CHEYENNE JACKSON
Cheyenne Jackson (born 1975) is an American actor and singer. He has
played in many prominent roles in theater on Broadway. His first
Broadway leading role in All Shook Up earned him a Theatre World Award
for "Outstanding Broadway Debut." Additionally, on the New York stage he
has starred in The Performers, 8, Finian's Rainbow (Drama Desk
nomination), Damn Yankees, Xanadu (Drama League, Drama Desk
nominations), The Agony & the Agony, the premiere cast of Altar Boyz,
Aida, and Thoroughly Modern Millie. He has also appeared in a number of
films, including his portrayal of Mark Bingham in the 2006 Academy Award
nominated United 93, which earned him the Boston Society of Film Critics
2006 award for Best Ensemble Cast; in television series such as NBC's 30
Rock and Fox's Glee; and guest-starring roles on several other TV
series. In concert, he has sold out Carnegie Hall twice: "The Power of
Two" in 2010 and "Music of the Mad Men Era" in 2011. In addition to his
theatrical musical career, he has also developed a general musical
career, with a joint album The Power of Two with Michael Feinstein in
2008. In 2012, Jackson released two singles "Drive" and the follow-up
"Before You". Both songs are from his 2013 album I'm Blue, Skies. Jackson is openly gay. Jackson and Monte Lapka, a physicist, began dating in 2000 and married on September 3, 2011 in New York. Less than two years later, in July 2013, Jackson and Lapka announced plans to divorce. They filed for divorce in September 2013. In October 2013, he announced he was dating actor Jason Landau on his official Instagram account, although they had been having an affair since August. In February 2014, they have announced their engagement. Jackson appeared on the cover of The Advocate issue #1006. The magazine used the caption: "Hello, gorgeous! For leading man Cheyenne Jackson, coming out is a beautiful thing". In 2008, Jackson was chosen as one of the 'People of the Year" by Out and appeared alongside Gus Van Sant, Katy Perry and Sam Sparro on the magazine's special December 2008 issue, being the magazine's 100th issue. In April 2010, he appeared on the cover of Canadian fab magazine under title "Cheyenne Jakson: I Love New York" with photographs by Mike Ruiz. He also appeared on Out magazine's November 2010 under the title "Shine on, Cheyenne: Glee 's hot new villain on love, redemption & Wonder Woman" In July 2012, Jackson appeared on the cover of attitude magazine with photographs by Joseph Sinclair. In regional theaters, 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. Jackson made his Broadway debut understudying both male leads in the Tony Award-winning musical Thoroughly Modern Millie. He later served as the standby for the character of Radames in Aida, then originated the role of Matthew in the off-Broadway production of Altar Boyz. In 2005, he originated his first Broadway leading role in the musical All Shook Up, a tribute to Elvis Presley. His performance as Chad earned him much critical praise, the Theatre World Award, and nominations from the Drama League and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor.
In October 2009 Jackson opened on Broadway to positive critical reviews reprising the role of Woody Mahoney in the Broadway revival of the 1947 musical Finian's Rainbow at the St. James Theatre, costarring with Jim Norton and Kate Baldwin. The Wall Street Journal raved, "The way that (Kate Baldwin) and Cheyenne Jackson sing "Old Devil Moon" is the stuff best-selling cast albums are made of." The show closed on January 17, 2010. Along with the company of Finian's Rainbow, he recorded the Broadway revival cast album in early December 2009, with a release date of February 2, 2010. In September 2011, Jackson joined Morgan Freeman, Ellen Barkin, Matt Bomer, Christine Lahti, and John Lithgow as part of the premier Broadway Cast of Dustin Lance Black's new play 8, directed by Joe Mantello. In June 2012, Jackson starred opposite Krysten Ritter in Neil LaBute's The Heart of The Matter produced by MCC Theater at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. In the 2012-2013 Broadway season, Jackson, Henry Winkler, Alicia Silverstone, Daniel Breaker, Jenni Barber and Ari Graynor starred in David West Read's play The Performers which started previews on Oct 23, 2012 at the Longacre Theatre. The play closed on November 18, 2012, after 23 previews and 7 regular performances. Critical reception for the overall play was mixed with an median Stage Grade of C. However, a majority of reviewers including Entertainment Weekly, The Hollywood Reporter, The New York Times, and The Associated Press gave extremely positive reviews to both Cheyenne Jackson's and Ari Graynor's performances. Broadway producers cited the effects of Hurricane Sandy on the box office as the primary reason for the show's early closing. |
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| CHEYENNE JACKSON IN "DON'T WANNA KNOW" |
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Cheyenne Jackson performs his original composition "Don't Wanna
Know," music and lyrics by Cheyenne and Stevie Aiello. Directed by
Nick Everhart. Careful viewers will see tall hunk Matt
Cavenaugh and other stars of Broadway. This music video has it
all. A catchy song, the Gay thing, lots of dancers and New York
locations. I'm sure it was a labor of love that could not have come
cheap.
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With Hugh Jackman |
With Jim Caruso |
With Matt Bomer |