# Stoney Jackson

Stonewall W. "Stoney" Jackson (born Alwyn Jackson on February 27, 1960) is an American actor. Jackson was born in Richmond, Virginia.

## Career

He was featured in numerous teen magazines in the 1970s and 1980s, including Right On, Teen Beat, and Tiger Beat. Jackson played a baseball player in the 1994 Disney film Angels in the Outfield. He portrayed high school basketball player Jesse Mitchell on the ensemble series The White Shadow, and Travis Fillmore on the sitcom 227. He played Black Jack Savage in the pilot episode of The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage. He also has made guest appearances on shows like Hardcastle and McCormick and Everybody Hates Chris. He was also cast as “Kenyatta” an illiterate lowlife in 1999 comedy film Trippin’.
Stoney Jackson was one of the more visible dancers in the iconic music video for Michael Jackson's "Beat It". He appeared in the video for Dan Hartman's "I Can Dream About You" as the lead vocalist of the fictional group "The Sorels" from the Walter Hill film Streets of Fire, in which he appeared. Hill would later cast Jackson again in Trespass and Wild Bill. In 1985, he co-starred in the short-lived crime series, "The Insiders," as James Mackey. In 1985 he appeared in the Season 11, Episode 14 of The Jeffersons. In 1997, he appeared with John Lafayette and Kyla Pratt in the Season 5, Episode 22 of Walker, Texas Ranger.
Jackson also appeared in the film CB4, with Chris Rock and Allen Payne, as Wacky Dee, a take-off on dance-oriented rappers like Freedom Williams and MC Hammer. He performed the song "Dance" in the film.
Jackson portrayed the supervillain The Gangster Prankster in Roger Corman's 1997 movie Black Scorpion II and reprises the role in the 2001 Black Scorpion.
Kool Keith's album Spankmaster (2001) features a track named "Stoney Jackson," and Strong Arm Steady's second album is titled In Search of Stoney Jackson (2010).

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1979 | The Return of Mod Squad | Student | TV movie |
| 1979 | The Concorde... Airport '79 | American Olympic Athlete | |
| 1979 | Young Love, First Love | Student | TV movie |
| 1979 | Roller Boogie | "Phones" | |
| 1984 | Streets of Fire | Bird | |
| 1986 | Knights of the City | Eddie | |
| 1987 | Jocks | Andy | |
| 1988 | Mortuary Academy | James Dandridge | |
| 1988 | Police Story: Cop Killer | - | TV movie |
| 1988 | The Perfect Model | Stedman Austin | |
| 1989 | Baywatch: Panic at Malibu Pier | Lifeguard | TV movie |
| 1990 | The End of Innocence | Leroy | |
| 1991 | Up Against the Wall | Jesse Bradley | |
| 1991 | By the Sword | Johnson | |
| 1992 | Blind Vision | Tony Davis | |
| 1992 | Trespass | Wicked | |
| 1993 | CB4 | Wacky Dee | |
| 1994 | Angels in the Outfield | Ray Mitchell | |
| 1994 | Red Sun Rising | Gamal | |
| 1994 | Angel 4: Undercover | Mojo Clark | |
| 1994 | Kangaroo Court | - | Short |
| 1995 | Wild Bill | Jubal Pickett | |
| 1996 | The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson | Julian | |
| 1996 | Lone Tiger | Furie | |
| 1996 | The Fan | Zamora | |
| 1996 | Carnival of Wolves | Johnny | |
| 1997 | Black Scorpion II | Gangster Prankster | |
| 1997 | Human Desires | Vic | Video |
| 1999 | Trippin' | Kenyatta | |
| 1999 | At Face Value | Militant Man | Short |
| 2000 | The Thief & the Stripper | U-Dog | |
| 2003 | Blackball | Courtney | |
| 2019 | Perfectly Single | Lee | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1980 | Eight Is Enough | Darren | Recurring Cast: Season 4 |
| 1980 | Stone | - | Episode: "The Partner" |
| 1980 | The Righteous Apples | James | Episode: "Point of View" |
| 1980-81 | The White Shadow | Jesse B. Mitchell | Main Cast: Season 3 |
| 1982 | M*A*S*H | Soldier | Episode: "Blood and Guts" |
| 1983 | The Mississippi | Lou | Episode: "Joey" |
| 1983 | Hardcastle and McCormick | Harold 'Death Ray' Thomas | Episode: "The Prince of Fat City" |
| 1984 | Trapper John, M.D. | Ricky | Episode: "It's About Time" |
| 1984 | Highway to Heaven | Mau Mau | Episode: "The Return of the Masked Rider" |
| 1985 | The Jeffersons | Monk | Episode: "Last Dance" |
| 1985-86 | The Insiders | James Mackey | Main Cast |
| 1986-87 | Santa Barbara | Paul Whitney | Regular Cast |
| 1989 | Dragnet | Jesse James Jones | Episode: "Automated Muggings" |
| 1989-90 | 227 | Travis Filmore | Main Cast: Season 5 |
| 1991 | The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage | Black Jack Savage | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 1991 | Adam-12 | - | Episode: "No Mercy" |
| 1993 | Family Matters | Lee | Episode: "Tender Kisses" |
| 1994 | Tales from the Crypt | Aaron Scott | Episode: "The Pit" |
| 1997 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Zack Russell | Episode: "The Neighborhood" |
| 1998 | Mike Hammer, Private Eye | Lonnie Hathaway | Episode: "The Long Road to Nowhere" |
| 1998 | Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction | Lawrence | Episode: "A Joyful Noise" |
| 1998 | The Hughleys | Ray Ray | Episode: "The Thanksgiving Episode" |
| 2000 | Charmed | P.D. Alan Sloan | Episode: "The Honeymoon's Over" |
| 2001 | Black Scorpion | Gangster Prankster | Recurring Cast |
| 2006 | Everybody Hates Chris | Mr. Jackson | Episode: "Everybody Hates Drew" |
| 2010 | Modern Family | Referee | Episode: "Benched" |
| 2012 | Psych | Fred Dozier | Episode: "True Grits" |
| 2016-20 | Sangre Negra | Cimmaron Squalley | Recurring Cast |
| 2022 | Sangre Negra...Black Blood | Cimmaron Squalley | Main Cast: Season 1 |

### Music videos

| Year | Song | Artist |
| 1983 | "Beat It" | Michael Jackson |
| 1984 | "I Can Dream About You" (version 1)" | Dan Hartman |
| 1984 | "Change Your Wicked Ways" | Penny Ford |