Cheyenne Jackson

Acting

Cheyenne Jackson

Born

1975-07-12 (51)

Place of birth

Newport, Washington, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

82 titles

Cheyenne Jackson (born July 12, 1975) is an American actor and singer. He started in regional theater when he moved to Seattle, and after moving to New York City, made his 2002 Broadway theatre debut understudying both male leads in the Tony Award-winning musical Thoroughly Modern Millie. In 2005, he originated his first Broadway leading role in All Shook Up earning him a Theatre World Award for "Outstanding Broadway Debut". In films, Jackson portrayed 9/11 victim and hero Mark Bingham in the 2006 Academy Award nominated United 93 which earned him the Boston Society of Film Critics 2006 award for "Best Ensemble Cast". He has also appeared in the films Curiosity (2005), Hysteria (2010), The …

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 11 titles

Werewolves Within poster
6.0

When a proposed pipeline creates hostilities between residents of a small town, a newly-arrived forest ranger must keep the peace after a snowstorm confines the townspeople to an old lodge. But when a mysterious creature begins terrorizing the group, their worst tendencies and prejudices rise to the surface, and it is up to the ranger to keep the residents alive, both from each other and the monster which plagues them.

Werewolves Within

2021

Queens of the Dead poster
5.6

When a zombie apocalypse breaks out in Brooklyn on the night of a giant warehouse party, an eclectic group of drag queens, club kids, & frenemies must put aside their drama and use their unique skills to fight against the brain-thirsty, scrolling undead.

Queens of the Dead

2025

Descendants: The Royal Wedding poster
6.6

Happily-ever-after continues for Auradon's power couple as they prepare to say "I do" at an epic celebration with their friends and family, but Hades threatens to ruin it all.

Descendants: The Royal Wedding

2021

Myths and Hymns poster
NR

A kaleidoscopic collection of musical genres, Myths and Hymns explores the nature of faith and longing in a secular world, with 23 short musical films illuminating the search for answers through Flight, Work, Love, and Faith.

Myths and Hymns

2021

America poster
NR

Tom is a Brazilian immigrant in search of the American dream. Josh is a writer chasing his next story. When the two meet, Tom's dream seems to come true. But in their way stands a police officer.

America

2025

Descendants Remix Dance Party poster
8.2

Let's set it off Descendants style! Travel to the Isle of the Lost for a high-energy dance party in the Club Ember hosted by Hades, featuring musical performances of reimagined Descendants hits.

Descendants Remix Dance Party

2020

A Clüsterfünke Christmas poster
5.5

A celebratory parody of the traditional TV holiday romance that follows Holly, a go-getter real estate exec from New York City who heads to a small town to buy the quaint Clüsterfünke Inn and transform it into a mega-resort.

A Clüsterfünke Christmas

2021

Reclaim the Flag poster
5.5

An examination of how the American flag can be reclaimed as a symbol of unity for all Americans, with a focus on the LGBTQ community.

Reclaim the Flag

2025

All There Is poster
NR

Ava, a sharp Gen Z teen in suburban Malibu, feels invisible amid her celebrity parents, Greyson and Zoe (Jason Priestley and Mena Suvari). She connects with Cameron, a grieving Afghan-American teen who is secretly gay. Both disillusioned, they bond over their shared love of filmmaking. When tragedy strikes their friendship, the blame lands on Ava’s father’s controversial sci-fi film—upending their lives. As Ava and Cameron grapple with grief, sexuality, and the burden of creative perception, they forge an unexpected alliance in the search for truth and identity until the tragedy strikes.

All There Is

2025

Brutal poster
NR

Jack Roth – once the hottest star of cable news – stumbles upon a “newsworthy sex scandal” and ends up facing off against all sides, including the corporation he works for.

Brutal

2022

Bianca Saves Christmas poster
NR

The year is 2009 and Palm Springs is a ghost town. Christmas cheer has plummeted to new lows, and Bianca Del Rio is the holiday’s last hope. Bianca’s Butler (Cheyenne Jackson) hopes to convince the Queen of Mean to save Christmas… but will she!?

