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Home/People/Mel Jackson
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Born
Oct 13, 1970
Age 55
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

17
Movies
11
TV Shows
IMDb Profile

Mel Jackson

Acting

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.
Civilian Life poster

Civilian Life

as Commander Jamison
2015
Four Seasons poster

Four Seasons

as Colin
2014
Dreams poster

Dreams

as Mia's Father
2013
If You Really Love Me poster

If You Really Love Me

as Charles
2012
The Marriage Chronicles poster

The Marriage Chronicles

as Dr. Timothy Masters
2012
A Good Man Is Hard to Find poster

A Good Man Is Hard to Find

as Jasper King
2008
Motives 2 : Retribution poster

Motives 2 : Retribution

as Detective Morgan
2007
Love on Layaway poster

Love on Layaway

as Anthony
2005
Friends and Lovers poster

Friends and Lovers

Cast
2005
Motives poster

Motives

as Detective Morgan
2004
Deliver Us from Eva poster

Deliver Us from Eva

as Timothy
2003
Little Richard poster

Little Richard

as Bud Blackwell
2000
Playing with Fire poster

Playing with Fire

as Guy Brayson
2000
Uninvited Guest poster

Uninvited Guest

as Howard
1999
Soul Food poster

Soul Food

as Simuel
1997
George Wallace poster

George Wallace

as Eddie
1997
To Sir, with Love II poster

To Sir, with Love II

as Tommie Rahwn (as Melton Jackson)
1996