John M. Jackson

John Murice Jackson (born June 1, 1950) is an American actor. He portrayed FBI Deputy director Sam Cullen.
He best known for playing Rear Admiral A. J. Chegwidden on the CBS series JAG and also as a special guest star on its spinoff NCIS and recurring cast to its spinoff NCIS: Los Angeles.
== Biography ==
=== Early life ===
Jackson was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and raised in Fort Worth, Texas. He played football and basketball at Arlington Heights High School in Fort Worth, graduating in 1968. After graduating from the University of Texas at Austin, Jackson taught social studies at LBJ High School in Austin, Texas.
=== Career ===
Jackson started acting in his late 20s, at a community theater. In 1980, Jackson went to New York City, and later to Hollywood, to further his acting career. He had small roles in a number of television and motion picture productions, most notably a recurring role in the series Wiseguy. In 1986, he appeared in the TV film Blind Justice, starring Tim Matheson. In 1987, Jackson had a small role in the MacGyver episode "Birth Day" as LA police sergeant Meechum who recognizes MacGyver's flag help signal, saying he does so because he spent four years in the Navy. In 1992, Jackson played Captain West, a JAG officer, in the American drama film A Few Good Men.
In 1996, Jackson took on the role of Rear Admiral A.J. Chegwidden (the Judge Advocate General of the Navy) in JAG, which he would continue to play for nine consecutive years. Jackson was Johnny B./Eli Ferguson in The Spitfire Grill. His mother was played by Ellen Burstyn.
Jackson had a recurring role as FBI Deputy Director Sam Cullen in the first season of Fox series Bones. Jackson appeared in the series finale of Jericho as the ambassador of Texas to the Allied States of America. Jackson portrayed C-130 pilot Gus in the NBC series Knight Rider and has recently appeared on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
Jackson returned to the role of retired admiral A.J. Chegwidden, now a civilian lawyer, in the NCIS season 10 finale, broadcast on May 14, 2013 and again as a recurring character on NCIS: Los Angeles in its 8th and 9th seasons.
== Personal life ==
Jackson is married to Jana Gale Hawkins Jackson. They have a son, former Major League Baseball player Conor Jackson, and a daughter, Katherine.
== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1981	Back Roads 	Merle 	Credited as John Jackson
1983	Local Hero 	Cal 	Credited as John Jackson
1885	The Legend of Billie Jean	Kenny's Father 	Credited as John Jackson
1986	The Hitcher 	Sergeant Starr 	Credited as John Jackson
1986	Sid and Nancy 	Lance Boyles, M.D. 	Credited as John Jackson
1990	Chinatown Connection 	P.C. Pete 	
1991	Eve of Destruction 	Peter Arnold 	
1991	Career Opportunities 	Bud Dodge 	
1992	A Few Good Men 	Captain West 	
1993	A Perfect World 	Bob Fielder 	
1994	Roswell 	Colonel Blanchard 	
1996	The Spitfire Grill 	Johnny B. / Eli 	
1996	The Glimmer Man 	Donald Cunningham 	
1998	Edge City 	Gary 	
2005	Homefront 	Marvin 	Short film
2008	West of Brooklyn 	Mr. Jensen 	
2017	Gifted 	Judge Edward Nichols	
=== Television[edit] ===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1981 	Murder in Texas 	Waiter 	Television movie
1982 	American Playhouse 	Mr Goodman 	Episode "Seguin"
1983 	Adam 	Det. Jim Gibbons 	Television film
1984 	License to Kill 	Officer Caskey 	Television film
1984 	Celebrity 	Detective 	miniseries
1985 	Not My Kid 	Parent 	Television film
1985 	Right to Kill? 	Social worker 	Television film
