Brandon T Jackson

Brandon Timothy Jackson is an American stand-up comic and actor, known for a variety of roles in many movies and TV shows. Aside from this, he has also done the occasional writing work and also released a rap single. Jackson began to pursue his stand-up comedy dream as soon as he graduated high school. He relocated to Los Angeles and did some work at the renowned comedy club The Laugh Factory.

He was also chosen as an opening act for popular fellow American standup artists ' Chris Tucker His full name is Christopher Tucker. He is an Amer >> Read More... ' of 'Rush Hour fame' and 'Wayne Brady' of Whose Line Is It Anyway? fame. Following this, he chose to take movie roles. Jackson embarked his acting journey by doing small roles in series and movies, including an uncredited appearance 8 Mile, the Eminem starrer that earned the rapper an Oscar award.

His proper acting debut came in Roll Bounce, a comedy-drama film that earned him a Black Reel Award in the Best Breakthrough Performance category. He earned another Black Reel Award nomination in 2008 for the movie 'Tropic Thunder', a film that starred heavy hitters like ' Ben Stiller Ben Stiller is one of the most renowned comedians >> Read More... ', ' Robert Downey Jr One of the Hollywood’s elite and utmost paid actor >> Read More... .', and ' Jack Black Jack Black whose full name is Thomas Jacob Black w >> Read More... '.

However, he did not win the award that year. Jackson then went ahead to work in plenty of movies, including the mega-hit 'Fast and Furious 4' as well as the mega flop Tooth Fairy Click to look into! >> Read More... , a movie featuring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in the lead role. He found more success with Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief in the first movie based on the Percy Jackson kids books.

He played the role of Grover Underwood, the protector to the main character Percy. Jackson’s performance was praised and earned him yet another Black Reel Award nomination, this time in the Best Supporting Actor category. He reprised the role of Underwood in the second installment of the series, 'Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters'. The success of his movies also saw him find roles on the small screen; he appeared in an episode of Drunk History, a comedy show on Comedy Central.

He was a series regular on the NBC sitcom Mr. Robinson; however, the show was cancelled after just six episodes due to poor critical reviews. He also appeared in a few episodes of season 2 of 'BoJack Horseman', the 'Netflix' adult animated series. Jackson also released one rap single titled “Imma Do It Big”. The song featured popular recording artist T-Pain and the R&B group One Chance.