JD Jackson (actor) explained

JD Jackson is an American audiobook narrator, actor, and theater professor. Jackson won 26 Earphone Awards and 1 Audie Award. In 2020, AudioFile named him a Golden voice Narrator^{[1] [2] [3]} and two years later Booklist named him a voice of Choice Narrator.^[4]

Biography

Jackson received a Bachelor of Arts in Drama and Speech Communications from Dillard University in 1997. In 2000, he received a Master of Fine Arts in Theater Performance from Temple University.

Awards and honors

Awards

Year	Title	Award	Result	Ref.
2003		Earphone Award	Winner	^[5]
		Earphone Award	Winner	^[6]
2009	Just Another Hero (2009) by Sharon M. Draper	Earphone Award	Winner	^[7]
2010	Cemetery Road (2009) by Gar Anthony Haywood	Earphone Award	Winner	^[8]
2011	Ghetto Cowboy (2011) by G. Neri	Earphone Award	Winner	^[9]
2012	Ghetto Cowboy (2011) by G. Neri	Odyssey Award	Honor	^[10] ^[11]
	Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary (1993) by Walter Dean Myers	Earphone Award	Winner	^[12]
		Earphone Award	Winner	^[13]
2014	Citizens Creek (2014) by Lalita Tademy	Earphone Award	Winner	^[14]
	Revolution (2014) by Deborah Wiles	Earphone Award	Winner	^[15]
2015	Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad  (2015) by Eric Foner	Earphone Award	Winner	^[16]
	Revolution (2014) by Deborah Wiles	Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults	Top 10	^[17] ^[18] ^[19]
	Revolution (2014) by Deborah Wiles	Audie Award for Distinguished Achievement in Production	Finalist	^[20]
2016	Citizens Creek (2014) by Lalita Tademy	Audie Award for Fiction	Finalist	^[21]
2017	Bluebird, Bluebird (2017) by Attica Locke	Earphone Award	Winner	^[22]
		Earphone Award	Winner	^[23]
2018	The Life and Times of Persimmon Wilson by Nancy Peacock	Audie Award for Fiction	Finalist	^[24]
2019		Earphone Award	Winner	^[25]
	(1967) by Martin Luther King Jr.	Audie Award for Nonfiction	Finalist	^[26]
2020	Beowulf A New Translation (2020) by Maria Dahvana Headley	Earphone Award	Winner	^[27]
		Earphone Award	Winner	^[28]
	His Truth is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope by Jon Meacham	Earphone Award	Winner	^[29]
	The Nickel Boys (2019) by Colson Whitehead	Audie Award for Best Male Narrator	Finalist	^[30]
	The Underground Railroad Records Narrating the Hardships, Hairbreadth Escapes, and Death Struggles of Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom (2020) by William Still and edited by Quincy T. Mills, with introduction by Ta-Nehisi Coates	Earphone Award	Winner	^[31]
2021	The Anatomy of Desire (2021) by L. R. Dorn	Earphone Award	Winner	^[32]
		Earphone Award	Winner	^[33]
	Black Panther: Tales of Wakanda (2021), edited by Jesse J. Holland	Earphone Award	Winner	^[34]
	Four Hundred Souls A Community History of African America, 1619-2019, edited by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain	Earphone Award	Winner	^[35]
		Earphone Award	Winner	^[36]
	His Truth is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope by Jon Meacham	Audie Award for History or Biography	Winner	^[37]
	A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance (2020) by Hanif Abdurraqib	Earphone Award	Winner	^[38]
		Earphone Award	Winner	^[39]
	When Stars Are Scattered (2020) by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed	Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults	Top 10	^[40]
	When Stars Are Scattered (2020) by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed	Odyssey Award	Honor	^[41]
2022	The Anatomy of Desire (2021) by L. R. Dorn	Audie Award for Multi-Voiced Performance	Finalist	^[42]
	The Best American Short Stories 2021, edited by Jesmyn Ward and Heidi Pitlor	Audie Award for Short Stories or Collections	Finalist
	Four Hundred Souls A Community History of African America, 1619-2019, edited by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain	Audie Award for Multi-Voiced Performance	Finalist
	The Last Suspicious Holdout: Stories (2022) by Ladee Hubbard	Earphone Award	Winner	^[43]
	Listen Mama by M.S.P. Williams	Audie Award for Autobiography or Memoir	Finalist
	The Weight of Blood (2022) by Tiffany D. Jackson	Earphone Award	Winner	^[44]

Honors

In 2020, AudioFile inducted Jackson into their Golden Voice Hall of Fame.^[45]

He also narrated two Pulitzer Prize-winning audiobooks, The Tradition by Jericho Brown and The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead, as well as Carnegie Medal winner, A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraqib.

