:Cheyenne Jackson
{{Short description|American actor and singer (born 1975)}}
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| name = Cheyenne Jackson
| image = CheyenneJacksonKSimone.jpg
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| caption = Jackson in 2010
| birth_name = Cheyenne David Jackson
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|07|12}}
| birth_place = Spokane, Washington, U.S.
| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Actor
- singer
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| years_active = 2002–present
| spouse = {{plainlist|
- {{marriage|Monte Lapka|2011|2013|reason=divorced}}
- {{marriage|Jason Landau|2014}}
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| children = 2
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Cheyenne David Jackson{{Cite web|title=Cheyenne Jackson|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2091145/|url-status=live|publisher=IMDb|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060521062330/http://www.imdb.com:80/name/nm2091145/ |archive-date=May 21, 2006 }} (born July 12, 1975){{cite interview|last=Jackson|first=Cheyenne|work=Mayim Bialik's Breakdown|interviewer=Mayim Bialik|time=12:30; 18:13|date=February 21, 2021|title=Cheyenne Jackson: Depression, Identity & Broadway|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOtzrylQTyU|via=YouTube|quote=I remember sitting in the audience in Spokane, Washington, where I was born, by the way...; My birthday is July 12, 1975}} is an American actor and singer. His credits include leading roles in Broadway musicals and other stage roles, as well as film and television roles, concert singing, and music recordings.
After beginning his acting career in regional theatre in Seattle, Washington, Jackson moved to Manhattan and was an understudy in the Broadway productions of Thoroughly Modern Millie (2002) and Aida (2003). He next originated the role of Matthew in the workshop production of Altar Boyz (2004) for the New York Musical Theatre Festival, and was replaced by Scott Porter for the Off-Broadway run. Jackson's first leading role on Broadway was in All Shook Up (2005), which earned him a Theatre World Award for "Outstanding Broadway Debut". Since then, on the New York stage, he has starred in The Agony & the Agony (2006), Xanadu (2007; Drama League, Drama Desk nominations), Damn Yankees (2008), Finian's Rainbow (2010; Drama Desk nomination), 8 (2011), The Heart of the Matter (2012), The Performers (2013), The Secret Garden (2016), Into the Woods (2022),{{cite web |last=Harms |first=Talaura |date=July 12, 2022 |title=Cheyenne Jackson Will Return to Broadway for Short Stint in Into the Woods |url=https://playbill.com/article/cheyenne-jackson-will-return-to-broadway-for-short-stint-in-into-the-woods |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713035827/https://www.playbill.com/article/cheyenne-jackson-will-return-to-broadway-for-short-stint-in-into-the-woods |archive-date=July 13, 2022 |access-date=July 13, 2022 |website=Playbill}} and Once Upon a Mattress (2024).{{Cite web |title=J. Harrison Ghee, Nikki Renée Daniels, Cheyenne Jackson, More Join Once Upon a Mattress |url=https://playbill.com/article/j-harrison-ghee-nikki-renee-daniels-cheyenne-jackson-more-join-once-upon-a-mattress}}
He has also appeared in a number of films, including the 2006 Academy Award-nominated United 93, in which his portrayal of Mark Bingham earned him the Boston Society of Film Critics 2006 award for Best Ensemble Cast. He also had a leading role in the 2014 independent romantic comedy ensemble, Mutual Friends,{{cite news|author=Eidelstein|first=Eric|date=June 9, 2014|title=Exclusive: FilmBuff to Release 'Mutual Friends' Across Digital Platforms|work=Indiewire|url=https://indiewire.com/article/exclusive-filmbuff-to-release-ensemble-comedy-mutual-friends-across-all-major-digital-platforms-heres-a-poster-too|access-date=December 12, 2019|archive-date=January 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113052602/http://www.indiewire.com/article/exclusive-filmbuff-to-release-ensemble-comedy-mutual-friends-across-all-major-digital-platforms-heres-a-poster-too|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2112209/combined|title=Mutual Friends (2013)|publisher=IMDb|access-date=July 1, 2018|archive-date=January 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113052602/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2112209/combined|url-status=live}} and guest roles in television series such as NBC's 30 Rock and Fox's Glee. Beginning in 2015, Jackson starred in the FX horror anthology television series American Horror Story in its fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth seasons.
In concert, Jackson has sold out Carnegie Hall twice: The Power of Two in 2010 and Music of the Mad Men Era in 2011. He also performs in cabarets. In addition to his Broadway cast albums, he has released three albums of popular music, including a joint album called The Power of Two with Michael Feinstein in 2008. In 2012, Jackson released two singles, "Drive" and "Before You", from his 2013 album I'm Blue, Skies. In 2016, Jackson released his third studio album, Renaissance,{{Cite web|url=http://www.psclassics.com/cd_jackson.html|title=Cheyenne Jackson - Renaissance|website=psclassics.com|access-date=May 31, 2016|archive-date=March 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327064234/http://psclassics.com/cd_jackson.html|url-status=live}} an album adapted and expanded from his solo concert Music of the Mad Men Era.
He also stars as Hades in Disney Channel's Descendants 3. In 2020, he reunited with Descendants alumni Kenny Ortega and Booboo Stewart in Netflix's Julie and the Phantoms.
