Neil Jackson

Neil Jackson is an English actor who portrays Alistair Duquesne in the fourth season of The Originals.
==Biography==
Jackson was born in Luton, Bedfordshire, the second of four sons to Evelyn and Dennis Jackson.
Neil was introduced to acting when studying drama at GCSE level in Harlington Upper School. His teacher, Nigel Williams, placed him in several of the school plays including Annie, Little Shop of Horrors, Hard Times, and West Side Story. He also acted in National Youth Theatre as a teenager before moving to Cardiff to study sport at the University of Wales Institute Cardiff (UWIC) in Wales.
In Wales, Jackson started competitive boxing after learning of the British Universities Boxing Championships, an inter-university competition held throughout the whole of Britain. He entered and won the gold at light-middle weight. He went on to successfully defend his title two years later at middle weight. His boxing earned him a scholarship to stay on at UWIC and study for his Master's degree. He graduated in 1998.
==Career==
Not knowing how to get into acting, Jackson wrote a musical and entered it into a national competition for new writers. It came in third and gained attention from producers in London including Michael Armstrong. He later enrolled in Michael Armstrong's Acting Academy, graduating in 2002.
Jackson's first professional acting job was a UK national touring production of Strindberg's classic Miss Julie. He understudied the lead character, Jean, a role he took over in the West End production later that year. His big break came when Oliver Stone cast him as Perdiccas in Alexander alongside Colin Farrell and Angelina Jolie. He recalls having a black eye and three stitches in his eyebrow when he first met Oliver Stone, a fact he jokes must have assisted him as Stone cast him for the role on the spot. He was also in the football drama Dream Team for a season as lottery winning chairman Phil Wallis.
In 2006 he made a guest appearance on Cold Case, in the episode "Sandhogs" of Season 4. He portrayed "Donny", the victim that was killed in a cave-in by his brother-in-law. Then in 2007 saw the release of The Passage, a film written by Jackson and shot in Morocco, in which he played a lead character alongside Stephen Dorff. The film won the 2008 Jury Award at the Durango Film Festival. He made a guest appearance on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, in the episode "A La cart" of season 8. He appeared as Ian on How I Met Your Mother. The following year in 2008 he made a guest appearance on CSI: Miami and in 2009 he appeared as a wraith in Stargate: Atlantis.
Jackson shot a scene in Panama for the Bond film Quantum of Solace, where he plays the character of Mr. Slate. He previously starred in the ABC Family original series, Make It or Break It as Sasha Belov. Additionally, Jackson has appeared as Lucas Hellinger, a Blackout conspirator, on the show FlashForward. In 2010 he starred as the chauffeur Harry Spargo in the BBC revival of Upstairs, Downstairs. Jackson was recently cast in the lead role of Sir Percy Blakeney/The Scarlet Pimpernel in Fairbanks Productions' adaptation of the classic tale, scheduled for 2012.
In 2017, he appears in the first episode of the fourth season of The Originals.
==Filmography==
===Film===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
2004	Alexander 	Perdiccas 	
2005	Breakfast on Pluto 	Man at Disco 	
2006	The Last Drop 	Flt. Sgt. Simkins	
2006	The Thirst 	Duke of Earl 	
2007	Passage 	Adam 	
2008	15-40 	Kai Hansen 	Short film
2008	Quantum of Solace 	Mr. Slate 	
2009	Push 	Victor Budarin 	
2009	Table for Three 	Tre 	
2010	You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger	Alan 	
2012	True Bloodthirst 	Derricks 	
2014	House of Secrets 	Sam 	Television movie
=== Television ===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
2001–2003	Dream Team 	Phil Wallis 	2 episodes
2002 	Heartbeat 	Jeremy Purves 	Episode: "The Leopard's Parts"
2002 	The House That Jack Built 	Charlie 	Episode: "Dynasty"
2002 	Is Harry on the Boat? 	Matthew 	Episode: "#1.10"
2002 	Ultimate Force 	Luke 	Episode: "Natural Selection"
2002 	Silent Witness 	Marcus Saul 	2 episodes
2003 	The Last Detective 	Stuart Gilley 	Episode: "Lofty"
2004 	Red Cap 	Pte. Robbie McCoy 	Episode: "Fighting Fit"
2005 	Sugar Rush 	Dale 	7 episodes
2005 	Stargate SG-1 	Khalek 	Episode: "Prototype"
2006 	Blade: The Series 	Marcus Van Sciver 	12 episodes
2006 	Cold Case 	John Donovan 	Episode: "Sandhogs"
2007 	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Michael, the waiter	Episode: "A La Cart"
2007 	How I Met Your Mother 	Ian 	Episode: "Third Wheel"
2008 	CSI: Miami 	Paul Sanders 	Episode: "Won't Get Fueled Again"
2008 	The Cleaner 	Duncan Collins 	2 episodes
2008 	Stargate Atlantis 	Wraith 	Episode: "Vegas"
2009–2010	Make It or Break It 	Sasha Beloff 	36 episodes
2010–2012	Upstairs, Downstairs 	Harry Spargo 	9 episodes
2010 	FlashForward 	Lucas Hallinger 	5 episodes
2011 	White Collar 	David Lawrence 	Episode: "On Guard"
2013–2015	Sleepy Hollow 	Abraham Van Brunt 	10 episodes
2013 	Jo 	Baron 	Episode: "Invalides"
2013 	Lightfields 	Dwight Lawson 	5 episodes
2014 	Person of Interest 	Rick Dillinger 	Episode: "RAM"
2017 	The Originals 	Alistair Duquesne 	Episode: "Gather Up the Killers"
==Gallery==
Neil Jackson.jpg
==Trivia==
*Jackson is patron of UK spinal injuries charity Trust PA, in memory of a friend.
*He's been in the 2004 film Alexander with Joseph Morgan, resulting into these two becoming friends.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKOXjJvdhzw
==External links==
*IMDB
*Twitter
*Wikipedia
==References==
Category:The Originals Cast
Category:The Originals Season Four Cast