Year	Title	Honor	Ref.
2005	Battle of Jericho by Sharon M. Draper	Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults	^[46]
2011	Just Another Hero by Sharon Draper	AudioFile Best of Young Adult
2012	Cemetery Road (2009) by Gar Anthony Haywood	AudioFile Best of Mystery & Suspense
	Ghetto Cowboy (2011) by G. Neri	Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults	^[47]
	Ghetto Cowboy (2011) by G. Neri	Notable Children's Recordings	^[48] ^[49]
		AudioFile Best of Mystery & Suspense
2013	Crow by Barbara Wright	AudioFile Best of Children
	Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary (1993) by Walter Dean Myers	AudioFile Best of Young Adult
2014	Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles America's First Black Paratroopers  by Tanya Lee Stone	Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults	^[50]
	Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles America's First Black Paratroopers  by Tanya Lee Stone	Notable Children's Recordings	^[51]
	Revolution (2014) by Deborah Wiles	Booklist Editors' Choice Audio for Youth	^[52]
	Revolution (2014) by Deborah Wiles	Booklist Editor's Top of the List	^[53]
2015	Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad  (2015) by Eric Foner	AudioFile Best of History
	The Great War: Stories Inspired by Items from the First World War by Tanya Lee Stone, Marcus Sedgwick, David Almond, Timothée de Fombelle, A.L. Kennedy, Ursula Dubosarsky, Michael Morpurgo, John Boyne, Tracy Chevalier, Sheena Wilkinson, and Adèle Geras	School Library Journal's Top 10 Audiobooks of the Year	^[54]
	A Nation's Hope: The Story of Boxing Legend Joe Lewis	Notable Children's Videos	^[55] ^[56]
	The Madman of Piney Woods	Notable Children's Recordings	^[57] ^[58]
	Revolution (2014) by Deborah Wiles	Notable Children's Recordings	^[59]
2017	Bluebird, Bluebird (2017) by Attica Locke	AudioFile Best of Mystery & Suspense
	Sting Like a Bee: Muhammad Ali vs. the United States of America, 1966-1971 (2017) by Leigh Montville	AudioFile Best of Biography & History
2019	Heaven, My Home	AudioFile Best of Mystery & Suspense
		AudioFile Best of Children & Family Listening
2020		AudioFile Best of Nonfiction & Culture
	When Stars Are Scattered (2020) by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed	Booklist Editors' Choice Youth Audio	^[60]
2021	(2021) by Nikole Hannah-Jones	Booklist Editors' Choice Adult Audio	^[61]
	Four Hundred Souls A Community History of African America, 1619-2019, edited by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain	AudioFile Best of History & Biography	^[62]
	His Truth is Marching On	AudioFile Best of History & Biography
	Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks (2019) by Jason Reynolds	Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults	^[63]
	The Trial of the Chicago 7: The Official Transcript,edited by Mark L. Levine, George C. McNamee, and Daniel Greenberg	Listen List	^[64]
	When Stars Are Scattered (2020) by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed	Notable Children's Recordings	^[65]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Note
1997	The Big Easy	Jasper Goodwin	1 episode: End of the World
2001	Diary of a City Priest	Kurt
2002	As If	Chris	2 episodes: Episode 1.2 Episode 1.3
	Third Watch	Latrell Griffith	2 episodes: Lights Up Blackout
2003	Hack	Skeeter D	1 episode: Collateral Damage
	Queens Supreme	ADA Barney Broomfield	1 episode: Let's Make a Deal
	Whoopi	Security Guard #2	1 episode: Sticky Fingers
2005	Law & Order	Lenny Thorne	1 episode: Locomotion
2006	Sherrybaby	Job Trainer	Uncredited
	Lucky Number Slevin	Mugger
2008	Cold Play	Detective Sparks
	ER	Chuck Holmes	1 episode: Parental Guidance
2010	House	Ronald Westbrook	1 episode: 5 to 9
2012	Acts the 3-Man Show	Peter
2019	Granddaddy's Turn: A Journey to the Ballot Box	Narrator
2022	Keeping the City Going