Bianca Saves Christmas

2022

2010s · 26 titles

Descendants 3 poster
7.7

The teenagers of Disney's most infamous villains return to the Isle of the Lost to recruit a new batch of villainous offspring to join them at Auradon Prep.

Descendants 3

2019

Behind the Candelabra poster
6.6

Based on the autobiographical novel, the tempestuous 6-year relationship between Liberace and his (much younger) lover, Scott Thorson, is recounted.

Behind the Candelabra

2013

Lola Versus poster
5.0

Just three weeks before her wedding, Lola's longtime fiance, Luke, dumps her. With her 30th birthday looming and being forced to re-enter the New York City dating scene, she feels adrift in a cold world. She leans on her friends for support but, after a series of romantic humiliations, professional blunders and boozy antics, Lola realizes that she alone is in charge of her fate.

Lola Versus

2012

Love Is Strange poster
6.3

After 39 years together, Ben and George finally tie the knot, but George loses his job as a result, and the newlyweds must sell their New York apartment and live apart, relying on friends and family to make ends meet.

Love Is Strange

2014

Hurricane Bianca: From Russia with Hate poster
5.1

After winning over the staff and students of Milford High School, chemistry teacher Richard Martinez aka Bianca Del Rio sent her nemesis Vice Principal Deborah “Debbie” Ward to jail in a flawlessly executed plan. When Debbie is released from jail, she conjures up a scheme to do away with Bianca Del Rio once and for all, by luring her on a dangerous journey to Russia to accept a teaching award and cash prize.

Hurricane Bianca: From Russia with Hate

2018

Mockingbird Lane poster
6.2

Settling into their new home—the rambling Victorian mansion at 1313 Mockingbird Lane— the Munster are quickly onto the mission at hand: to gently ease sweet little Eddie into the reality of his werewolf adolescence. The loving, supportive, run-of-the-mill family includes his mom Lily, the daughter of Dracula, his dad Herman, who brings new meaning to "Frankenstein," and Grandpa! Of course, there's creepy cousin Marilyn, who's really the odd one because she's so completely normal.

Mockingbird Lane

2012

Hello Again poster
5.9

Ten lost souls slip in and out of one another's arms in a daisy-chained musical exploration of love's bittersweet embrace. A film adaptation of Michael John LaChiusa's celebrated musical, originally based on Arthur Schnitzler's play, La Ronde.

Hello Again

2017

Lucky Stiff poster
4.4

An English shoe salesman inherits 6 million dollars from a recently deceased uncle he has never met before, on the condition that he takes the uncle's corpse on a trip to Monte Carlo.

Lucky Stiff

2014

The One I Wrote for You poster
4.6

A songwriter who deferred his dreams to support his family gets a second chance when his 10-year-old daughter, Gracie, secretly enters his name into a song writing contest/reality show.

The One I Wrote for You

2014

Making the Boys poster
4.7

Before Prop 8, Milk or Will & Grace, before the AIDS epidemic, gay pride parades or the Stonewall uprising, "The Boys in the Band" changed everything. "Making the Boys" explores the drama, struggle and enduring legacy of the first-ever gay play and subsequent Hollywood movie to successfully reach a mainstream audience. Featuring anecdotes from the surviving cast and filmmakers, as well as perspectives by legendary figures from stage and screen, it traces the behind-the-scenes drama and lasting legacy of this cultural milestone.

Making the Boys

2011

Splitting Image poster
3.5

Having grown up an orphan and raised by her grandmother, Emma has worked for everything that she has, and takes pride in the simple life she's created for herself. She's always wanted a perfect marriage, but ended up with a track record of failed relationships. When she strikes up a romance with the wealthy Ted, a guy she grew up admiring from afar, and says yes to marrying him, she thinks she's finally found her soul mate and is immediately brought into a much more luxurious world than she's used to. That world also includes Ted's seductive twin brother Frank, whose affections for her go beyond family admiration. While Ted took his inheritance and launched a successful global technology business, Frank took the opposite approach and traveled the country, leaving a trail of run-ins with the law and one night stands.

Splitting Image

2017

The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom poster
7.7

Documentary exploring The Advocate's role at the forefront of the LGBT movement in the U.S.

