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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

27

Gender

Male

Birthday

1970-10-13 (55 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Also Known As

Mel Jackson

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Melton Jackson (born on October 13, 1970, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.) is an African-American actor, producer, spoken word artist and R&B musician. Jackson made his first appearance in the 1997 film Soul Food, and since has appeared in films such as Deliver Us From Eva , The Temptations, Uninvited Guest, Motives and Flip the Script. He also appeared in the 2005 hit stage play Friends and Lovers and starred in Issue's: We've all got 'em (2006). His dulcet tenor voice has been featured on Living Single, where he played "Tripp" during the hit sitcom's final year, as well as another stage play he starred in with Canadian chanteuse Deborah Cox. Despite his vocal gifts, he has yet to issue an album. Description above from the Wikipedia article Melton Jackson,  licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting

Uninvited Guest

1999

Uninvited Guest

as

Howard

Motives 2 : Retribution

2007

Motives 2 : Retribution

as

Detective Morgan

Motives

2004

Motives

as

Detective Morgan

The Marriage Chronicles

2012

The Marriage Chronicles

as

Dr. Timothy Masters

Civilian Life

2015

Civilian Life

as

Commander Jamison

Four Seasons

2014

Four Seasons

as

Colin

Love on Layaway

2005

Love on Layaway

as

Anthony

George Wallace

1997

George Wallace

as

Eddie

Soul Food

1997

Soul Food

as

Simuel

Dreams

2013

Dreams

as

Mia's Father

Little Richard

2000

Little Richard

as

Bud Blackwell

Deliver Us from Eva

2003

Deliver Us from Eva

as

Timothy

Playing with Fire

2000

Playing with Fire

as

Guy Brayson

Half & Half

Half & Half

as

Roland

The Division

The Division

as

Johnny

Love, Inc.

Love, Inc.

as

Daniel

Living Single

Living Single

as

Ira Lee "Tripp" Williams

DAG

DAG

as

Agent Morton

The Temptations

The Temptations

as

Norman Whitfield

Production

Crew

Directing