# Gildart Jackson
**Gildart Jackson** is an English actor, writer, and audiobook narrator known for television roles as Gideon on *Charmed*, Ian Carlyle on *The Bold Type*, Simon Prentiss on *General Hospital*, Jackson Palmer on *Providence*, and as Giles the Butler, the host of ABC's 2013 murder-mystery competition *Whodunnit?*[1](https://www.departmentofmidnight.com/gildart-jackson). In voice acting he plays [Alfred Pennyworth](https://www.edgepedia.org/alfred-pennyworth) in the video game *[Gotham Knights](https://www.edgepedia.org/gotham-knights-video-game)*, Flyseyes on Netflix's *Castlevania*, and The Major on *Hellsing Ultimate*, for which he won the BTVA Anime Dub Television/OVA Voice Acting Award[1](https://www.departmentofmidnight.com/gildart-jackson). He has narrated more than 400 audiobooks, winning one Audie Award and receiving two further Audie nominations[1](https://www.departmentofmidnight.com/gildart-jackson).
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Profession | English actor, writer, and audiobook narrator working in the United States[1](https://www.departmentofmidnight.com/gildart-jackson) |
| Birth | 1963, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, per IMDb; the Czech database FDb.cz instead gives 1969 and London, a disagreement the sources do not resolve[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0413556/) • [3](https://www.fdb.cz/osobnost/128593-gildart-jackson) |
| Signature TV roles | Gideon on *Charmed* (recurring, 6th and 7th seasons); Giles the Butler on *Whodunnit?* (2013); Ian Carlyle on *The Bold Type*; Simon Prentiss on *General Hospital*; Jackson Palmer on *Providence*[4](https://resumes.actorsaccess.com/gildartjackson) |
| Notable voice roles | Alfred Pennyworth in *Gotham Knights* (2022 video game); Flyseyes on *Castlevania* (2020 to 2021); The Major on *Hellsing Ultimate*[1](https://www.departmentofmidnight.com/gildart-jackson) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0413556/) |
| Audiobook work | Over 400 titles narrated; one Audie Award win and two additional nominations[1](https://www.departmentofmidnight.com/gildart-jackson) |
| Personal life | Married to actress Melora Hardin since 4 June 1997; they have two children[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0413556/) |
| Height | 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m)[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0413556/) |
## Background
Two sources disagree on Jackson's date and place of birth. IMDb gives 13 July 1963 in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0413556/), while the Czech film database FDb.cz lists 5 July 1969 and London[3](https://www.fdb.cz/osobnost/128593-gildart-jackson). Both identify him as English. FDb.cz adds that he settled permanently in the United States after his studies and made his name as a television actor there[3](https://www.fdb.cz/osobnost/128593-gildart-jackson).
He is a member of [Actors' Equity Association](https://www.edgepedia.org/actors-equity-association) and [SAG-AFTRA](https://www.edgepedia.org/sag-aftra), represented for theatrical, commercial, and theater work by Gray Talent Group in New York, California, and Illinois, and for voiceover by Innovative Artists[4](https://resumes.actorsaccess.com/gildartjackson). His training credits include the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute and study with Larry Moss, Barry Primus, and Michael Shurtleff, plus vocal training with Elisabeth Howard, Eric Vetro, and Richard Loring[4](https://resumes.actorsaccess.com/gildartjackson). Beyond acting, he plays guitar, piano, and trumpet, sings baritone, performs in a range of accents, and speaks fluent French[4](https://resumes.actorsaccess.com/gildartjackson).
## Television and film
Jackson's first prominent television exposure came as Simon Prentiss on the soap opera *General Hospital*, a role FDb.cz dates to 1999 through 2001[3](https://www.fdb.cz/osobnost/128593-gildart-jackson). His résumé lists *General Hospital* as a regular role on ABC[4](https://resumes.actorsaccess.com/gildartjackson). He then played the magic-school headmaster Gideon, an Elder, on *Charmed* in its sixth and seventh seasons[4](https://resumes.actorsaccess.com/gildartjackson); the Charmed wiki counts seven episodes in season 6[5](https://charmed.fandom.com/wiki/Gildart_Jackson), while AlloCiné's filmography lists five episodes in season 6[6](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-108120/filmographie/).
In 2013 he served as both a cast member and the butler-host of *Whodunnit?*, ABC's murder-mystery reality competition created by CSI's Anthony E. Zuiker, appearing as Giles the Butler in all nine episodes[4](https://resumes.actorsaccess.com/gildartjackson) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0413556/). Other television credits include Ian Carlyle, recurring in all seasons of Freeform's *The Bold Type*; Janus in *Stargate: Atlantis*; Haggerty in *Supernatural*; Barton in *Burn Notice*; Gerard Dupont in *NCIS: LA*; and guest or recurring parts on *CSI*, *Feud*, *Las Vegas*, *John Doe*, *Boomtown*, *Hannah Montana*, *The Suite Life on Deck*, and *Early Edition*[4](https://resumes.actorsaccess.com/gildartjackson) • [6](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-108120/filmographie/).
His film work includes Thad Cottrell IV in *The Big Brass Ring* (1999) for Showtime, Gilbert Keith-Worthing in *Atlas Shrugged II* for Lionsgate, Roger in *[The Vatican Tapes](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-vatican-tapes)*, and the independent films *Zombie Hamlet*, *Easy*, *Mosquito*, and *You*, the last directed by his wife [Melora Hardin](https://www.edgepedia.org/melora-hardin)[4](https://resumes.actorsaccess.com/gildartjackson). A 2024 credit is Senator Aceius in Netflix's *Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver*, directed by [Zack Snyder](https://www.edgepedia.org/zack-snyder)[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0413556/).