Early life
Jackson was born in Spokane, Washington{{Cite web |last=Kerschner |first=Jim |date=2004-11-21 |title=Ex-Spokane actor to play the King |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2004/nov/21/ex-spokane-actor-to-play-the-king/ |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=Spokesman.com |language=en}} to David and Sherri Jackson,{{cite web|last=Blank|first=Matthew|date=January 7, 2013|title=PHOTO CALL: Cheyenne Jackson and Nina Arianda Celebrate New Year's Eve at Kennedy Center website|url=https://playbill.com/article/photo-call-cheyenne-jackson-and-nina-arianda-celebrate-new-years-eve-at-kennedy-center-com-201238|url-status=live|access-date=February 16, 2021|website=Playbill|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019213521/https://playbill.com/article/photo-call-cheyenne-jackson-and-nina-arianda-celebrate-new-years-eve-at-kennedy-center-com-201238 |archive-date=October 19, 2021 }} and was named by his father after the 1950s Western series Cheyenne. The third of four children, he was raised in Oldtown, Idaho, a "teeny mill town" in a rural area in northern Idaho near the Washington border. His father was a Vietnam veteran. His mother taught Jackson, his sister, and his two brothers to sing and regularly played music by Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, and Elvis Presley at home. Throughout his childhood, Jackson lived with his family in a rural home that had an outhouse and no running water.{{cite web|work=Playbill|title=ONSTAGE & BACKSTAGE: Who Wears Short Shorts? Cheyenne Jackson Wears Short Shorts!|date=July 7, 2014|access-date=July 6, 2019|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/onstage-backstage-who-wears-short-shorts-cheyenne-jackson-wears-short-shorts-com-323314|last=Rudetsky|first=Seth|archive-date=May 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516021842/https://playbill.com/article/onstage-backstage-who-wears-short-shorts-cheyenne-jackson-wears-short-shorts-com-323314|url-status=live}} He moved to Spokane as a teenager.{{Cite web |last=Writer |first=Geoff Hanson, Aspen Daily News Staff |date=2025-01-15 |title=Cheyenne Jackson performs 'Signs of Life' at Hotel Jerome on Wednesday and Friday |url=https://www.aspendailynews.com/arts_and_entertainment/cheyenne-jackson-performs-signs-of-life-at-hotel-jerome-on-wednesday-and-friday/article_a5e80f7a-d30a-11ef-8afe-53c96cc0256f.html |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=Aspen Daily News |language=en}}
In Seattle, Jackson worked as an ad executive at a magazine and did some theater work on the side, earning his Equity card. He moved to New York City after 2001 to pursue an acting career.{{cite news|author=Coviello|first=Will|date=November 3, 2014|title=Interview: Cheyenne Jackson|work=Gambit|url=https://www.nola.com/gambit/events/article_4abd16d8-8395-5660-a92d-4a5da20c51fe.html|access-date=February 16, 2021|archive-date=October 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019213515/https://www.nola.com/gambit/events/article_4abd16d8-8395-5660-a92d-4a5da20c51fe.html|url-status=live}}
Career
=Theatrical acting career=
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 NYMF 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 the Theatre World Award and nominations from the Drama League and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor.{{cite news | url=https://variety.com/2005/biz/columns/shaking-up-b-way-1117920185/ | title=Shaking up B'way | work=Variety | date=March 28, 2003 | access-date=January 29, 2007 | first=Army | last=Archerd | archive-date=October 23, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071023112842/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117920185.html?categoryid=15&cs=1 | url-status=live }} In 2006, Jackson starred off-Broadway in playwright Nicky Silver's The Agony and The Agony with Victoria Clark. In June 2007, less than a week before the scheduled opening night, Jackson assumed the lead role of Sonny on Broadway in Xanadu, replacing James Carpinello who had been injured during rehearsal. Previous workshop productions of the musical starred Jackson and Jane Krakowski. However, both Jackson and Krakowski opted out of the initial Broadway run, citing schedule conflicts.{{cite interview | subject=Cheyenne Jackson | interviewer=Katie Riegel | url=http://www.broadway.com/gen/Buzz_Story.aspx?ci=550178|title=Q & A: Cheyenne Jackson | publisher=Broadway.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070421042629/http://www.broadway.com/gen/Buzz_Story.aspx?ci=550178|archive-date=April 21, 2007| date=July 8, 2007 | access-date=September 4, 2007}} His performance as Sonny earned him nominations from the Drama League and Drama Desk for Outstanding Lead Actor. Xanadu had several Tony Award nominations including "Best New Musical" for which Jackson and the cast performed on the 62nd Tony Awards show.{{cite news|last=Gans|first=Andrew|date=May 13, 2008|title=2007–2008 Tony Nominations Announced; In the Heights Earns 13 Noms|work=Playbill|url=https://www.playbill.com/article/2007-2008-tony-nominations-announced-in-the-heights-earns-13-noms-com-150060|access-date=February 16, 2021|archive-date=July 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731100656/https://www.playbill.com/article/2007-2008-tony-nominations-announced-in-the-heights-earns-13-noms-com-150060|url-status=live}}
In 2008, Jackson joined Jane Krakowski and Sean Hayes in the New York City Center's Encores! production of Damn Yankees. He returned to Encores! in 2009, playing Woody Mahoney in a staged concert of Finian's Rainbow.{{cite news | url=http://theater2.nytimes.com/2009/03/28/theater/reviews/28fini.html | title=An Irish Immigrant in Missitucky With the Lowdown on High Finance | work=The New York Times | date=March 28, 2009 | access-date=August 19, 2009 | first=Charles | last=Isherwood | archive-date=April 2, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090402035952/http://theater2.nytimes.com/2009/03/28/theater/reviews/28fini.html | url-status=live }}{{cite news|last=Scheck|first=Frank|date=March 28, 2009|title=Brief, Dazzling Vision|work=New York Post|url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/03282009/entertainment/theater/brief__dazzling_vision_161651.htm|access-date=August 19, 2009|archive-date=July 21, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090721001752/http://www.nypost.com/seven/03282009/entertainment/theater/brief__dazzling_vision_161651.htm|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Suskin|first=Steven|date=March 27, 2009|title=Finian's Rainbow|work=Variety|url=https://variety.com/2009/legit/reviews/finian-s-rainbow-5-1200474001/|access-date=February 16, 2021|archive-date=May 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520142617/https://variety.com/2009/legit/reviews/finian-s-rainbow-5-1200474001/|url-status=live}} Jackson also starred in the development workshop of The Book of Mormon by Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and Robert Lopez, who co-wrote the music for Avenue Q.{{Cite news | last = Adams | first = Guy | title = Mormons to get 'South Park' treatment | newspaper = Independent | date = November 19, 2008 | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/mormons-to-get-south-park-treatment-1024598.html | location = London | access-date = August 25, 2017 | archive-date = November 28, 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181128003044/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/mormons-to-get-south-park-treatment-1024598.html | url-status = live }}