The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom

2018

Opening Night poster
7.2

Taking place entirely during the opening night of a high school's production of Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream, OPENING NIGHT chronicles the on stage disasters and off-stage drama of a group of students, their drama teacher and a visiting B-list TV star.

Opening Night

2016

Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks poster
2.8

A retired woman hires a dance instructor to give her private dance lessons at her home -- one per week for six weeks. What begins as an antagonistic relationship turns into a close friendship as they dance together.

Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks

2014

Day Out of Days poster
4.3

In Los Angeles, a 40-year-old actress works to make it in the cutthroat business of Hollywood while contending with ever-youthful competition.

Day Out of Days

2015

Price Check poster
5.3

A middle aged, middle class, former music industry executive with a stay-at-home wife and son toils away at a supermarket chain. When a new high energy boss enters the company, she increases his fortunes and responsibilities while also creating tension in both his professional and personal life.

Price Check

2012

Open poster
4.2

Modern, provocative exploration of human sexuality and relationships.

Open

2014

One Night Stand poster
5.8

One Night Stand is a funny, intimate, behind-the-scenes journey as top Broadway and Hollywood artists take the challenge to produce four original short musicals in 24 hours. The film provides a personal glimpse of some of America's favorite actors as they step out of their comfort zones--from Cheyenne Jackson's "fear, sweat, adrenaline and Red Bull" to Rachel Dratch's mounting dread at the prospect of singing alongside Broadway's finest voices. Richard Kind sums it up: "It's like a roller-coaster. You're terrified, but it's fun!" Watching this insane theatrical challenge keeps you on the edge of your seat and laughing.

One Night Stand

2013

Mutual Friends poster
3.2

Surprise parties rarely go well. This one is no different, as a group of 30-somethings head through life, love and a day in New York City.

Mutual Friends

2014

The Green poster
5.5

Michael Gavin and his partner Daniel trade the rat race of New York City for the idyllic charm of the Connecticut shoreline, with hopes of a simpler life and time for Michael to finish his first novel. All that changes when one of Michael's high school students accuses him of 'inappropriate conduct', and the town rushes to judgment.

The Green

2011

Onion News Empire poster
6.8

The journalists at the Onion News Network will do anything to stay at the top of their game. And if they can't find a great story, they'll create one.

Onion News Empire

2013

A Beautiful Now poster
4.0

A beautiful dancer hangs on the razor's edge between reality and fantasy as she asks her friends to help her figure out the passions and relationships that have shaped who they are and who they will become.

A Beautiful Now

2015

Dragula poster
6.8

A high school senior who overcomes his emotional dysfunction and self-esteem issues when he unwittingly meets Dragula.

Dragula

2014

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NR

No synopsis available yet.

It Takes a Village

2010

Bear with Us poster
5.8

Bear with Us is a crazy romp about a guy who attempts to propose to his girlfriend in the most romantic way possible, but his plan starts to fall apart when a Ravenous bear stumbles on their charming cabin in the woods. Think "Jaws" but much funnier and with a bear instead of a shark. It's a total comedy of errors that takes a comical look at just how far we'll go to preserve our relationships.

Bear with Us

2016

Hysteria poster
4.6

To celebrate their 10th-year high school reunion, a group of twenty-somethings throw an intimate house party to celebrate the event. However, when one of the group accidentally kills another with no explanation. As more brutalities occur, could this be the work of the individuals themselves or possessions by "The Walker"?

Hysteria

2010

Series credits

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster
4.9

Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality show personalities.

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009

Law & Order poster
7.3

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.

Law & Order

1990

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation poster
7.6

A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and finding the missing pieces that solve the mystery.

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000

American Horror Story poster
8.1

An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an asylum, a witch coven, a freak show, a hotel, a farmhouse in Roanoke, a cult, the apocalypse and a summer camp.

American Horror Story

2011

American Horror Story poster
8.1

An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an asylum, a witch coven, a freak show, a hotel, a farmhouse in Roanoke, a cult, the apocalypse and a summer camp.