## Voice acting
Jackson's voice work spans animation and video games. On *Castlevania* he voiced Flyseyes across 20 episodes in 2020 and 2021[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0413556/), and on *Hellsing Ultimate* he voiced The Major; the Hellsing wiki also credits him as Chris Pickman in the 2002 *Hellsing* anime[7](https://hellsing.fandom.com/wiki/Gildart_Jackson). The BTVA award for his *Hellsing Ultimate* performance is reported on his official biography page[1](https://www.departmentofmidnight.com/gildart-jackson).
In games he voices Alfred Pennyworth in *Gotham Knights* (2022), WB's Batman video game[1](https://www.departmentofmidnight.com/gildart-jackson), and also voices the Court Magistrate in the 2023 *Gotham Knights* television series and Inspector General in *[Unicorn: Warriors Eternal](https://www.edgepedia.org/unicorn-warriors-eternal)*[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0413556/). Metacritic lists nine game credits overall[8](https://www.metacritic.com/person/gildart-jackson/).
## Audiobooks and Fireside Reading
Jackson has narrated over 400 audiobooks[1](https://www.departmentofmidnight.com/gildart-jackson). Representative titles include Peter Grainger's DC Smith detective series, [Jo Nesbø](https://www.edgepedia.org/jo-nesb)'s *The Son*, Antoine Leiris's *You Will Not Have My Hate*, and [Richard Branson](https://www.edgepedia.org/richard-branson)'s autobiography *The Virgin Way*[1](https://www.departmentofmidnight.com/gildart-jackson). He is the narrator of Benedict Jacka's Alex Verus fantasy series[9](https://mn2s.com/booking-agency/talent-roster/gildart-jackson/) and of Torsten Weitze's *The 13th Paladin* series, which Audible lists across multiple volumes[10](https://www.audible.co.uk/search?searchNarrator=Gildart+Jackson). Audiobook retailers list him as the narrator of classics as well, including [P. G. Wodehouse](https://www.edgepedia.org/p-g-wodehouse)'s *The Inimitable Jeeves*, John Buchan's *The Thirty-Nine Steps*, G. K. Chesterton's *The Man Who Was Thursday*, and Adam Smith's *The Wealth of Nations*, a 36-hour recording[11](https://www.audiobooksnow.com/narrator/gildart-jackson-audiobooks/1zrmffdkmt00h/).
During the Covid lockdown in 2020 he began Fireside Reading, a project in which he reads complete works of classic literature live and free of charge, initially at 5 p.m. Pacific Time each day on Instagram, and the project has since expanded to its own website and YouTube channel[1](https://www.departmentofmidnight.com/gildart-jackson). Many of these readings were published as *Fireside Reading of...* audiobooks in 2022, covering titles such as *Peter Pan*, *A Christmas Carol*, *Dracula*, *Alice in Wonderland*, *Black Beauty*, and *Winnie-the-Pooh*, with Jackson acting as reader and, for several, writer and producer[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0413556/).
## Theatre
Jackson's stage credits include Robert Shaw in *The Shark Is Broken* at Ensemble Theatre Company in Santa Barbara and Laguna, Nicolas in [Harold Pinter](https://www.edgepedia.org/harold-pinter)'s *One for the Road*, Handsome in *The Devil You Know* at Arena Stage, Stefano in *Tempest Redux*, Adrian in *Private Eyes* at the Old Globe in San Diego, Trigorin in *The Seagull*, and Henry Higgins in *My Fair Lady*[4](https://resumes.actorsaccess.com/gildartjackson). BroadwayWorld reported the 2026 West Coast premiere of *The Shark Is Broken* with his casting announced in January 2026[12](https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Gildart-Jackson/).
## Personal life
Jackson has been married to the American actress Melora Hardin, known for *The Office*, since 4 June 1997, and they have two children[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0413556/). FDb.cz notes that Hardin is the daughter of the actor [Jerry Hardin](https://www.edgepedia.org/jerry-hardin)[3](https://www.fdb.cz/osobnost/128593-gildart-jackson).
## References
1. [Gildart Jackson — The Department of Midnight (official biography)](https://www.departmentofmidnight.com/gildart-jackson)
2. [Gildart Jackson — IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0413556/)
3. [Gildart Jackson (1969) — FDb.cz](https://www.fdb.cz/osobnost/128593-gildart-jackson)
4. [Gildart Jackson — Actors Access résumé](https://resumes.actorsaccess.com/gildartjackson)
5. [Gildart Jackson — Charmed Fandom wiki](https://charmed.fandom.com/wiki/Gildart_Jackson)
6. [Gildart Jackson : Filmographie — AlloCiné](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-108120/filmographie/)
7. [Gildart Jackson — Hellsing Wiki](https://hellsing.fandom.com/wiki/Gildart_Jackson)
8. [Gildart Jackson — Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/person/gildart-jackson/)
9. [Gildart Jackson — MN2S booking agency profile](https://mn2s.com/booking-agency/talent-roster/gildart-jackson/)
10. [Audiobooks narrated by Gildart Jackson — Audible.co.uk](https://www.audible.co.uk/search?searchNarrator=Gildart+Jackson)
11. [Audiobooks Narrated By Gildart Jackson — AudiobooksNow](https://www.audiobooksnow.com/narrator/gildart-jackson-audiobooks/1zrmffdkmt00h/)
12. [Gildart Jackson — BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Gildart-Jackson/)
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