In October 2009, Jackson opened on Broadway reprising the role of Woody Mahoney in the revival of the 1947 musical Finian's Rainbow at the St. James Theatre, costarring with Jim Norton and Kate Baldwin.{{cite news|last=Isherwood|first=Charles|date=October 30, 2009|title=A Pot of Sunny Gold in Those Green Hills|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/theater/reviews/30finian.html|access-date=February 16, 2021|archive-date=May 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520143540/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/theater/reviews/30finian.html?searchResultPosition=1|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Finkle|first=David|date=October 29, 2009|title=Finian's Rainbow|url=https://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/reviews/finians-rainbow_22355.html|access-date=February 16, 2021|website=TheaterMania}}{{cite news|last=Sommer|first=Elyse|date=October 30, 2009|title=Finian's Rainbow|work=Curtain Up|url=http://www.curtainup.com/finiansrainbowbway.html|access-date=October 30, 2009|archive-date=November 2, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091102060726/http://www.curtainup.com/finiansrainbowbway.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Simon|first=John|date=October 31, 2009|title=Gold, Romance Merge in Sparkling 'Finian's Rainbow'|publisher=Bloomberg L.P.|url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aXaD0ta5zKy4|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228215759/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aXaD0ta5zKy4|url-status=live|access-date=February 16, 2021|archive-date=December 28, 2013}}{{cite news|last=Itzkoff|first=Dave|date=July 22, 2009|title=Cheyenne Jackson Follows 'Finian's Rainbow' to Broadway|work=The New York Times|url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/22/cheyenne-jackson-follows-finians-rainbow-to-broadway/|access-date=August 19, 2009|archive-date=July 25, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090725101232/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/22/cheyenne-jackson-follows-finians-rainbow-to-broadway/|url-status=live}} The Wall Street Journal wrote, "The way that [Kate Baldwin] and Cheyenne Jackson sing "Old Devil Moon" is the stuff best-selling cast albums are made of."{{cite news|last=Teachout|first=Terry|date=October 30, 2009|title=It's Funny But Is It Art?|work=The Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703363704574503310429557166|url-status=live|access-date=October 30, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091030205217/http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703363704574503310429557166.html|archive-date=October 30, 2009}} The show closed on January 17, 2010. Along with the company of Finian's Rainbow, Jackson recorded the Broadway revival cast album in early December 2009, with a release date of February 2, 2010.{{cite news|last=Jones|first=Kenneth|date=November 25, 2009|title=Finian's Rainbow Will Get a Cast Album; February Release Planned|work=Playbill|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/134847-Finians-Rainbow-Will-Get-a-Cast-Album-February-Release-Planned|url-status=dead|access-date=December 4, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091128081551/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/134847-Finians-Rainbow-Will-Get-a-Cast-Album-February-Release-Planned|archive-date=November 28, 2009}}
In September 2011, Jackson joined Morgan Freeman, Ellen Barkin, Matt Bomer, Christine Lahti, and John Lithgow as part of the Broadway-premiere 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 October 23, 2012, at the Longacre Theatre.{{cite news|date=July 26, 2012|title=Cheyenne Jackson and Henry Winkler Confirmed to Star in Broadway Porn Play The Performers|work=Broadway.com|url=http://www.broadway.com/buzz/163136/cheyenne-jackson-and-henry-winkler-confirmed-to-star-in-broadway-porn-play-the-performers/|access-date=August 12, 2012|archive-date=July 31, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120731011930/http://www.broadway.com/buzz/163136/cheyenne-jackson-and-henry-winkler-confirmed-to-star-in-broadway-porn-play-the-performers/|url-status=live}} The play closed on November 18, 2012, after 23 previews and 7 regular performances.
In 2016, Jackson appeared in the 25th Anniversary Concert of The Secret Garden as Dr. Neville Craven at the Lincoln Center.{{Cite web |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo-Coverage-THE-SECRET-GARDENS-Ben-Platt-Cheyenne-Jackson-Ramin-Karimloo-More-Prep-for-Sundays-Concert-20160219 |title=Photo Coverage: THE SECRET GARDEN'S Ben Platt, Cheyenne Jackson, Ramin Karimloo & More Prep for Sunday's Concert! |access-date=June 18, 2023 |archive-date=June 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230618195754/https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo-Coverage-THE-SECRET-GARDENS-Ben-Platt-Cheyenne-Jackson-Ramin-Karimloo-More-Prep-for-Sundays-Concert-20160219 |url-status=live }}
In 2019, Jackson made his Hollywood Bowl debut playing the roles of the Wolf/Cinderella's Prince in the show Into the Woods opposite Sutton Foster, Sierra Boggess, Patina Miller, Skylar Astin, Chris Carmack, and Shanice Williams.{{cite web|url=https://playbill.com/article/sutton-foster-skylar-astin-hailey-kilgore-sierra-boggess-more-join-cast-of-hollywood-bowl-into-the-woods|title=Sutton Foster, Skylar Astin, Hailey Kilgore, Sierra Boggess, More Join Cast of Hollywood Bowl Into the Woods|last=Gans|first=Andrew|work=Playbill|date=May 30, 2019|accessdate=January 5, 2023|archive-date=August 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815075924/https://www.playbill.com/article/sutton-foster-skylar-astin-hailey-kilgore-sierra-boggess-more-join-cast-of-hollywood-bowl-into-the-woods|url-status=live}} He later reprised these roles while temporarily filling in for Gavin Creel in the 2022 Broadway revival at the St. James Theatre opposite Miller, Sara Bareilles, Brian D'Arcy James, Phillipa Soo, Joshua Henry, and Julia Lester.
In 2024, he portrayed Sir Harry in the New York City Center production of Once Upon A Mattress as a part of its Encores! series. In November, he starred as Georges in the Pasadena Playhouse production of La Cage aux Folles.[https://playbill.com/article/cheyenne-jackson-and-kevin-cahoon-will-star-in-pasadena-playhouse-la-cage-aux-folles Cheyenne Jackson and Kevin Cahoon Will Star in Pasadena Playhouse La Cage aux Folles]
=Film career=
In films, Jackson most notably portrayed 9/11 victim and hero Mark Bingham in United 93 which won the Boston Society of Film Critics 2006 award for Best Ensemble Cast. He has also appeared in several other films including: Curiosity (2005), Hysteria (2010), Smile (2011), the critically lauded The Green (opposite Julia Ormond and Illeana Douglas), and 2012 Sundance Film Festival selection Price Check (with Parker Posey). He portrayed Greta Gerwig's boyfriend Roger in the 2012 Fox Searchlight Pictures film Lola Versus. In 2013, he starred in the HBO biopic of Liberace, Behind the Candelabra, with Michael Douglas and Matt Damon.{{cite web|author=Jagernauth|first=Kevin|date=June 13, 2012|title=Exclusive: Rob Lowe, Cheyenne Jackson & Boyd Holbrook Join Steven Soderbergh's 'Behind The Candelabra'|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/exclusive-rob-lowe-cheyenne-jackson-boyd-holbrook-join-steven-soderberghs-behind-the-candelabra-20120613|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616004852/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/exclusive-rob-lowe-cheyenne-jackson-boyd-holbrook-join-steven-soderberghs-behind-the-candelabra-20120613|archive-date=June 16, 2012|access-date=June 14, 2012|website=Indiewire}} He also appeared in the independent films Mutual Friends (2013), Lucky Stiff (2014), and A Beautiful Now (2015). More recently, he played Hades in the Disney Channel original movie Descendants 3 (2019).
