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Feb 14, 2019 · He’s starred in hit shows like American Horror Story and 30 Rock, but Cheyenne Jackson says it’s his role as Hades in Descendants 3, the second follow-up to Disney’s 2015 smash hit, that...
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Actor Cheyenne Jackson plays Hades, the former ruler of the underworld, and Mal’s dad, in Descendants 3. This is the third installment in the musical television film series written and...
3 days ago · The actor who played Hades in the Hercules film will star as the God of the Underworld in the Disney Channel Original Movie Descendants 3. See his character reveal and his comments on the role.
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Cheyenne Jackson was born in Spokane, Washington to David and Sherri Jackson as their third child. He received his named Cheyenne based on the 1950s show, Cheyenne. He grew up in a small town in Oldtown, Idaho where he was raised throughout most of his childhood. His father was a Native American and a Vietnam veteran. His mother taught him and his ...
Jackson has been vocal for LGBT+ rights and his homosexuality. He had dated physicist Monte Lalpton in 2000 and they got married on September 3, 2011, in New York City. They announced their plans to divorce in July 2013 and officially divorced in September 2013. In October 2013, he announced being in a relationship with actor Jason Landau. They ann...
Theatre Acting Career
Jackson started his career in regional theatres. He played as Tony in West Side Story, as Joey, in The Most Happy Fella, as Cain, in Children of Eden, as Berger in Hair, as Billy Bigelow in Carousel, as Joe Hardy in Damn Yankees, as Rocky in The Rocky Horror Show, and as The Poet in Kismet, among many other productions. His first Broadway debut was being an understudy for both of the male leads in the musical, Thoroughly Modern Millie.
Television Career
In 2015, Jackson portrayed fashion designer and later owner of the fictional Hotel Cortez Will Drake where he starred alongside Lady Gaga whose carry Jackson's would later marry in American Horror Story's fifth season "Hotel", in 2016 he played Sidney Aaron James in the sixth season titled "Roanoke", a year later he would then play Rudy Vincent in "Cult" and returned in the eighth instalment "Apocalypse" as John Henry Moore
He is part of the LGBTQIA+ community.He is married to Jason Landau.He has fraternal twins; a son named Ethan and a daughter named Willow born October of 2016Jackson would later star in Netflix series Julie and the Phantoms as Caleb Covington, alongside Booboo Stewart (who plays Willie) and Jadah Marie(who plays Flynn).He also stars as Hades in Disney Channel's Descendants 3. In 2020, he reunited with Descendants alumni Kenny Ortega and Booboo Stewart in Netflix's Julie and the Phantoms.