American Horror Story

2011

American Horror Story poster
8.1

An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an asylum, a witch coven, a freak show, a hotel, a farmhouse in Roanoke, a cult, the apocalypse and a summer camp.

American Horror Story

2011

American Horror Story poster
8.1

An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an asylum, a witch coven, a freak show, a hotel, a farmhouse in Roanoke, a cult, the apocalypse and a summer camp.

American Horror Story

2011

Modern Family poster
7.9

The Pritchett-Dunphy-Tucker clan is a wonderfully large and blended family. They give us an honest and often hilarious look into the sometimes warm, sometimes twisted, embrace of the modern family.

Modern Family

2009

The Jennifer Hudson Show poster
5.6

Talented entertainer and newly-minted EGOT Jennifer Hudson takes on the daytime talk show landscape.

The Jennifer Hudson Show

2022

RuPaul's Drag Race poster
7.5

Join RuPaul, the world's most famous drag queen, as the host, mentor and judge for the ultimate in drag queen competitions. The top drag queens in the U.S. will vie for drag stardom as RuPaul, in full glamazon drag, will reign supreme in all judging and eliminations while helping guide the contestants as they prepare for each challenge.

RuPaul's Drag Race

2009

RuPaul's Drag Race poster
7.5

Join RuPaul, the world's most famous drag queen, as the host, mentor and judge for the ultimate in drag queen competitions. The top drag queens in the U.S. will vie for drag stardom as RuPaul, in full glamazon drag, will reign supreme in all judging and eliminations while helping guide the contestants as they prepare for each challenge.

RuPaul's Drag Race

2009

Curb Your Enthusiasm poster
8.1

The off-kilter, unscripted comic vision of Larry David, who plays himself in a parallel universe in which he can't seem to do anything right, and, by his standards, neither can anyone else.

Curb Your Enthusiasm

2000

Glee poster
6.8

In this musical comedy, optimistic high school teacher Will Schuester tries to refuel his own passion while reinventing the high school's glee club and challenging a group of outcasts to realize their star potential as they strive to outshine their singing competition while navigating the cruel halls of McKinley High.

Glee

2009

30 Rock poster
7.5

Liz Lemon, the head writer for a late-night TV variety show in New York, tries to juggle all the egos around her while chasing her own dream.

30 Rock

2006

Tony Awards poster
NR

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway productions and performances, and an award is given for regional theatre.

Tony Awards

1956

The Masked Singer poster
7.5

Celebrities compete in a singing competition with one major twist: each singer is shrouded from head to toe in an elaborate costume, complete with full face mask to conceal his or her identity. One singer will be eliminated each week, ultimately revealing his or her true identity.

The Masked Singer

2019

Ugly Betty poster
6.4

Wannabe writer Betty Suarez is a plain girl from Queens, who is smart, hardworking and savvy but lacks a fashionable sense of style. When publishing mogul Bradford Meade puts his son Daniel in charge of Mode magazine, he hires Betty to be Daniel's new assistant -- mostly because he knows that she may be the only woman in Manhattan with whom the younger man won't sleep.

Ugly Betty

2006

The Morning Show poster
7.7

A behind-the-scenes look at the lives of the people who help America wake up in the morning, exploring the unique challenges faced by the men and women who carry out this daily televised ritual.

The Morning Show

2019

American Housewife poster
7.7

A family comedy narrated by Katie, a strong-willed mother, raising her flawed family in a wealthy town filled with perfect wives and their perfect offspring.

American Housewife

2016

Matlock poster
7.0

After achieving success in her younger years, the brilliant septuagenarian Madeline Matlock rejoins the workforce at a prestigious law firm where she uses her unassuming demeanor and wily tactics to win cases and expose corruption from within. Inspired by the classic television series of the same name.

Matlock

2024

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars poster
7.3

The most celebrated competitors from RuPaul's Drag Race vie for a second chance to enter Drag Race herstory. This drag queen showdown is filled with plenty of heated competition, lip-syncing for the legacy, and, of course, the All-Stars Snatch Game.

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars

2012

Celebrity Family Feud poster
7.7

Celebrity Family Feud pits celebrities and their families against each other in a contest to name the most popular responses to survey-type questions posed to 100 people.