Jackson had a lead role in the film version of Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks in 2014.{{cite magazine|url = https://variety.com/2014/film/reviews/film-review-six-dance-lessons-in-six-weeks-1201380461/|title = Film Review: 'Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks'|first = Justin|last = Chang|date = December 16, 2014|access-date = September 29, 2016|magazine = Variety|archive-date = November 28, 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171128233817/http://variety.com/2014/film/reviews/film-review-six-dance-lessons-in-six-weeks-1201380461/|url-status = live}} He played Michael Minetti, who is hired by retiree Lily Harrison (Gena Rowlands) to give her private dance lessons at her home for six weeks. The film is based on Richard Alfieri's Broadway play of the same name and is directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman.{{cite web|author=Lipton|first=Brian Scott|date=March 12, 2013|title=Cheyenne Jackson to Lead Film Version of Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks Opposite Gena Rowlands|url=http://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/news/03-2013/cheyenne-jackson-to-lead-film-version-of-six-dance_64569.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616004852/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/exclusive-rob-lowe-cheyenne-jackson-boyd-holbrook-join-steven-soderberghs-behind-the-candelabra-20120613|archive-date=June 16, 2012|access-date=March 13, 2013|website=TheaterMania}}
=Television career=
From 2009 through 2013, Jackson had a recurring role on the award-winning series 30 Rock playing Danny Baker. Jackson also portrayed Dustin Goolsby, the coach of "Vocal Adrenaline", the main rival of "New Directions", on the second season of FOX's show Glee.{{cite web|last=Stanhope|first=Kate|date=July 27, 2010|title=Glee: Meet Vocal Adrenaline's New Coach|url=https://tvguide.com/News/Glee-Cheyenne-Jackson-1021071.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100729140508/https://tvguide.com/News/Glee-Cheyenne-Jackson-1021071.aspx|archive-date=July 29, 2010|website=TV Guide}}
He has guest starred on several television series, including Lipstick Jungle, Life on Mars, and Ugly Betty, and was featured in a prominent guest role during Season 8 of Curb Your Enthusiasm. His character "Terry" was the personal trainer to Larry David and Wanda Sykes. On March 15, 2010, Jackson made his guest-starring debut on the NBC series Law & Order in an episode entitled "Innocence".{{cite news| url=http://www.cheyennejackson.com/| title=Cheyenne Jackson| access-date=March 27, 2010| archive-date=August 23, 2007| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070823051526/http://www.cheyennejackson.com/| url-status=dead}}
In 2008, Jackson played series lead Sebastian Kinglare for the Lifetime Television pilot Family Practice opposite Anne Archer and Beau Bridges.{{cite news |url=https://cn.reuters.com/article/television-casting-dc-idUSN1138456120070913 |title=Anne Archer Joins Cable Pilot |work=Reuters |date=September 13, 2007 |access-date=April 19, 2021 |archive-date=April 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419203821/https://cn.reuters.com/article/television-casting-dc-idUSN1138456120070913 |url-status=live }} The series was not picked up for distribution.
In 2010, Jackson filmed a sitcom pilot for ABC-TV called It Takes a Village, co-starring Leah Remini, which was not picked up for the fall 2010 season.{{cite news | url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/26/cheyenne-jackson-gets-his-new-york-times-profile-sort-of/ | title=Cheyenne Jackson Gets His Profile – Sort Of | work=The New York Times | date=March 26, 2010 | access-date=March 27, 2010 | first=Dave | last=Itzkoff | archive-date=February 3, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120203134234/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/26/cheyenne-jackson-gets-his-new-york-times-profile-sort-of/ | url-status=live }}
In 2012, Jackson and Nathan Lane were cast as series leads in the USA Network comedy pilot Local Talent. The series was not picked up for distribution.
Additionally, Jackson guest starred on the pilot episode of NBC's revamp of The Munsters, Mockingbird Lane, written by Bryan Fuller and directed by Bryan Singer. Jackson portrayed Scout Master Steve, a competing love interest for Portia de Rossi's character Lily Munster; the show also stars Eddie Izzard and Jerry O'Connell.{{cite news | url=https://deadline.com/2012/06/pilot-castings-wendell-vinnie-finds-lead-mockingbird-lane-gets-guest-star-287430/ | title=Mockingbird Lane Gets a Guest Star | website=Deadline Hollywood | date=June 15, 2012 | access-date=June 21, 2012 | first=Nellie | last=Andreeva | archive-date=June 19, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619231230/http://www.deadline.com/2012/06/pilot-castings-wendell-vinnie-finds-lead-mockingbird-lane-gets-guest-star/ | url-status=live }} NBC aired the pilot as a Halloween special on October 26, 2012.
Jackson also appeared in the fifth season of American Horror Story as one of the leads alongside Lady Gaga and Matt Bomer. Jackson returned to the show's sixth season to play Network Executive Sidney Aaron James as well as the seventh season to play psychiatrist Dr. Rudy Vincent Anderson and the eighth season of the show to play warlock John Henry Moore.
Jackson made several appearances on RuPaul's Drag Race. He also appeared in the tenth episode of Season 2 of Sense8 as Blake Huntington, an award-winning actor who is cast opposite Miguel Ángel Silvestre's Lito Rodríguez in a Hollywood film. In 2019, he played the role of Hades, Mal's father in the Disney Channel Original Movie Descendants 3.
