Personal Life
Jackson was born in Orlando, Florida, the youngest of three children of Jeanine, an office manager, and Dr. Ricky Lee Jackson, a family practitioner, country musician, and Congressional candidate in the state of Washington. Jackson was raised in Washington. His brother, Richard, is an actor and musician. His sister, Candice, is a lawyer and author.
In 2012, Jackson and his family were baptized into the Orthodox Church. In his acceptance speech for his 2012 Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series he thanked the Holy Trinity as well as the monks on Orthodox monastic enclave Mount Athos.
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