Link to the d*cks
Time to start profiling Righteous Gemstones Season 4 actors. Only two have popped up to date, Charles Ambrose and Jackson Kelly, who plays Winston, probably in the Civil War sequence. I can't imagine a modern teenager being named after a cigarette or the Prime Minister of Britain.
Googling the name "Jackson Kelly" yields pages of guitars, so you have to say "Jackson Kelly" and "actor." The guy has an Instagram, but with only nine photos.
A search for Jackson Kelly on Facebook yields only this photo. I don't think it's him.
But Jackson has been profiled in a number of local newspapers and podcasts, so we can get a nice bio:
He grew up in Waco, Texas, the heart of the homophobic Bible Belt, and had trouble pursuing his dream: the nearest acting class was two hours away, and for auditions, his parents had to drive him six hours to Austin. There are three theaters in Waco.
In April 2020, COVID hit, and the Vanguard College Preparatory School went online. They have a Latin Club, but no GSA, and no mention of LGBT non-discrimination. So he packed his stuff and moved to L.A., with the full support of his parents. If I liked to wear evening gowns, I'd be getting the heck out of Waco regardless.
Jackson's first industry job was a production assistant for a company making commercials -- a lot of manual labor, moving stuff from here to there. Then he began appearing in commercials and "zero-budget" independent films:
My Year of D*cks, 2022: he has one that the girl tries to get.
Splinters, 2022: after the death of his father....f*k the Sadness
Witch Mountain, 2022: Two teens, male and female, develop psychic powers. You see where this is heading.
Portrait of a Young Man, 2022: Jackson, the Young Man, is struggling with "his identity." Sounds like a coming out story, but in the trailer he kisses a girl.
Hard Miles, 2023: Matthew Modine plays a social worker who organizes a 1,000 mile bicycle trip to the Grand Canyon for a group of teen convicts, including Smink, played by Jackson.
Left: Matthew Modine jumps rope in Vision Quest.
The Western The Warrant: Breaker's Law, 2023, with Dermot Mulroney as the villain. Jackson plays someone named Brig Farkus. At least he has some interesting character names.
Five episodes of Lucky Hank, 2023, a quickly-cancelled series about college English/creative writing professor Bob Odenkirk having a midlife crisis/meltdown.
Jackson plays an aspiring novelist named Barstow Williams-Stevens. In the trailer, he throws shade at the prof during class: "You haven't said anything for an hour and a half. Would you please say something? Your only novel isn't even available in your own campus bookstore." The prof responds in kind, and gets in big trouble.
More after the break
Season 3 of Chucky, 2023-24. Jackson plays Grant Collins, son of the President of the United States. His brother finds the murderous doll, which causes havoc in the White House.
He also might buddy-bond with Hicks (Franco Lo Presti), the secret service agent assigned to protect him.
Teacup, 2024, about a group of neighbors "trapped on a farm in rural Georgia" by a malevolent presence. Jackson plays Travis, who teams up with McNabb, Rob Morgan, to stop the "trap." He fails.
Plus Jackson has episodes of The Righteous Gemstones, George and Mandy's First Marriage and the medical drama The Pitt coming up.
For someone with a strikingly femme presence, he has scored a lot of hetero-romance roles. When I search for Jackson and "gay," all that pops up is an hour-long podcast interview from back in Texas.
And don't even try searching for n*de photos -- the search page fills up with women named Jackson Kelly. This is an unrelated Goth/punk type.
See also: Carlin James: The third thug, a queer romance, a gay three-way, and Pretty Dudes.
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