From: Favorite Hunks & Other Things
I always wanted Joey to end up with Dawson, but, I wanted Pacey. Joshua Jackson who played Pacey so well turns 36 today.
Joshua Carter Jackson (born June 11, 1978) is a Canadian-American actor. He has appeared in prime time television and in over 32 film roles. His well known roles include Pacey Witter in Dawson's Creek, Charlie Conway in The Mighty Ducks film series and Peter Bishop in Fringe.
Jackson was born in Vancouver, British Columbia to John Carter Jackson and his wife, Fiona. His mother is a casting director. Jackson's father is from Texas and his mother is a native of Ballyfermot, Dublin, Ireland, having migrated to North America in the late 1960s. He has a younger sister, Aisleagh (born 1983). He was raised Catholic.
Jackson grew up in California until the age of 8. Not long after his sister was born his parents divorced and Jackson, his mother and sister then moved to Seattle, where he attended Einstein Middle School in Shoreline, Washington. Shortly thereafter, he moved to Vancouver with his mother and younger sister. He attended Ideal Mini School and later switched to Kitsilano Secondary School. In an interview with The New York Times, Jackson said he was kicked out of high school once because of The Jon Stewart Show: "[The show] played, at least where I grew up, at 1:30 in the morning, so I would stay up at night to watch Jon Stewart, but then I'd be too tired—or too lazy—to go to school in the morning. So I'd just take the first couple of classes off, 'cause I wanted to be fresh when I got there." He claims that the first time was because of "attitude" problems and that he "wasn't in the school spirit".
Jackson was in a relationship with fellow Dawson's Creek co-star Katie Holmes during the first two seasons of the shows run. Holmes cites Jackson as her first love.
Jackson has been in a relationship with German actress Diane Kruger since 2006; the couple shares residences in Paris and Vancouver. He owns his childhood home in Topanga, California. He previously lived in Wilmington, North Carolina, where the television program Dawson's Creek was filmed; and in New York, where Fringe filmed its first season. In 2009, he moved back to Vancouver for the shooting of the second season of Fringe.
Jackson is a fan of the hockey team Vancouver Canucks. He was arrested on November 9, 2002 at a Carolina Hurricanes ice hockey game in Raleigh, North Carolina after a quarrel with a security guard. He was charged with assault affray and being intoxicated and disruptive, having 0.14 blood alcohol content. Prosecutors agreed to dismiss the assault charge, and Jackson agreed to attend an alcohol education program and perform 24 hours of community service in order to have the remaining charge dropped.
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