Jackson has starred in several notable webisode series including Cubby Bernstein opposite Nathan Lane, Legally Brown with Allison Janney, and The [title of show] Show from the meta-fictional Broadway musical [Title of Show].{{cite web|last=Zimmerman |first=Kevin |title=[title of show] is totally title of show |work=Chelmsford Independent |date=August 3, 2008 |url=http://www.wickedlocal.com/chelmsford/fun/entertainment/arts/x1768859760/-title-of-show-is-totally-title-of-show |access-date=August 16, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828183528/http://www.wickedlocal.com/chelmsford/fun/entertainment/arts/x1768859760/-title-of-show-is-totally-title-of-show |archive-date=August 28, 2008 }}{{cite news | last=Boroff | first=Philip | title='[title of show]' Kicks Broadway's Big-Spending Habit | publisher=Bloomberg.com | date=July 17, 2008 | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid==20601088&sid=auKKnqXI1uNc&refer=muse | access-date=August 16, 2008 | archive-date=December 28, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228140229/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid==20601088&sid=auKKnqXI1uNc&refer=muse | url-status=live }}
Since 2020, Jackson costars as Max in the Fox comedy series Call Me Kat opposite Mayim Bialik and Kyla Pratt.{{cite news|last=Andreeva|first=Nelliw|date=March 6, 2020|title=Cheyenne Jackson To Star In 'Call Me Kat' Fox Comedy Series With Mayim Bialik|work=Deadline Hollywood|url=https://deadline.com/2020/03/cheyenne-jackson-star-call-me-kat-fox-comedy-series-mayim-bialik-1202876406/|access-date=March 6, 2020|archive-date=March 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200306223808/https://deadline.com/2020/03/cheyenne-jackson-star-call-me-kat-fox-comedy-series-mayim-bialik-1202876406/|url-status=live}}
In 2022, Jackson competed in season seven of The Masked Singer as "Prince" of Team Good who resembles a frog dressed as a prince. He finished in third place.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/05/the-masked-singer-gives-rudy-clap-season-seven-winner-1235027786/|title=The Masked Singer Gives A 'Rudy Clap' To Its Season Seven Winner|work=Deadline Hollywood|author=Bruce Haring|date=May 18, 2022|access-date=May 19, 2022|archive-date=May 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519021915/https://deadline.com/2022/05/the-masked-singer-gives-rudy-clap-season-seven-winner-1235027786/|url-status=live}}
=Musical career=
Early in his career, Jackson worked as a back-up singer for Vanessa Williams and Heather Headley.{{cite web|last=Swanson|first=Carol|year=2004|title=Vanessa Williams: Silver and Gold|url=http://www.christmasreviews.com/wvanessawilliams.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203100106/http://www.christmasreviews.com/wvanessawilliams.shtml|archive-date=February 3, 2009|access-date=September 14, 2008|website=ChristmasReviews.com}}{{cite web|last=Jackson|first=Cheyenne|year=2004|title=I Blame Liza ........|url=http://www.cheyennejackson.com/index.php?/site/blog/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080815212718/http://www.cheyennejackson.com/index.php?%2Fsite%2Fblog%2F|archive-date=August 15, 2008|access-date=September 14, 2008|website=CheyenneJackson.com|quote="i don't know if you will remember this liza, but i sang backup for you with the broadway inspirational voices a couple years ago? ... I do remember, Cheyenne, you were terrific! ... she shouted out!"}}
In March 2009, Jackson made his nightclub debut at Feinstein's at Loews Regency with a sold-out one-man show titled Back to the Start.{{Cite web|last=Rule|first=Doug|date=March 18, 2009|title=Broadway's 'It' Boy|url=https://www.metroweekly.com/2009/03/broadways-it-boy/|url-status=live|access-date=February 16, 2021|website=Metro Weekly|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113052603/http://www.metroweekly.com/2009/03/broadways-it-boy/ |archive-date=January 13, 2016 }} He later teamed up with Michael Feinstein to create a nightclub act titled "The Power of Two".{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/04/arts/music/04fein.html | title=What Secret Hearts? Let the Sunshine In | work=The New York Times | date=March 6, 2009 | access-date=June 21, 2009 | first=Stephen | last=Holden | archive-date=September 26, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926151145/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/04/arts/music/04fein.html | url-status=live }}{{cite news|last=Suskin|first=Steven|date=June 26, 2009|title=Cabarets Change Menu|work=Variety|url=https://variety.com/2009/legit/news/cabarets-change-menu-1118005433/|access-date=February 16, 2021|archive-date=November 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129094621/https://variety.com/2009/legit/news/cabarets-change-menu-1118005433/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Siegel|first1=Barbara|last2=Siegel|first2=Scott|date=March 6, 2009|title=The Power of Two|work=TheaterMania|url=http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/reviews/06-2009/michael-feinstein-and-cheyenne-jackson-the-power-o_19429.html|access-date=June 21, 2009|archive-date=June 6, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606134949/http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/reviews/06-2009/michael-feinstein-and-cheyenne-jackson-the-power-o_19429.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Finkle|first=David|date=June 16, 2009|title=Life Is Still a Cabaret, Vow Feinstein, Jackson|work=HuffPost|url=https://huffingtonpost.com/david-finkle/life-is-still-a-cabaret-v_b_215515.html|access-date=June 21, 2009|archive-date=June 22, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090622001501/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-finkle/life-is-still-a-cabaret-v_b_215515.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Dziemianowicz|first=Joe|date=December 6, 2009|title=Odd Couples Take Over City Cabaret|work=Daily News|location=New York|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/arts/2009/06/12/2009-06-12_odd_couples_take_city_cabarets_in_.html|url-status=dead|access-date=June 22, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618002752/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/arts/2009/06/12/2009-06-12_odd_couples_take_city_cabarets_in_.html|archive-date=June 18, 2009}} A CD of the show was released on November 3, 2009.
