Marc Evan Jackson

Marc Evan Jackson
File:Marc Evan Jackson 2012.jpg Jackson at the Thrilling Adventure Hour in 2012
Born	Marc Evan Jackson (1970-08-21) August 21, 1970 Buffalo, New York, U.S.
Alma mater	Calvin College
Occupation	Actor, comedian, voice-over artist
Years active	1998–present
Spouse(s)	Beth Hagenlocker (2002–present)

Marc Evan Jackson (born August 21, 1970) is an American comedian and actor best known for his work as Sparks Nevada in the Thrilling Adventure Hour, Kevin Cozner in Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and Dr. Murphy in 22 Jump Street.

Early life

Jackson was born in 1970 in Buffalo, New York. He grew up in nearby Amherst, New York along with his two siblings, a brother and a sister. He graduated from Amherst Central High School in 1988, and obtained a bachelor's degree from Calvin College in 1992 with a major in philosophy and minors in political science and environmental studies. While in college, he also participated in theatre productions.

During summers, Jackson worked as a deck hand on the MV Americana. After graduating from college, he spent a few years working on schooners, both in Michigan, as a deck hand on the schooner Malabar, and in Maine, as first mate on the Mercantile. He also worked as a producer and host for WGVU, a National Public Radio affiliate in Michigan, replacing Bill Freeman as the host of the Morning Show in 1997.

Career

Improv and acting

Jackson started his improv career with River City Improv, a group associated with Calvin College, after attending a rehearsal to play the piano. Jackson later joined The Second City Detroit, becoming a member of the main company in 1998. While at Second City Detroit he participated in the 1999 show "Phantom Menace to Society."

Jackson moved to Los Angeles in 2001. He taught improv at Second City Hollywood. He joined the long-form improv group called "The 313" in 2003. The 313 is named for Detroit's area code and is made up of mostly former Detroit residents, including Keegan-Michael Key, Larry Joe Campbell, Joshua Funk, Nyima Funk, Andy Cobb, Maribeth Monroe, and Jaime Moyer. The 313 continues to perform at comedy festivals around the country, including Las Vegas, San Francisco, and Detroit.

After meeting Mark Gagliardi and Ben Acker at Second City Hollywood, Jackson was invited to one of the first rehearsals of what would become the Thrilling Adventure Hour and became a member of the WorkJuice Players, playing Sparks Nevada in the regular segment "Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars". The show has been running as a live stage show since 2005 and has been published as a podcast since January 2011. Jackson also appeared in the film Drones, which was written by Acker and Blacker and directed by Amber Benson and Adam Busch.

Jackson is one half of a double act with comedian Carrie Clifford in which they play Sky & Nancy Collins, characters who live in Orange County and are trying stand-up for the first time because their friends find them funny. They have appeared on Last Comic Standing, on Last Call with Carson Daly, and at the Hollywood Improv.

Jackson starred in a web series in 2011 directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts called Fox Compton. He has gone on to work with Vogt-Roberts many times, including on the film The Kings of Summer in 2013 and in the television series Mash Up on Comedy Central. Jackson has also made guest appearances in a number of other television series, including Key & Peele, Psych, Arrested Development, Happy Endings, The Middle, 2 Broke Girls, Modern Family, Kroll Show, and Hello Ladies. In 2012, Jackson starred in Suit Up, a web series co-produced by DirecTV and Fox Digital Studio, as Jim Dunnigan. Suit Up was the first of Fox Digital Studio's series to be picked up for a second season.

In January 2012, Jackson stood in for Bradley Cooper to play the part of Ben in a staged reunion performance of Wet Hot American Summer at the San Francisco Comedy Festival.

Jackson has appeared as attorney Trevor Nelson in half a dozen episodes of Parks and Recreation, and was later cast as Kevin Cozner in Michael Schur's new comedy series Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Jackson had a supporting role in the Amazon pilot The Rebels, which premiered online in 2014 but was not picked up for a full series. In February 2014, it was announced that Jackson would play the role of Jim in the Fox pilot titled Fatrick, across from Marcia Cross.

