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Chris Jackson

Actor & Board Member
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Christopher Jackson is a Tony Award nominated actor as well as a Grammy and Emmy Award winning songwriter/composer best known for starring as George Washington in the critically acclaimed, award-winning musical, Hamilton, on Broadway and Disney+. According to Variety, Disney+ saw a 72% surge in U.S. downloads during the premiere weekend. Christopher was most recently seen starring in the hit CBS drama "Bull” which came to an end after 6 seasons. He can now be seen in season 2 of the HBO Max reboot of “Sex and the City”, “And Just Like That…”

Jackson won an Emmy Award for his song with Will.I.Am, “What I Am”. In 2010 he released his first solo album titled, IN THE NAME OF LOVE with Yellow Sound Lab Records and is currently working on his 2nd album. Christopher has performed sold out concerts all over the U.S. including Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center.

Jackson is married to Veronica Jackson and have 2 children; one who is autistic.

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