Portrait of Mel Jackson

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.

Born: October 13, 1970

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Filmography

2015
Civilian Life

as Commander Jamison

2014
Four Seasons

as Colin

2013
Dreams

as Mia's Father

2012
2012
The Marriage Chronicles

as Dr. Timothy Masters

2008
2007
Motives 2 : Retribution

as Detective Morgan

2005
Love on Layaway

as Anthony

2004
Motives

as Detective Morgan

2003
2002
Half & Half

as Roland

2001
The Division

as Johnny

2000
DAG

as Agent Morton

2000
Little Richard

as Bud Blackwell

2000
Playing with Fire

as Guy Brayson

1999
1998
The Temptations

as Norman Whitfield

1997
Soul Food

as Simuel

1997
1996
To Sir, with Love II

as Tommie Rahwn (as Melton Jackson)

1993
Living Single

as Ira Lee "Tripp" Williams