Voice work

Jackson is also known for his voiceover work, which includes movies like President Wolfman, radio series such as Adventures in Odyssey, and web series including Funny or Die Presents: Brick Novax's Diary.

In October 2013, Jackson appeared as Marcus Vanston in a live performance of the popular podcast Welcome to Night Vale. This episode, titled "The Debate", was released on May 1, 2014.

Advertising

Jackson has appeared in numerous national ad campaigns, including Farmers Insurance with J.K. Simmons, Sears, Coors, Aaron's, Progressive, and DirecTv.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Garage: A Rock Saga	The Saucy Chef
2003	Melvin Goes to Dinner	Extra
2009	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	Commander, US Central Command
2009	The Slammin' Salmon	Dry Sac Customer
2010	Drones	Ian
2010	Bright Day!	Tripp Bailey
2012	The Babymakers	Jefferey
2012	Karaoke Man	Marble
2012	President Wolfman	John Wolfman	Voice
2013	The Kings of Summer	Mr. Keenan
2014	22 Jump Street	Dr. Martin P. Murphy
2015	Tenured	Jerry Trask	TFF 2015 world premiere
2015	Bad Night	John	Announced
2016	Mono	Agent James	Announced
2017	Kong: Skull Island	Woodward	Rumored

Television

Year	Title	Episode(s)	Role
2002	One on One	S02E06	The Store Clerk
2003	ILL-ustrated	Various	Various characters (voice)
2006	Campaign Trail	TV movie	Bobbie Grant
2006	According to Jim	S05E22	Harried Guy
2007	Case Closed	TV movie	Nathan Shadle
2007	Revenge	Pilot	Gordon
2007	Carpoolers	S01E07	Man on Street
2008	Last Comic Standing	S06E03	Sky Collins
2008	Reno 911!	S05E08	Amnesiac
2008	The Consultants	Pilot	Brandon
2008	Scare Tactics	S03E05; S0309	Various
2008	Atom TV	S01E14	Jay
2008	Carpet Bros	All	Xavier Montrose Raylon
2008	Last Call with Carson Daly	3/13/08	Sky Collins
2009	Super Dave's Spike Tacular	S01E01-04
2009	The Burr Effect	Pilot	Mansion Security
2010	Vamped Out	S01E03	Audition Actor #2
2010	Funny or Die Presents: Brick Novax's Diary	S02E01, 3, 5, 9	Brick Novax (voice)
2011	Workaholics	S02E10	Gerald
2014		S04E11	Dr. Gerald Landers
2011	Psych	S06E07	Sheldon Gates
2011	Good News, Oklahoma!	Short	Tucker
2011	Kickin' It	S01E17	Doctor Rose
2012	Wolfpack of Reseda	S01E01-3	Rod
2012	Mash Up	Various	Various
2012	Happy Endings	S03E04	Fishmonger
2012	RVC: The Lone Shopping Network		Surgeon
2012	You're Whole		Jim Rigmann
2012-2013	Suit Up	All	Jim Dunnigan
2012	Key & Peele	S01E01	Various
2013		S03E07	Director
2013	2 Broke Girls	S02E19	Eli
2013	Arrested Development	S04E07	Storage Auctioneer
2013	Hello Ladies	S01E02	Manager
2013	Kroll Show	S01E02	Kevin's Dad
2014		S02E01, S02E11	Walter "The Wallet"
2015		S03E06
2013	Parks and Recreation	S05E22; S06E01-2, 5-7	Trevor Nelsson
2014		S06E10
2015		S07E01, S07E12, S07E13
2014	The Middle	S05E12	Professor Danziger
2014	The Spoils of Babylon	S01E01	Bank Man
2014	Modern Family	S05E16	Tad
2014	The Rebels	Pilot	Phil Mavon
2014	Fatrick	Pilot	Jim
2014	Adventure Time	"Ocarina"	Kim Kil Whan/Mr. F (voice)
2014	I Didn't Do It	S01E14	Mr. Buffington
2014	You're the Worst	S01E06	Therapist
2015		S02E06
2014	The League	"Sitting Shiva"	Mr. Rappaport
2014	Masters of Sex	"One for the Money, Two for the Show"	Harold
2014	Newsreaders	S02E02	Ryan Rosenberg
2014	Nick Offerman: American Ham		IP Attorney
2014	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	S01E16, S02E05, S02E11	Kevin Cozner
2015		S02E16, S02E17, S02E20, S03E09
2015	Cocked	Pilot	Ken
2015	Man Seeking Woman	S01E06	A judge
2015	Comedy Bang! Bang!	S04E16	Proctor
2015	The Spoils Before Dying	S01E01-S01E03; SO1E05-S01E06	Kermit Biggs
2015	Stunted	Pilot	Whoopi Goldberg
2015	Rizzoli & Isles	S06E11	Dr. Hart
2015	Black-ish	S02E05	David Cooper
2016	The People's Mayor	Pilot	Commissioner Gordon

