Joel Jackson
Joel Jackson is a highly accomplished Australian actor with numerous television, film and stage credits to his name. He is best known for his award-winning lead role in the biographical miniseries Peter Allen; Not the Boy Next Door, for which he won both the Logie and an Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts award, and was nominated for a Golden Nymph award at the Monaco International TV and Film Festival, for Best Actor.
Jackson has appeared in a number of television series including Deadline Gallipoli, Hyde & Seek, The Wrong Girl, Safe Harbour, Mystery Road, Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries and The Claremont Murders. He has also had lead roles in several feature films, such as H is for Happiness, I Met A Girl and Jungle, both reaching No 1 on Netflix in Australia, and his latest features Just A Farmer, Kangaroo Island and the adaption of the much loved children’s book Runt.
In addition to his work as an actor, Jackson is a producer. His short film Stranger has won multiple awards internationally and has been screened at major film festivals such as Flickerfest and the St Kilda Film Festival.
He’s appeared in several acclaimed mainstage productions, including Cyrano, Barracking for the Umpire and The Glass Menagerie for Black Swan State Theatre Company and Born Yesterday for Melbourne Theatre Company. An accomplished musician and singer, Joel's latest single Currents; Live at Glebe Town Hall was produced by multi ARIA award winner Joel Quartermain (Eskimo Joe) and his first EP Boy On A Wire was produced by eight-time golden guitar winner Rod McCormack (Paul Kelly, Lee Kernaghan).
Beyond his work in entertainment, Jackson is also an active humanitarian. In 2021, he completed The Lap; A Live Ride a 45-day, 12,000km motorbike ride around Western Australia with his parents to raise money for Telethon, a charity that supports sick and disadvantaged children. He also serves as an ambassador for Zero2Hero; an organisation creating education initiaves to curb youth suicide in Western Australia, Telethon WA, CinefestOz, CinefestOz Albany and the Australian Children’s Music Foundation. Joel was named Young Australian of the Year in 2011 for the North Western Australia region.
Awards
PAWA - Best Supporting Actor, Barracking for the Umpire, 2022
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (Winner) Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama, 2015 - Peter Allen; Not the Boy Next Door
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (Nominee) Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama, 2015 - Deadline Gallipoli
TV Week Logie - Most Outstanding Newcomer (Winner), 2015
TV Week Logie (Nominee) - Best New Talent, 2015 - Peter Allen; Not the Boy Next Door and Deadline Gallipoli
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Representation
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