Beek Baek
—  Municipality  —
Baek 't Els museum
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Coordinates: 50°56′N 5°48′E / 50.933°N 5.8°E / 50.933; 5.8Coordinates: 50°56′N 5°48′E / 50.933°N 5.8°E / 50.933; 5.8
Country	Netherlands
Province	Limburg
Area(2006)
• Total	21.00 km2 (8.11 sq mi)
• Land	21.00 km2 (8.11 sq mi)
• Water	0.00 km2 (0.00 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2007)
• Total	16,710
• Density	796/km2 (2,060/sq mi)
	Source: CBS, Statline.
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

Beek ( pronunciation (help·info)) (Limburgish: Baek) is a town in the southeastern Netherlands. It is located in Beek municipality. The town of approximately 9000 inhabitants is located 15 kilometers North of Maastricht and 20 kilometers East of the Belgian town of Genk.

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Joshua Jackson
Jackson at the San Diego Comic-Con International in July, 2010
Born	Joshua Carter Jackson (1978-06-11) June 11, 1978 (age 34) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1990–present
Partner	Diane Kruger (2006–present)

Joshua Carter Jackson (born June 11, 1978) is a Canadian American actor. He has appeared in primetime television and in over 32 film roles. He is best known for playing Charlie Conway in The Mighty Ducks film series, Pacey Witter on Dawson's Creek and Peter Bishop in the Fringe TV series.

Early life[link]

Jackson^[1] was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, the son of Fiona Jackson, a casting director, and John Carter.^[2] Jackson's father is from Texas^[3] and his mother is a native of Ballyfermot, Dublin, Ireland, having emigrated to North America in the late 1960s.^[4][5] He was raised Catholic.^[6][7] He has a sister, Aisleagh,^[8] and two half-brothers, Lyman and Jonathan Carter from his father's first marriage. Jackson grew up in California until the age of 8. Not long after his sister was born in California, his parents divorced and Jackson, his mother and sister then moved to Seattle,^[9] where he attended Einstein Middle School in Shoreline, Washington. Shortly thereafter, he moved back to Vancouver with his mother and younger sister. He attended Ideal Mini School and later switched to Kitsilano Secondary School. In an interview with The New York Times, Jackson said he was kicked out of high school once because of The Jon Stewart Show: "[The show] played, at least where I grew up, at 1:30 in the morning, so I would stay up at night to watch Jon Stewart, but then I'd be too tired—or too lazy—to go to school in the morning. So I'd just take the first couple of classes off, 'cause I wanted to be fresh when I got there."^[10] He claims that the first time was because of "attitude" problems and that he "wasn't in the school spirit".

Career[link]

Jackson started acting in Crooked Hearts with a small part he got from his mother. The next year, he played the role of Charlie in a musical version of "Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory". Through the play's casting director, Laura Kennedy, he met William Morris, his agent.^[11] Soon after, Jackson landed the role of Charlie (#96) in The Mighty Ducks series, a part for which Jake Gyllenhaal was also considered^[12] (years later both would also be amongst a small group of actors considered for the role of Bruce Wayne/Batman in Batman Begins, which eventually went to Christian Bale). Jackson went on to appear as Pacey Witter on Dawson's Creek, which ran on the WB network from 1998–2003, and also starred James Van Der Beek, Michelle Williams and Katie Holmes. While the show was on hiatus, he appeared in several movies including The Skulls, The Safety of Objects, The Laramie Project and a short cameo in the remake of Ocean's Eleven where he appears as himself in a poker scene with Brad Pitt, George Clooney and Holly Marie Combs, among others. In 2000, he also guest-starred in Season 12 of The Simpsons, voicing the character of Jesse Grass, a "hunky environmentalist" and love interest for Lisa Simpson in the episode "Lisa the Tree Hugger".

Shortly after Dawson's Creek ended in 2003, Jackson played the lead role in films alongside Dennis Hopper (Americano), Harvey Keitel (Shadows in the Sun), and Donald Sutherland (Aurora Borealis). In 2005, Jackson moved to the UK and made his stage debut on the London West End with Patrick Stewart in David Mamet's two-man play, A Life in the Theatre. The play was a critical and popular success, and ran from February to April of that year. Jackson said that he would consider returning to the stage, to try his hand on Broadway.^[13] His next film role was in the all-star ensemble drama Bobby, directed by Emilio Estevez, Jackson's co-star from The Mighty Ducks. He played a lead role in a US remake of the Asian horror film Shutter. He starred and acted as executive producer in the Canadian independent film One Week, which opened on March 6, 2009.

Jackson plays Peter Bishop in J.J. Abrams' science-fiction series Fringe.^[14] Created by JJ Abrams, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman.^[15] The series appears on the Fox TV network and was the second-highest rated new show of the 2008–09 season after CBS's The Mentalist. BuddyTV ranked him #9 on its "TV's 100 Sexiest Men of 2010" list^[16] and #19 in 2011.^[17]

Jackson was nominated for Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for the film One Week.^[18] He then won the award on April 12, 2010.^[19]

He held and hosted Pacey-Con in 2010, directly across the street from the San Diego Comic-Con, sporting a bowling shirt and giving out fan fiction he wrote himself to those waiting in the Comic-Con entrance line. Footage of the event was recorded for a video, entitled 'Pacey-Con', which he was filming for Will Ferrell's Funny or Die celebrity humour website.

Personal life[link]

Jackson has been in a relationship with actress Diane Kruger since 2006 with whom he shares residences in Paris and Vancouver.^[20] He also owns his childhood home in Topanga, California.^[21] Previously he lived in Wilmington, North Carolina, where the television program Dawson's Creek was filmed; and in New York, where Fringe filmed its first season. In 2009, he moved back to Vancouver for the shooting of the second season of Fringe.

Jackson was arrested on November 9, 2002 at a Carolina Hurricanes ice hockey game in Raleigh, North Carolina after an altercation with a security guard. He was charged with assault affray and being intoxicated and disruptive, having 0.14 blood-alcohol content.^[22] Prosecutors agreed to dismiss the assault charge, and Jackson agreed to attend an alcohol education program and perform 24 hours of community service in order to have the remaining charge dropped.^[23]

Filmography[link]

Awards[link]

Genie Awards

• 2010: Won, "Best Actor" – One Week

Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival

• 2005: Won, "Best Actor" – Aurora Borealis

Hollywood Film Festival

• 2006: Won, "Best Ensemble of the Year" – Bobby

Satellite Award

• 2006: Nominated, "Best Actor in a Dramatic Motion Picture" – Aurora Borealis

Screen Actors Guild Awards

• 2007: Nominated, "Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture" – Bobby

Teen Choice Award

• 1999: Won, "Choice TV Actor" – Dawson's Creek
• 2000: Nominated, "Choice Liar in a Film" – The Skulls
• 2000: Won, "Choice TV Actor" – Dawson's Creek
• 2001: Won, "Choice TV Actor" – Dawson's Creek
• 2002: Nominated, "Choice TV Actor" – Dawson's Creek
• 2003: Nominated, "Choice TV Actor" – Dawson's Creek
• 2009: Nominated, "Choice TV Actor" – Fringe

Young Artist Award

• 1993: Nominated, "Outstanding Young Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture" – The Mighty Ducks

Young Hollywood Award

• 2000: Won, "Male Superstar of Tomorrow"

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External links[link]

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• Joshua Jackson on The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos