Jonathan Stevens Jackson is an American actor, musician and author. His first well known character was Lucky Spencer on the ABC Daytime soap opera General Hospital, a role which has won him five Emmy Awards.Jackson was born in Orlando, Florida, the son of Jeanine, an amateur ventriloquist and businesswoman， and Dr. Rick "Ricky Lee" Jackson, a family physician，country musician and Congressional candidate in the state of Washington， Jackson was raised in Battle Ground, Washington with his brother Richard Lee Jackson, now an actor and musician, and his sister Candice Jackson, now a lawyer and author，Jonathan attended Meadow Glade Elementary school，
In 1991, Jonathan's family took a trip to Universal Studios Hollywood, where both Richard and Jonathan decided to pursue acting， The brothers took acting lessons in nearby Portland, Oregon before moving part-time to Burbank, California with their mother in 1993，] After doing various commercials, within six months Jackson won a role the ABC Daytime soap opera, General Hospital. Jackson continued his studies while working, graduating high school at age sixteen，