- Born
- Birth nameJohn Murice Jackson
- Height6′ 2½″ (1.89 m)
- John Murice Jackson (born June 1, 1950) is an American actor, best known for playing Rear Admiral A. J. Chegwidden on the CBS series JAG and also as a special guest star on its spin-off NCIS and recurring cast to its spin-off NCIS: Los Angeles.John was forced to use his middle initial "M." for his professional name because there was already a "John Jackson" registered with the Screen Actors Guild when he joined the union and SAG rules prohibit two or more members from using exactly the same name.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Bonitao
- SpouseJana Gale Hawkins(October 13, 1979 - present) (2 children)
- Has played a JAG (Judge Advocate General) officer in two different works, A Few Good Men (1992) and JAG (1995), and a retired JAG officer in two additional works, NCIS (2003) and NCIS: Los Angeles (2009), with "JAG," "NCIS," and "NCIS: Los Angeles" being the same character, Albert Jethro Chegwidden (better known as Rear Admiral A.J. Cegwidden, USN (Ret.)).
- He was a social studies teacher (1975-1979) at Lyndon Baines Johnson High School in Austin, Texas.
- Son Conor Jackson was briefly (most of 2006) the everyday First Baseman for the Arizona Diamondbacks, before splitting his time at the end of 2006 through his June 15. 2010 trade to the Oakland Athletics playing First Base and Left Field.
- While preparing for the role of A.J. Chegwidden in JAG (1995), he interviewed several senior naval officers to get a better idea of how to play an admiral. Reportedly, the common response was "An admiral acts any damn way he wants to!".
- When he joined SAG (Screen Actors Guild), he was forced to use his middle initial, M, professionally, because there was already a "John Jackson" registered with SAG, and union rules prohibit two or more members from using exactly the same name.
- I'm still a Texan although I live here in L.A. If you're born and raised there you can't get the state out of your system. It's pretty much home.
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