1985 	Crime of Innocence 	Police Officer 	Television film
1986 	Blind Justice 	Porter 	Television film
1986 	Kate's Secret 	Dick 	Television film
1987 	Stillwatch 	 	Television film
1987 	Roses Are for the Rich 	Dr. Clyde Andrews 	Television film
1987 	In Self Defense 	Pete 	Television film
1987 	Baby Girl Scott 	David 	Television film
1987 	Eye on the Sparrow 	Marcus (as John Jackson) 	Television film
1987 	Beauty and the Beast 	Laine Keller 	Episode: "An Impossible Silence"
1988 	Baja Oklahoma 	Lee Steadman 	Television film
1988 	Probe 	Sgt. Greenwald 	Episode: "Metamorphic Anthropoidic Prototype Over You"
1988 	The Town Bully 	Cliff Clifford (as John Jackson) 	Television film
1988 	Go Toward the Light 	Dr. Paxton 	Television film
1988 	Dead Solid Perfect 	Grover Scomer 	Television film
1987-1989	Wiseguy 	Daryl Elias 	7 episodes
1989 	Traveling Man 	Joe Blagdon 	Television film
1989 	CBS Summer Playhouse 	Mr. Bergen 	Episode: "Elysian Fields"
1989 	Cold Sassy Tree 	Hoyt (as John Jackson) 	Television film
1989 	When He's Not a Stranger 	Woodward University Coach (as John Jackson)	Television film
1989 	Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon 	Ray 	Television film
1990 	Family of Spies 	Arthur J. Walker 	Episode #1.1 and #1.2
1990 	Sudie and Simpson 	Dr. Walter Stubbs (as John Jackson) 	Television film
1991 	Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story 	Curtis 	Television film
1991 	Love, Lies and Murder 	Sergeant Patterson 	Episode #1.1
Episode #1.2
1991 	Switched at Birth 	Ernest Twigg 	miniseries
1991 	Shannon's Deal 	 	Episode: "Trouble"
1991 	My Life and Times 	Frank Harper 	Episode: "The Collapse of '98"
1992 	Northern Exposure 	Larry Coe (Bob) 	Episode: "Burning Down the House"
1992 	A Thousand Heroes 	Lt. Colonel Dennis Nielsen 	Television film
1992 	An American Story 	Sheriff McMillan 	Television movie
1992 	Deadly Matrimony 	Chief Michael Corbitt 	Television film
1993 	Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story	Raymond Reid 	Television film
1993 	The American Clock 	Brewster (as John Jackson) 	Television film
1993 	A Family Torn Apart 	Joe Hannigan 	Television film
1993 	Boy Meets Girl 	Percy 	Television film
1994 	Dead Man's Revenge 	Beesly 	Television film
1994 	On Promised Land 	Albert Appletree 	Television film
1994 	Roswell 	Colonel Blanchard 	Television film
1994 	Without Warning 	Dale Powell (uncredited) 	Television film
1995 	The Watcher 	Big Mike Jackson 	2 episodes
1995 	Kansas 	Harvey Purvis 	Television film
1995 	Sisters 	Det. Blake 	Episode: "A Tough Act to Follow"
1996 	Forgotten Sins 	Wayne Everett 	Television film
1996 	Dark Skies 	Charles Pratt 	Episode: "The Awakening (Pilot)"
1995-1997	Party of Five 	Major Chase W. Holbrook 	2 episodes
1996–2004	JAG 	Rear Admiral A. J. Chegwidden 	186 episodes
1998 	From the Earth to the Moon 	Hal Deacon 	Television miniseries
Episode: "We Interrupt This Program"
1999 	JAG 	Chief Petty Officer Burns 	Episode: "Ghosts of Christmas Past"
2001 	Pokemon Camp 	Camper #6 	Episode: "The Triple Dare"
2003 	JAG 	Captain Chesborough 	Episode: "Each of Us Angels"
2005 	Ghost Whisperer 	Miles Jensen 	Episode: "Voices"
2005–2006	Bones 	FBI Deputy Director Sam Cullen 	6 episodes
2008 	Without a Trace 	Quentin Richards 	Episode: "Article 32"
2010 	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 	Russell Huntley 	Episode: "Long Ball"
2011 	Castle 	Rod Halstead 	Episode: "Rise"
2014 	Rizzoli & Isles 	Howard Ames 	Episode: "It Takes a Village"
2017–2018	NCIS: Los Angeles 	Attorney A. J. Chegwidden 	6 episodes
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