Podcasts

Podcast	Episode	Date	Role
Guys With Feelings	Comedy Bit - Calling the Veep	2006.02.17	Vice-President Cheney
Kevin Pollak's Chat Show	#37	2010.01.19	Himself (Cast & Crew of Drones)
	#43	2010.03.30	Himself (1st Year Birthday, part 2)
	#205	2014.06.03	Himself
Comedy Bang! Bang!	#50	2010.04.23	Harry Houdini
	#284	2014.05.05	Himself
Thrilling Adventure Hour	All	2011-present	Sparks Nevada/WorkJuice Player
Pop My Culture	#37	2011.03.22	Himself
Totally Laime	#72	2011.06.19	Himself
Dead Authors Podcast	Appendix A	2011.12.20	O. Henry
	Ch. 16	2013.04.02	Gore Vidal
Superego	The War of Two Worlds	2012	WorkJuice Player
The Matthew Aaron Show	#77	2012.01.23	Himself
	#153	2013.06.12	Himself
Talkin Walkin'	#9	2012.05.15	Himself
Kickin' It Mary Lynn Style	#5	2012.08.16	Himself
Giant Fire Breathing Robot	#149	2012.10.31	Himself
HobCast	#17	2012.12.19	Himself
	#36	2014.10.24	Himself
Welcome to Night Vale	#32.5	2014.05.01	Marcus Vanston
	#55.5	2014.10.01	Sparks Nevada
Chewin' It With Kevin and Steve	#84	2014.10.29	Himself
Mutant Season	#149	2014.11.19	Himself
Spontaneanation with Paul F. Tompkins	#2	2015.04.06	Himself
	#4	2015.04.20	Himself
	#5	2015.04.27	Himself
	#13	2015.06.22	Himself
	#18	2015.07.27	Himself
	#23	2015.08.31	Himself
	#29	2015.10.12	Himself
	#30	2015.10.19	Himself
	#33	2015.11.09	Himself
Sklarbro Country	#253	2015.05.29	Himself
The JV Club	#158	2015.06.11	Himself

Personal life

Jackson married veterinarian Beth Hagenlocker on April 27, 2002. They live in Venice with their cats Penny, Charlie, and Snug.

Jackson is known for wearing a bow tie, both in character as Sparks Nevada as well as out of character.

Charity work

Jackson co-founded the Detroit Creativity Project, which teaches Detroit public school students improv as a vehicle for improving their communication skills, along with Hagenlocker, Key, Margaret Edwartowski, and Larry Joe Campbell. The Project, which was inspired by a statement by Detroit mayor Dave Bing, was founded after a series of cookouts held at Jackson and Hagenlocker's home with other actors, writers, and directors who had connections to the city. In 2015 the program will expand to teach 500 students in 19 different schools.

Jackson and Hagenlocker are also supporters of the non-profit 826LA and Jackson frequently participates in events for the organization.

External links

• Marc Evan Jackson on Twitter
• Marc Evan Jackson on Myspace
• Marc Evan Jackson at the Internet Movie Database
• Detroit Creativity Project
• Suit Up on Yahoo! Screen