Notes and References

1. Web site: AudioFile Magazine Spotlight on Narrator JD Jackson . 2022-09-09 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
2. Web site: JD Jackson Narrator . 2022-09-09 . Penguin Random House Audio . en-US.
3. Web site: 2020-12-07 . Audiobooks: AudioFile's Best Audio Titles of 2020 . 2022-09-09 . Shelf Awareness.
4. Web site: Booth . Heather . 2022-02-01 . Voice of Choice: JD Jackson . 2022-09-11 . Booklist.
5. Web site: AMERICA by ER Frank Read by JD Jackson Audiobook Review . 2022-09-09 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
6. Web site: LOCOMOTION by Jacqueline Woodson Read by JD Jackson Audiobook Review . 2022-09-09 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
7. Web site: JUST ANOTHER HERO by Sharon M Draper Read by JD Jackson Audiobook Review . 2022-09-09 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
8. Web site: CEMETERY ROAD by Gar Anthony Haywood Read by JD Jackson Audiobook Review . 2022-09-09 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
9. Web site: GHETTO COWBOY by G Neri Read by JD Jackson Audiobook Review . 2022-09-09 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
10. Web site: 2013-01-31 . Odyssey Award 2012 . 2022-09-09 . Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) . en.
11. Web site: Communications and Marketing Office . 2012-01-23 . American Library Association announces 2012 Youth Media Award winners . 2022-09-09 . . en.
12. Web site: MALCOLM X by Walter Dean Myers Read by JD Jackson Audiobook Review . 2022-09-09 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
13. Web site: WHAT IT WAS by George Pelecanos Read by JD Jackson Audiobook Review . 2022-09-09 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
14. Web site: CITIZENS CREEK by Lalita Tademy Read by Bahni Turpin JD Jackson Audiobook Review . 2022-09-09 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
15. Web site: REVOLUTION by Deborah Wiles Read by Stacey Aswad Francois Battiste JD Jackson Robin Miles and a Full Cast Audiobook Review . 2022-09-09 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
16. Web site: GATEWAY TO FREEDOM by Eric Foner Read by JD Jackson Audiobook Review . 2022-09-09 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
17. Web site: Lam . Anna . 2015-02-05 . YALSA names 2015 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults . 2022-09-09 . . en.
18. Web site: 2015-02-03 . 2015 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults . 2022-09-09 . Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) . en.
19. Web site: 2015-03-15 . Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults: 2015 . 2022-09-11 . Booklist.
20. Web site: 2015 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US) . 2022-09-09 . www.audiopub.org.
21. Web site: 2016 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US) . 2022-09-09 . www.audiopub.org . 2016-06-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160623223709/https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2016-winners-circle . dead .
22. Web site: BLUEBIRD BLUEBIRD by Attica Locke Read by JD Jackson Audiobook Review . 2022-09-09 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
23. Web site: STING LIKE A BEE by Leigh Montville Read by JD Jackson Audiobook Review . 2022-09-09 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
24. Web site: 2018 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US) . 2022-09-09 . www.audiopub.org.
25. Web site: LOOK BOTH WAYS by Jason Reynolds Read by Heather Alicia Simms Chris Chalk Bahni Turpin Adenrele Ojo Kevin R Free JD Jackson Guy Lockard January LaVoy David Sadzin Jason Reynolds Audiobook Review . 2022-09-09 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
26. Web site: 2019 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US) . 2022-09-09 . www.audiopub.org.
27. Web site: BEOWULF A NEW TRANSLATION by Maria Dahvana Headley Read by JD Jackson Maria Dahvana Headley Intro Audiobook Review . 2022-09-09 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
28. Web site: A FOOLS ERRAND by Lonnie G Bunch III Read by JD Jackson Audiobook Review . 2022-09-09 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
29. Web site: HIS TRUTH IS MARCHING ON by Jon Meacham John Lewis Afterword Read by JD Jackson Jon Meacham Audiobook Review . 2022-09-09 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
30. Web site: 2020 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US) . 2022-09-09 . www.audiopub.org . 2020-02-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200203150625/https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2020-audies . dead .
31. Web site: THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD RECORDS by William Still Quincy T Mills Ed Ta-Nehisi Coates Intro Read by Kevin R Free JD Jackson Sullivan Jones Heather Alicia Simms Bahni Turpin Audiobook Review . 2022-09-09 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
