Jonathan Jackson

Jonathan Jackson is a multi-faceted artist, actor, singer, and author from the United States. On the ABC Daytime soap opera “General Hospital,” his first well-known role as Lucky Spencer, the most enduring soap opera and the longest-running serial program. He received five Emmy Awards for the role. In the film “Tuck Everlasting,” he played Jesse Tuck in 2002. He formed a band with his brother, actor, and drummer Richard Lee Jackson, and mate Daniel Sweatt, called Enation in 2004. He played the character, Avery Barkley, in the ABC/CMT musical drama series “Nashville” an up-and-coming musician trying to make it in Music City from 2012 to 2018.

As art imitates life, Jonathan has had the pleasure of collaborating with producers such as T Bone Burnett, Colin Linden, Buddy Miller, and Greg Archilla after moving from the west coast to Nashville, TN. He is regarded as a charismatic and emotional artist who has elicited visceral responses and standing ovations from audiences at venues such as London’s O2 Arena and Nashville’s Grand Ole’ Opry. He also completed an international tour as the opening act for Echo & The Bunnymen, which included a sold-out show at the prestigious London’s Royal Albert Hall.

Jackson keeps up with his multitude of fans via social media platforms like Twitter and Instagram where he boasts over 300,000 followers cross-platforms. In 2021 he released the first look of his new book, “The Harrowing of Hell.” Jackson describes it as a book ten years in the making. He says his inspiration was wanting to write a heroic epic that his children could grow up with and eventually pass on to their children.