Celebrity Family Feud

2015

Doctor Odyssey poster
6.5

Max is the new on-board doctor for a luxury cruise ship where the small but mighty medical team navigate unique medical crises and each other, miles from shore.

Doctor Odyssey

2024

Stars in the House poster
NR

In the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic and theatres across the world closing their curtains indefinitely, SiriusXM host Seth Rudetsky and his husband, producer James Wesley have created Stars in the House, a daily live streamed series to support The Actors Fund and its services.

Stars in the House

2020

Will & Grace poster
7.5

That's right, honey! A decade after their unforgettable eight-season run, comedy's most fabulous foursome is back.

Will & Grace

2017

Imperfect Women poster
6.3

After a murder shatters the lives of three best friends, their decades-long bond is tested when an investigation reveals betrayals and shocking truths.

Imperfect Women

2026

Sense8 poster
7.7

One gunshot, one death, one moment out of time that irrevocably links eight minds in disparate parts of the world, putting them in each other's lives, each other's secrets, and in terrible danger. Ordinary people suddenly reborn as "Sensates."

Sense8

2015

Watchmen poster
7.6

Set in an alternate history where “superheroes” are treated as outlaws, “Watchmen” embraces the nostalgia of the original groundbreaking graphic novel while attempting to break new ground of its own.

Watchmen

2019

People's Choice Awards poster
8.3

An American awards show recognizing people in entertainment, voted online by the general public and fans.

People's Choice Awards

1975

Smash poster
6.5

Celebrating the beauty and heartbreak of the Broadway theater, following a cross section of dreamers and schemers who all have one common desire - to be a "Smash."

Smash

2012

Entertainment Tonight poster
4.3

Daily tabloid television news show on entertainment and celebrity news with unprecedented access to Hollywood's biggest stars, exclusive behind-the-scenes looks at upcoming film and television projects, as well as the real story behind Hollywood's latest news.

Entertainment Tonight

1981

Call Me Kat poster
6.3

Kat is a woman who struggles every day against society and her mother to prove that she can still live a happy and fulfilling life despite still being single at 39. Which is why she recently spent her entire savings to open a cat café in Louisville, Kentucky.

Call Me Kat

2021

Saved by the Bell poster
6.8

When California governor Zack Morris gets into hot water for closing too many low-income high schools, he proposes they send the affected students to the highest performing schools in the state – including Bayside High. The influx of new students gives the over privileged Bayside kids a much needed and hilarious dose of reality.

Saved by the Bell

2020

Lipstick Jungle poster
6.1

Lipstick Jungle is an American comedy-drama television series created by DeAnn Heline and Eileen Heisler for NBC Universal Television Studio. The hour-long series was based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Candace Bushnell, who also served as executive producer alongside showrunner/head writer Oliver Goldstick. The pilot was directed by Gary Winick.

Lipstick Jungle

2008

Life on Mars poster
6.4

After a car crash, police detective Sam Tyler mysteriously finds himself transported back to 1973 and still working as a detective.

Life on Mars

2008

Face Off poster
7.0

In this competition/elimination series, special effects make-up artists participate in elaborate challenges for a grand prize and the honor of being Hollywood's next great effects artist.

Face Off

2011

I Can See Your Voice poster
6.5

Each week one contestant will have the chance to win a cash prize if he or she can tell the difference between the good and bad singers, without ever hearing them sing a note.

I Can See Your Voice

2020

The Real O'Neals poster
7.2

A contemporary take on a seemingly perfect Catholic family, whose lives take an unexpected turn when surprising truths are revealed. Instead of ruining their family, the honesty triggers a new, messier chapter where everyone stops pretending to be perfect and actually starts being real.

The Real O'Neals

2016

How Not to Draw poster
8.7

A short drawing tutorial parody series where animators bring beloved Disney characters to life, and the characters bring chaos.

How Not to Draw

2022

Julie and the Phantoms poster
8.4

Teenage Julie finds her passion for music and life while helping the Phantoms -- a trio of ghostly guys -- become the band they were never able to be.

Julie and the Phantoms

2020