The Power of Two, a concert reuniting Jackson and Feinstein, was presented at Carnegie Hall on October 29, 2010.{{cite web|last=Gans|first=Andrew|date=August 24, 2010|title=Michael Feinstein and Cheyenne Jackson to Reprise Power of Two at Carnegie Hall|url=https://www.playbill.com/article/michael-feinstein-and-cheyenne-jackson-to-reprise-power-of-two-at-carnegie-hall-com-171139|url-status=live|access-date=February 16, 2021|website=Playbill|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511232934/https://www.playbill.com/article/michael-feinstein-and-cheyenne-jackson-to-reprise-power-of-two-at-carnegie-hall-com-171139 |archive-date=May 11, 2021 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.afterelton.com/other/2010/11/review-cheyenne-jackson-michael-feinstein-power-of-two-carnegie-hall |title=Review: Cheyenne Jackson and Michael Feinstein Have A Ball at Carnegie Hall |publisher=AfterElton.com |date=November 2, 2010 |access-date=November 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101106073656/http://www.afterelton.com/other/2010/11/review-cheyenne-jackson-michael-feinstein-power-of-two-carnegie-hall |archive-date=November 6, 2010 }} Jackson was the guest artist performing with the New York Pops in concert, Cheyenne Jackson's Cocktail Hour: Music of the Mad Men Era, at Carnegie Hall on November 18, 2011.{{cite web |url=http://www.newyorkpops.org/cheyenne-jacksons-cocktail-hour-music-of-the-mad-men-era |title=NY Pops: Cheyenne Jackson's Cocktail Hour: Music of the Mad Men Era |publisher=newyorkpops.org |access-date=August 31, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830070819/http://newyorkpops.org/cheyenne-jacksons-cocktail-hour-music-of-the-mad-men-era |archive-date=August 30, 2011 }} Joe Dziemianowicz of The New York Daily News wrote, "There, in Judy (Garland)'s spot singing Joni (Mitchell)'s song, (Cheyenne) Jackson turned the bittersweet ballad into a beautiful highlight in an evening filled with luscious moments with the New York Pops."{{cite news|last=Dziemianowicz|first=Joe|date=November 19, 2011|title=Cheyenne Jackson, of Broadway, "Glee" and "30 Rock," Shines in Carnegie Hall Concert Tribute to 'Mad Men' With New York Pops|work=Daily News|location=New York|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/showandtell/2011/11/cheyenne-jackson-of-broadway-glee-and-30-rock-shines-in-carnegie-hall-concert-tr|url-status=dead|access-date=November 20, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111123094700/http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/showandtell/2011/11/cheyenne-jackson-of-broadway-glee-and-30-rock-shines-in-carnegie-hall-concert-tr|archive-date=November 23, 2011}}
On December 31, 2012, Jackson reprised Music of the Mad Men Era at The Kennedy Center Concert Hall with 96 members of the National Symphony Orchestra and Nina Arianda.{{cite news|last=Lanes|first=Elliot|date=January 2, 2013|title=Concert Review: 'Cheyenne Jackson ... Music of the Mad Men Era' with special guests and Steven Reineke conducting members of the NSO at Kennedy Center|work=MD Theatre Guide|url=http://www.mdtheatreguide.com/2013/01/concert-review-cheyenne-jackson-music-of-the-mad-men-era-with-special-guests-and-steven-reineke-conducting-members-of-the-national-symphony-orchestra-at-kennedy-center/|access-date=January 1, 2013|archive-date=January 6, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130106223431/http://www.mdtheatreguide.com/2013/01/concert-review-cheyenne-jackson-music-of-the-mad-men-era-with-special-guests-and-steven-reineke-conducting-members-of-the-national-symphony-orchestra-at-kennedy-center/|url-status=live}}
In March 2012, Jackson was signed to Sony/ATV publishing as a songwriter and given a developmental artist deal through Sony/ATV's Hickory Records and Red Distribution.{{cite news|date=June 11, 2013|title=Cheyenne Jackson to Release New Album I'M BLUE, SKIES on June 25|work=Broadway.com|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Cheyenne-Jackson-to-Release-New-Album-IM-BLUE-SKIES-on-June-25-20130611|access-date=March 15, 2015|archive-date=April 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402110343/http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Cheyenne-Jackson-to-Release-New-Album-IM-BLUE-SKIES-on-June-25-20130611|url-status=live}}
On May 10, 2012, Jackson released his single "Drive", his first non-theatrical single and his first music video release. The video was directed by Austrian music video director Christian Hörlesberger and the track produced by Thomas "Tawgs" Salter. It was the first single released from I'm Blue, Skies, which was eventually released in June 2013. The album was co-written by Jackson with Sia, Stephen "Stevie" Aiello, and Charlotte Sometimes.{{cite web|author=Peeples|first=Jase|date=May 14, 2011|title=Cheyenne Jackson debuts 'Drive'|url=http://www.gay.net/music/2012/05/14/cheyenne-jackson-debuts-drive|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518162444/http://www.gay.net/music/2012/05/14/cheyenne-jackson-debuts-drive|archive-date=May 18, 2012|access-date=May 24, 2011|website=Gay.net}}
On July 10, 2012, Jackson released his second single from I'm Blue, Skies, "Before You", also produced by Salter. In August 2012, "Before You" reached a peak of No. 31 on the Hot 100 AC chart.{{cite web|url=http://www.nickeverhart.com/projects/4398468#1|title=Before You|author=NE|publisher=nickeverhart.com|date=July 7, 2012|access-date=August 12, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120831054611/http://www.nickeverhart.com/projects/4398468#1|archive-date=August 31, 2012}}
In 2013, he released three singles, "She's Pretty, She Lies", "Look at Me", and "I'm Blue, Skies", followed in 2015 with the single "Don't Wanna Know", all accompanied by music videos. On June 3, 2016, Jackson released Renaissance, an album on the PS Classics record label, adapted and expanded from his solo concert Music of the Mad Men Era.
In the media
Jackson appeared on the March 26, 2008, cover of The Advocate. In 2008, he was named "Entertainer of the Year" by Out and appeared alongside Gus Van Sant, Katy Perry, and Sam Sparro on the cover of the magazine's commemorative 100th issue in December. In April 2010, he appeared on the cover of Canadian fab magazine under the title "Cheyenne Jackson: I Love New York" with photographs by Mike Ruiz. He also appeared on the cover of Out{{'}}s November 2010 issue. In July 2012, he appeared on the cover of attitude.
