Randy Jackson

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1956-06-23

Place of Birth

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Randy Jackson

Biography

Randall Darius Jackson (born June 23, 1956) is an American record executive, television presenter and musician, best known as a judge on American Idol from 2002 to 2013. Jackson began his career in the 1980s as a session musician playing bass guitar for an array of jazz, pop, rock, and R&B performers. He moved on to work in music production and in the A&R department at Columbia Records and MCA Records. Jackson is best known from his appearances as the longest-serving judge on American Idol and executive producer for MTV's America's Best Dance Crew. In May 2020, Jackson was rehired as bassist for Journey following their sudden split with founding member Ross Valory. Jackson had previously filled the role on the band's 1986 album Raised on Radio and its tour. Description above from the Wikipedia article Randy Jackson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Acting History

2023
Zucchero | Sugar Fornaciari as Self
2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Sherri as Self - Guest
2021
Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All as Self
2021
Name That Tune as Self - Band Leader
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
2017
Drop the Mic as Self
2014
Jennifer Lopez: Dance Again as Self
2010
Take Two with Phineas and Ferb
2009
Family Guy Presents: Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie as Randy Jackson (voice)
2009
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon as Self
2007
Keeping Up with the Kardashians as Self
2005
American Idol: The Best of Seasons 1-4 as Self - Judge (archive footage)
2005
American Idol: The Worst of Seasons 1-4 as Self - Judge
2005
Robots as Watch #2 (voice) (uncredited)
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
2004
Kevin Hill as Grundy
2004
Dr. Vegas as Desmond
2004
The Tony Danza Show as Self
2004
On Air with Ryan Seacrest as Self
2003
Journey - Greatest Hits DVD 1978-1997 as Self (Vocals / Bass)
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
2003
Punk'd as Self
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
2002
American Dreams
2002
American Idol as Self - Judge
2002
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway as Self
2002
American Idol: The Search For A Superstar as Judge
2001
The Bernie Mac Show as Randy Jackson
2001
Good Day Live as Self
1999
The Early Show as Self
1999
Family Guy as Randy Jackson (voice)
1998
Mariah Carey: Butterfly World Tour - Live at Tokyo Dome as Self
1997
The View as Self
1996
The Daily Show as Self
1995
MADtv as Self
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1989
The Simpsons as Randy Jackson (voice)
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1952
Today as Self
NAACP Image Awards