32. Web site: THE ANATOMY OF DESIRE by LR Dorn Read by Santino Fontana Shelby Young Marin Ireland JD Jackson Dan Bittner and a Full Cast Audiobook Review . 2022-09-09 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
33. Web site: BLACK COPS KID by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Read by JD Jackson Audiobook Review . 2022-09-09 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
34. Web site: BLACK PANTHER by Jesse J Holland Ed Read by JD Jackson Joy Sunday Audiobook Review . 2022-09-09 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
35. Web site: FOUR HUNDRED SOULS by Ibram X Kendi Keisha N Blain Eds Read by JD Jackson Kevin R Free January LaVoy Robin Miles Dion Graham Angela Y Davis Nikole Hannah-Jones and a Full Cast Audiobook Review . 2022-09-09 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
36. Web site: HELL OF A BOOK by Jason Mott Read by JD Jackson Ronald Peet Audiobook Review . 2022-09-09 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
37. Web site: 2021 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US) . 2022-09-09 . www.audiopub.org . 2021-03-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210323192809/https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2021-audies . dead .
38. Web site: A LITTLE DEVIL IN AMERICA by Hanif Abdurraqib Read by JD Jackson Audiobook Review . 2022-09-09 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
39. Web site: WHEN GHOSTS COME HOME by Wiley Cash Read by JD Jackson Audiobook Review . 2022-09-09 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
40. Web site: 2021-03-15 . Top 10 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults: 2021 . 2022-09-11 . Booklist.
41. Web site: 2021-03-15 . Odyssey Winner and Honor Audiobooks: 2021 . 2022-09-11 . Booklist.
42. Web site: 2022 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US) . 2022-09-09 . www.audiopub.org.
43. Web site: THE LAST SUSPICIOUS HOLDOUT by Ladee Hubbard Read by Adenrele Ojo JD Jackson Audiobook Review . 2022-09-09 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
44. Web site: THE WEIGHT OF BLOOD by Tiffany D Jackson Read by JD Jackson Sarah Mollo-Christensen Joy Nash Christopher Salazar Karen Malina White Audiobook Review . 2022-09-09 . AudioFile Magazine . en.
45. Web site: Behind the Mic . 2020-06-02 . Behind the Mic: An Interview with Golden Voice Narrator JD Jackson . 2022-09-09 . Literary Hub . en-US.
46. Web site: Gilbert . Nichole . 2005-01-21 . YALSA announces 2005 Audiobooks for Young Adults . 2022-09-09 . American Library Association.
47. Web site: 2012-01-24 . Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults 2012 . 2022-09-09 . Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) . en.
48. Web site: 2012-02-16 . Ghetto Cowboy Awards & Grants . 2022-09-09 . American Library Association.
49. Web site: 2013-01-24 . 2012 Notable Children's Recordings list . 2022-09-09 . Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) . en.
50. Web site: 2014-01-30 . Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults 2014 . 2022-09-09 . Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) . en.
51. Web site: 2015-01-02 . 2014 Notable Children's Recordings . 2022-09-09 . Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) . en.
52. Web site: 2015-01-01 . Booklist Editors' Choice: Audio for Youth, 2014 . 2022-09-11 . Booklist.
53. Web site: 2014-12-18 . Top of the List: 2014 . 2022-09-11 . Booklist.
54. Web site: Klose . Stephanie . 2015-11-24 . Top 10 Audiobooks 2015 . 2022-09-10 . School Library Journal.
55. Web site: 2015-12-15 . 2015 Notable Children's Videos . 2022-09-09 . Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) . en.
56. Web site: 2015-03-11 . Notable Children's Videos: 2015 . 2022-09-11 . Booklist.
57. Web site: 2015-12-15 . 2015 Notable Children's Recordings . 2022-09-09 . Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) . en.
58. Web site: 2015-03-15 . Notable Children's Recordings: 2015 . 2022-09-11 . Booklist.
59. Web site: 2015-03-15 . Notable Children's Recordings: 2015 . 2022-09-11 . Booklist.
60. Web site: 2021-01-01 . Booklist Editors' Choice: Youth Audio, 2020 . 2022-09-11 . Booklist.
61. Web site: 2022-01-01 . Booklist Editors' Choice: Adult Audio, 2021 . 2022-09-10 . Booklist.
62. Web site: 2021-12-08 . Audiobooks: AudioFile's Best Audio Titles of 2021 . 2022-09-09 . Shelf Awareness.
63. Web site: 2021-01-04 . 2021 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults . 2022-09-09 . Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) . en.
64. Web site: Moore . Ninah . 2021-02-04 . 2021 Listen List Revealed . 2022-09-09 . . en.
65. Web site: 2021-03-15 . Notable Children's Recordings: 2021 . 2022-09-11 . Booklist.