Neil Jackson

English actor Neil Jackson.

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Neil Jackson (born March 5, 1976 in Luton, England) is an English actor and writer who has appeared in several television series and films, but is probably best-known for his role on Blade: The Series. Height: 6' 1" (1,84 m).

Neil acted in National Youth Theatre as a teenager before moving to Cardiff to study sport at the University of Wales Institute Cardiff (UWIC). Here Neil started competitve boxing after learning of a British Univeristies Boxing Competition, where all Univerities from within the British Isles compete. Neil entered and won the gold at light-middle weight. He went on to successfully defend his title two years later. Neil's boxing earnt him a scholarship to stay on at UWIC and study for his Masters degree, graduating in 1998. Neil then left Cardiff for London in pursuit of an acting career.

Unsure of how to now get into acting, Neil wrote a musical and entered it into a National competition for new writers. It came thrird and gained attention from producers in London including Michael Armstrong. Neil later enrolled in Michael Armstrong's Acting Academy, graduating 2001.

Neil's first professional acting job was a UK National touring production of Strindberg's classic "Miss Julie", in which Neil understudied the lead character, Jean. A role he took over in the West End production later that year.

Filmography

Trivia

Neil Jackson is a former amateur boxing champion and was a personal trainer before he began acting.
Neil has two university degrees - a BA Hons and and MSc. Both in Sports Science.
Neil worked as a doorman to pay his way through university.
Neil has written two unpublished novels.
Neil wrote The Passage, starring himself and Stephen Dorff, after his experiences in Morocco shooting Alexander.
Neil has two other scripts he has written in current development.

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