Canuck. Canoe.ca. May 28, 2003.
- 41.49ers Superfan Joshua Jackson Predicts the Niners' 2025 Record Will Be…? | the Rich Eisen Show. YouTube. June 5, 2025.
- 42.Stasio, Marilyn. Off Broadway Review: 'Smart People' with Joshua Jackson. Variety. February 11, 2016.
- 43.Aucoin, Don. Striving to be heard in 'Children of a Lesser God'. The Boston Globe. July 4, 2017.
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