Charity work
Jackson is an LGBT rights advocate. He is an international ambassador for amfAR (The Foundation for AIDS Research).{{cite news|date=December 3, 2009|title=Light for Rights: World AIDS Day 2009; February Release Planned|work=amfar.org|url=http://www.amfar.org/community/article.aspx?id=8226|access-date=December 12, 2009|archive-date=July 24, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724045229/http://www.amfar.org/community/article.aspx?id=8226|url-status=live}}
Jackson is also a national ambassador and spokesperson for the Hetrick-Martin Institute, a non-profit organization devoted to serving the needs of LGBT youth.{{cite news|url=http://www.out.com/out100/nominees_49.asp |title=Out Magazine 2008 Entertainer of the Year |work=Out |date=December 1, 2008 |access-date=November 14, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206174924/http://www.out.com/out100/nominees_49.asp |archive-date=December 6, 2008 }}{{cite web| url=http://www.cheyennejackson.com/index.php?/site/bio/| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080816015516/http://www.cheyennejackson.com/index.php?%2Fsite%2Fbio%2F| url-status=dead| archive-date=August 16, 2008| title=Biography| work=Official Cheyenne Jackson Website| access-date=January 25, 2010}}{{cite press release|url=http://www.amfar.org/cgi-bin/iowa/events/calendar/record.html?record=143 |title=amfAR Honoring with Pride |publisher=amfAR |date=May 6, 2007 |access-date=September 4, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071118214709/http://www.amfar.org/cgi-bin/iowa/events/calendar/record.html?record=143 |archive-date=November 18, 2007 }}
Personal life
Jackson is gay.{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2020/12/02/mayim-bialik-praise-co-stars-jim-parsons-cheyenne-jackson/3799589001/|title=Jim Parsons, Cheyenne Jackson on playing straight with Mayim Bialik: 'She does make it very easy'|work=USA Today|date=December 2, 2020|access-date=March 25, 2021|first=Bill|last=Keveney|archive-date=February 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210123340/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2020/12/02/mayim-bialik-praise-co-stars-jim-parsons-cheyenne-jackson/3799589001/|url-status=live}} He began dating Monte Lapka, a physicist, in 2000. The two married on September 3, 2011, in New York City.{{cite web|last=Grindley|first=Lucas|date=September 3, 2011|title=Just Married: Cheyenne Jackson Weds Longtime Partner in New York|url=http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/09/03/Just_Married_Cheyenne_Jackson_Weds_Longtime_Partner_in_New_York/|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120721023552/http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/09/03/Just_Married_Cheyenne_Jackson_Weds_Longtime_Partner_in_New_York/|archive-date=July 21, 2012|access-date=September 4, 2011|work=The Advocate}}{{cite news|last=Healy|first=Patrick|date=November 13, 2009|title=Breaks of the Game|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/fashion/15night.html|access-date=February 24, 2017|archive-date=June 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617114713/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/fashion/15night.html|url-status=live}}The Advocate, issue 1006 (April 22, 2008). In July 2013, they announced plans to divorce.{{cite news |first=Ann |last=Oldenburg |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2013/07/31/30-rock-cheyenne-jackson-husband-monte-lapka-split/2605541/ |title=Cheyenne Jackson and his husband split |work=USA Today |date=July 31, 2013 |access-date=August 25, 2017 |archive-date=August 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828112253/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2013/07/31/30-rock-cheyenne-jackson-husband-monte-lapka-split/2605541/ |url-status=live }} They filed for divorce in September 2013.{{cite magazine|first=Nicole|last=Eggenberger|url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/cheyenne-jackson-calls-divorce-a-sad-thing-reveals-hes-in-aa-201328/|title=Cheyenne Jackson Calls Divorce a "Sad Thing," Reveals He's in AA|magazine=US Magazine|publisher=American Media, Inc.|location=New York City|date=August 2, 2013|access-date=September 12, 2018|archive-date=December 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208174618/https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/cheyenne-jackson-calls-divorce-a-sad-thing-reveals-hes-in-aa-201328/|url-status=live}}
In October 2013, Jackson announced he was dating actor Jason Landau on his official Instagram account.{{cite news|last=Nichols|first=James|date=October 14, 2013|title=Cheyenne Jackson Instagrams Photo Of Jason Landau, New Boyfriend|work=HuffPost|url=https://huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/14/cheyenne-jackson-boyfriend_n_4097902.html|access-date=November 29, 2013|archive-date=May 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170508001818/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/14/cheyenne-jackson-boyfriend_n_4097902.html|url-status=live}} They announced their engagement in February 2014{{cite web|last=Shorey|first=Eric|date=February 6, 2014|title=Cheyenne Jackson Engaged To Boyfriend Of Six Months|url=http://www.newnownext.com/cheyenne-jackson-engaged-to-boyfriend-of-six-months-after-13-year-relationship/02/2014/|url-status=live|access-date=February 6, 2014|website=NewNowNext.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140916181253/http://www.newnownext.com/cheyenne-jackson-engaged-to-boyfriend-of-six-months-after-13-year-relationship/02/2014/ |archive-date=September 16, 2014 }} and married in Encino, California, in September 2014.{{cite news|author=Rubenstein|first=Janine Rayford|date=September 13, 2014|title=Cheyenne Jackson Marries Jason Landau|work=People|url=http://www.people.com/article/cheyenne-jackson-marries-jason-landau|access-date=March 15, 2015|archive-date=April 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424032158/http://www.people.com/article/cheyenne-jackson-marries-jason-landau|url-status=live}} Jackson and Landau became the parents of twins, a girl named Willow and a boy named Ethan, in October 2016.{{cite magazine|author=Rose|first=Laura|date=October 8, 2016|title=Cheyenne Jackson and Husband Jason Landau Welcome Twins|url=http://www.instyle.com/celebrity/cheyenne-jackson-and-husband-jason-landau-welcome-twins|magazine=InStyle|access-date=October 8, 2016|archive-date=October 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009145824/http://www.instyle.com/celebrity/cheyenne-jackson-and-husband-jason-landau-welcome-twins|url-status=dead}}
