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Brandon T. Jackson
Jackson in January 2009
Born	Brandon Timothy Jackson March 7, 1984 (1984-03-07) (age 26) Detroit, Michigan, US
Occupation	actor, comedian
Years active	2001–present

Brandon Timothy Jackson (born March 7, 1984) is an American actor and stand up comedian.

Life and career

Jackson, one of seven children, was born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Beverly Y., a pastor, and Bishop Wayne T. Jackson, the senior pastor of Great Faith Ministries International.^[1][2] Jackson attended West Bloomfield High School in West Bloomfield, Michigan.^[3] After graduation, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue stand up and started at the Laugh Factory,^[4] as well as opened for Wayne Brady and Chris Tucker. His role as "Junior" in the film Roll Bounce won him the 2006 Black Reel Award for Breakthrough Performance. He hosted one episode of the Brandon T. Jackson Show on The N channel. In 2006, Jackson hosted the "Up Close and Personal Tour," featuring Chris Brown, Ne-Yo, Lil Wayne, Juelz Santana and Dem Franchize Boyz. He starred on the show Wild 'N Out with Nick Cannon, and in the films Tropic Thunder, as Alpa Chino, and Percy Jackson, as Grover Underwood.^[5]

Filmography

References

External links

• Brandon T. Jackson at the Internet Movie Database
• Brandon T. Jackson at MySpace