Jackson Davis (actor)

{{Short description|American actor|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{About||the former Louisiana state senator attorney|Jackson B. Davis}}

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| caption = Davis as Jonas in lonelygirl15

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|3|19}}[http://www.lg15.com/lgpedia/index.php?title=Jackson_Davis LGpedia, Jackson Davis]

| birth_place = Gloversville, New York, U.S.

| occupation = Actor

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| years_active = 2005–present

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Jackson Davis (born March 19, 1979) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying the character "Jonas" from the lonelygirl15 videos series, its spinoff KateModern,{{cite news | url=http://www.hitsearchlimited.com/news/999583/ | title=Social Online Drama - Katemodern swaps plots with lonelygirl15 | publisher=hitsearch | date=April 28, 2008 | accessdate=Aug 8, 2009 | archive-date=February 26, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226132544/http://www.hitsearchlimited.com/news/999583/ | url-status=dead }} and its sequel series, LG15: The Resistance.{{Cite news | url = http://www.appscout.com/2008/09/lonelygirl15_sequel_premieres.php | date = 2008-09-02 | work = Appscout.com | title = Lonelygirl15 Sequel Premieres September 20 | access-date = 2009-08-07 | archive-date = 2011-07-16 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110716175742/http://www.appscout.com/2008/09/lonelygirl15_sequel_premieres.php | url-status = dead }}{{cite news | url=http://newteevee.com/2008/08/27/lonelygirl15s-second-incarnation-the-resistance/ | title=lonelygirl15's Second Incarnation: The Resistance | publisher=Newteevee | date=August 27, 2008 | accessdate=Aug 8, 2009 | archive-date=August 4, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090804011411/http://newteevee.com/2008/08/27/lonelygirl15s-second-incarnation-the-resistance/ | url-status=dead }} He was born in Gloversville, New York, but was raised in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where he attended Ephrata High School. He starred in the 2009 film You, Only Better..., a movie about life coaches.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1197633/ You, Only Better... (2009)]{{Cite news | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_0UyWVyMtg | title = Gregory Mantell Show -- Ilene Kristen / Jackson Davis / Bob Guiney | date = 2008-11-04 | work = The Gregory Mantell Show}}

After graduation from high school, Davis worked a series of odd jobs before enlisting in the United States Navy. Davis was unhappy in the Navy, and afterwards he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting.

Davis was cast as the third major actor on lonelygirl15 in November 2006. His character Jonas was described as the rich alpha-dog contrast to the penniless beta-dog Daniel, played by Yousef Abu-Taleb.{{Cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/24/arts/television/24heff.html | title = As Her World Turns, Lonelygirl15 Seeks New Thrills | date = 2007-01-14 | work = The New York Times | author = Virginia Heffernan | author-link = Virginia Heffernan }} In addition to his work on lonelygirl15, Davis, a member of Playhouse West,{{Cite news | url = http://www.eqal.com/2008/04/21/world%e2%80%99s-top-internet-dramas-to-cross-the-oceanplotlines-as-lonelygirl15-and-katemodern-charasters-crossover-in-1st-ever-meeting/ | date = 2008-04-21 | work = EQAL | title = WORLD's TOP INTERNET DRAMAS TO CROSS THE OCEAN/PLOTLINES AS lonelygirl15 and KATEMODERN CHARASTERS CROSSOVER IN 1ST EVER MEETING}} has appeared in an episode of CSI: NY, and played a prominent role as a drug dealer in an episode of CSI that originally aired on April 1, 2010. He has appeared in numerous independent features including his starring role in Strange Angel, and over 15 independent shorts, including Latter Day Fake.

{{Cite news | url = http://local.lancasteronline.com/4/206327 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927001529/http://local.lancasteronline.com/4/206327 | archivedate= 2007-09-27 |date = 2007-07-01 | work = Lancaster Sunday News | title = Lancaster native finds work as Web actor on 'lonelygirl15' series}}

Davis appeared in a Raul Midon music video, "Pick Somebody Up," in 2007.{{Cite news | url = http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=18077353 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20121209062547/http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=18077353 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2012-12-09 | date = 2007-09-14 | work = Raul Midon | title = Pick Somebody Up | access-date = 2009-08-29 }} In September 2008, he spent a week hosting at the ACME Comedy Theatre.{{Cite news | url = http://acmecomedy.com/celebs_main.htm | date = 2008-09-06 | work = ACME Comedy Theatre | title = Guest Stars At ACME | access-date = 2009-08-29 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090817155547/http://www.acmecomedy.com/celebs_main.htm | archive-date = 2009-08-17 | url-status = dead }}{{Cite news | url = https://www.youtube.com/user/acmecomedy#grid/user/19C3D171C0D0F89E | date = 2008-09-06 | work = ACME Comedy Theatre | title = Acme This Week 2008/09/06 Host: Jackson Davis}} The following summer, he appeared in a series of web videos parodying celebrity Proposition 8 videos.{{Cite news | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yXhpyNEY4M | date = 2009-06-22 | work = ilooklikemymom on YouTube | title = Vote NO on Proposition YES #1}}{{Cite news | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ4pebQbYRsM | date = 2009-06-22 | work = ilooklikemymom on YouTube | title = Vote NO on Proposition YES #2}}

Davis has also played the role of Donovan in the 2016 film The Wrong Car.{{Citation|title=Vehicle for Revenge (TV Movie 2016) - IMDb|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4770142/characters/nm2006006|access-date=2022-01-13}}{{Cite web|title=Who Is Donovan In 'The Wrong Car' Lifetime Movie?|url=https://2paragraphs.com/2016/01/who-is-donovan-in-the-wrong-car-lifetime-movie/|access-date=2022-01-13|website=2paragraphs.com|language=en-US}}

Davis also appeared in a Bud Light television advertisement.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVGcg9fRmSQ#t=0m18s Bud Light ad on YouTube] (deep links to Davis's appearance)

In 2016, Davis starred in the feature film Deserted opposite Mischa Barton, as her brother Robin. The film is a psychological thriller about a group of friends on a road trip to a music festival in "Death Valley - which results in getting them hopelessly lost in the most stunning, but unforgiving topographical terrain on the planet".{{Cite web|title=Deserted (2016) IMDB| website=IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2461030/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_lk1|accessdate=2 September 2017}} Davis teamed up with Barton again for the upcoming horror film, The Basement.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}

In the summer of 2020, Davis starred in Before the Fire, a pandemic thriller that garnered wide attention due to its similarity to the ongoing COVID-19 health crisis.{{Citation|title=Before the Fire (2020) - IMDb|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4255196/characters/nm2006006|access-date=2022-01-13}}{{Cite web|last=DeFore|first=John|date=2020-04-01|title='Before the Fire': Film Review|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/before-fire-1287851/|access-date=2022-01-13|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en-US}}