Christopher Jackson

Christopher Jackson is an American actor, singer, musician, and composer best known for his roles in Broadway theatre. Specifically, Jackson is known for starring alongside Lin-Manuel Miranda in the Miranda's original productions of In The Heights in 2008 and Hamilton in 2015, the latter of which earned Jackson a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical nomination for his role as George Washington.

Jackson attended the American Musical and Dramatic Academy.

In 2015, Jackson originated the role of President George Washington in the musical Hamilton on Broadway. He was nominated for a Tony Award and concluded his run on November 13, 2016. Jackson has previously performed on Broadway in In the Heights, Bronx Bombers, After Midnight, The Lion King, Holler If Ya Hear Me, and Memphis.

For the 2016-2017 season, Jackson plays Chunk Palmer in the CBS courtroom drama Bull. Jackson's film and TV work includes Moana, Tracers, The Good Wife, Person of Interest, A Gifted Man, and Nurse Jackie. Jackson is also a member of hip-hop group Freestyle Love Supreme. He has been nominated for three Emmy Awards for composing music and lyrics for television; he won the “Outstanding Original Song” Emmy Award in 2011 for his lyrics to “What I Am,” which he co-wrote for Sesame Street with Bill Sherman.

Before the first run-through of the Off-Broadway production of In the Heights, Jackson learned that his son had been diagnosed with autism. Jackson and his wife, Veronica Vazquez-Jackson, are advocates for the organization Autism Speaks; they have one son and one daughter. Jackson is 6'2" tall.

Theatre

• Time and the Wind, off-Broadway, 1996
• Bobo's, off-Broadway, 1996
• The Lion King, Featured soloist/Simba (u/s), Broadway, 1997-2000
• The Lion King, Simba, Broadway, 2000-02
• The Lion King, Ensemble, US tour, 2003-04
• Beggar's Holiday, Happy Mac, California, 2004
• Candide, Ensemble, New York City Opera, 2005
• Patience, Duke of Dunstable, New York City Opera, 2005
• Comfortable Shoes, Clay Harris, Chicago, 2004
• In the Heights, Benny, off-Broadway, 2007
• In the Heights, Benny, Broadway, 2008-09
• Memphis, Delray, Broadway, 2010
• In the Heights, Benny, Broadway, 2010-11
• Lonely, I'm Not, off-Broadway, 2011
• Cotton Club Parade, Encores!, 2012
• The Jammer, Charlie Heartbreak, off-Broadway, 2012
• After Midnight, Special Guest Star, Broadway, 2013
• Bronx Bombers, Bobby Sturges/Derek Jeter, off-Broadway, 2013
• Bronx Bombers, Bobby Sturges/Derek Jeter, Broadway, 2014
• Holler if Ya Hear Me, Vertus, Broadway 2014
• Hamilton, George Washington, off-Broadway, 2015
• Hamilton, George Washington, Broadway, 2015-2016

Film

• You'll Be a Man..., documentary, 2012 (composer)
• Broken Aster, short film, 2013 (composer)
• Tracers, Lonnie, 2015
• Moana, Chief Tui (singing voice), 2016

Television

• Oz, Perry Loftus, 5 episodes, 2003
• The Electric Company, 2009 (music director)
• Gossip Girl, 1 episode, 2009
• Nurse Jackie, Trey, 1 episode, 2010
• White Collar, Nico, 1 episode, 2010
• Sesame Street, 2010-14 (composer)
• A Gifted Man, Rafael Douglas, 1 episode, 2011
• Person of Interest, Farrow, 1 episode, 2014
• The Good Wife, Michael Wood, 1 episode, 2014
• Bull, Chunk Palmer, 2016

Albums

• In The Heights, 2009
• In the Name of Love, 2011
• Hamilton, 2015
• Moana, 2016