Jackson has discussed his struggles with alcoholism,{{cite magazine|first=Dave|last=Quinn|url=https://people.com/tv/cheyenne-jackson-celebrates-5-years-sobriety/|title=Cheyenne Jackson Celebrates 5 Years of Sobriety After Battle as a 'High-Functioning Alcoholic'|magazine=People|publisher=Meredith Corporation|location=New York City|date=May 10, 2018|access-date=September 12, 2018|archive-date=September 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190921091711/https://people.com/tv/cheyenne-jackson-celebrates-5-years-sobriety/|url-status=live}} and in 2023 said that he had relapsed after 10 years of sobriety.{{cite web | last=Etienne | first=Vanessa | title=Cheyenne Jackson Reveals He 'Fell Off the Wagon' After 10 Years Sober: 'I've Been Carrying a Lot of Shame'|magazine=People|publisher=Meredith Corporation|location=New York City| date=April 26, 2023 | url=https://people.com/health/cheyenne-jackson-reveals-relapse-after-10-years-sober/ | access-date=June 18, 2024}}
Discography
=Studio albums=
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! rowspan="2"|Album details ! colspan="2"|Peak positions ! rowspan="2"|Notes | |
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| style="font-size:smaller;"
! style="width:30px;"| US Heat ! style="width:30px;"| US Jazz | |
| 2009
|align="left"|The Power of Two (with Michael Feinstein)
| 17 | 15
| |
| 2013
|align="left"|I'm Blue, Skies
| - | -
| {{Track listing | title1 = Before You | length1 = 2:50 | title2 = I'm Blue, Skies | length2 = 3:43 | title3 = Any Day Now | length3 = 3:55 | title4 = She's Pretty, She Lies | length4 = 3:50 | title5 = Drive | length5 = 4:05 | title6 = Mr. Lonely Boy | length6 = 3:45 | title7 = Don't Wanna Know | length7 = 3:50 | title8 = Back Pocket | length8 = 3:36 | title9 = Not Ready to Let You Go | length9 = 2:59 | title10 = Don't Look at Me | length10= 3:33 | title11 = You Get Me | note11 = feat. Charlotte Sometimes | length11= 3:25 | title12 = Drive (Conaire Remix) | length12= 6:47 }} |
| 2016
|align="left"|Renaissance
| - |9 | {{Track listing | title1 = Feeling Good | length1 = | title2 = Americano | length2 = | title3 = Angel Eyes | length3 = | title4 = Bésame Mucho | length4 = | title5 = Somethin' Stupid | length5 = | title6 = I (Who Have Nothing) | length6 = | title7 = A Case of You | length7 = | title8 = Walkin' My Baby Back Home | length8 = | title9 = Red Wine Is Good for My Heart | length9 = | title10 = A Song for You | length10= | title11 = A Change Is Gonna Come | length11= | title12 = Your Song | length12= }} |
;Original Broadway cast albums
- All Shook Up (2005)
- Xanadu (2007)
- Finian's Rainbow (2009)
;Soundtrack appearances
=Singles=
- 2012: "Drive"
- 2012: "Before You"
- 2013: "Don't Wanna Know"{{cite web|date=December 4, 2012|title=Behind the Scenes of Cheyenne Jackson's 'DONT WANNA KNOW'|url=https://www.out.com/entertainment/popnography/2012/12/04/behind-scenes-cheyenne-jacksons-dont-wanna-know|url-status=live|access-date=February 2, 2019|website=Out|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121205174017/http://www.out.com/entertainment/popnography/2012/12/04/behind-scenes-cheyenne-jacksons-dont-wanna-know |archive-date=December 5, 2012 }}
- 2015: "Find the Best of Me"
=Music videos=
- 2012: "Drive"
- 2012: "Before You"
- 2013: "Don't Wanna Know"
- 2013: "Don't Look at Me"
- 2013: "She's Pretty, She Lies"
- 2013: "I'm Blue, Skies"
Filmography
=Film=
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| rowspan="2" |2008
|Bryce |Episode: "Chapter Fifteen: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Prada" |
| Family Practice
|Sebastian Kinglare |Television film |
| rowspan="2" |2009
|Sebastian Grace |Episode: "Let All the Children Boogie" |
| Ugly Betty
|Timothy D'Artagnan |Episode: "Sugar Daddy" |
| 2009–2012
|Danny Baker |12 episodes |
| rowspan="2" |2010
|Jon Sorrentino |Episode: "Innocence" |
| It Takes a Village
|Scott |Unsold television pilot |
| 2010–2011
|Glee |Dustin Goolsby |3 episodes |
| 2011
|Terry |Episode: "Car Periscope" |
| 2012
|Steve |Unsold television pilot |
| rowspan="3" |2013
|Onion News Empire |Cameron Grey |Unsold television pilot |
| Behind the Candelabra
|Billy Leatherwood |Television film |
| Full Circle
|Peter Barlow |3 episodes |
| rowspan="3" |2014
|HR |Tim Harcourt |Unsold television pilot |
| Royal Pains
|Sam |Episode: "Oh, M.G." |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
|Nebula1 |Episode: "Kitty" |
| 2015–2016
|9 episodes |
| rowspan="2" |2016
|American Horror Story: Roanoke |7 episodes |
| American Housewife
|Johnny Diamond |Episode: "Disconnected" |
| 2017–2019
|Himself |3 episodes ("Draggily Ever After", "Evil Twins", "L.A.D.P.!") |
| rowspan="4" |2017
|Mr. Peters |Episode: "The Real Mr. Nice Guy" |
| Sense8
|Blake Huntington |Episode: "If All the World's a Stage, Identity Is Nothing But a Costume" |
| American Horror Story: Cult
|9 episodes |
| Modern Family
|Max |Episode: "In Your Head" |
| rowspan="3" |2018
|Greg Parker |7 episodes |
| Will & Grace
|Michael |Episode: "The Beefcake & the Cake Beef" |
| American Horror Story: Apocalypse
|4 episodes |
| rowspan="3" |2019 |
| The Morning Show
|Himself |Episode: "No One's Gonna Harm You, Not While I'm Around" |
| Watchmen
|Hooded Justice |3 episodes |
| rowspan= "4" |2020
|Descendants Remix Dance Party |Hades |Television special |
| Equal
|Docuseries |
| Julie and the Phantoms
|Caleb Covington |5 episodes |
| Saved by the Bell
|René |3 episodes |
| 2021–2023
|Max |Main role |
| rowspan= "3" |2021
|RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars |Himself |Special guest, Episode: "Snatch Game of Love" |
| A Clüsterfünke Christmas
|Frank |Television film |
| Descendants: The Royal Wedding
|Hades (voice) |Animated television film |
| 2022
|Prince |Season 7 contestant; Third place |
| 2024
| Bryan |
Stage credits
Awards and honors
See also
References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160222021607/http://www.officialcheyennejackson.com/ Official Website]
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- {{IMDb name|2091145}}
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