Jay Wilkison
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Jay Wilkison is an American
movie, television and stage actor
.
Wilkison was born in Nashville, Tennessee
. He played Riley Colson on the ABC
soap One Life to Live
from February 24, 2003 through June 8, 2005.
Wilkison appeared in the hit Broadway
show Rent
from December 27, 2004 until December 17, 2005. He started as a swing
and took over the role of Roger Davis. He has returned to the show several times since 2006, and was in the final cast, playing Gordon & others, and can be seen on the DVD. He was also a Mark and Roger understudy.
Wilkison a member of P-unit in the Smirnoff
Raw Tea commercial.
Wilkison is a graduate of Western Kentucky University where he was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon
fraternity.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
movie, television and stage actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
.
Wilkison was born in Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
. He played Riley Colson on the ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
soap One Life to Live
One Life to Live
One Life to Live is an American soap opera which debuted on July 15, 1968 and has been broadcast on the ABC television network. Created by Agnes Nixon, the series was the first daytime drama to primarily feature racially and socioeconomically diverse characters and consistently emphasize social...
from February 24, 2003 through June 8, 2005.
Wilkison appeared in the hit Broadway
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
show Rent
Rent (musical)
Rent is a rock musical with music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson based on Giacomo Puccini's opera La bohème...
from December 27, 2004 until December 17, 2005. He started as a swing
Understudy
In theater, an understudy is a performer who learns the lines and blocking/choreography of a regular actor or actress in a play. Should the regular actor or actress be unable to appear on stage because of illness or emergencies, the understudy takes over the part...
and took over the role of Roger Davis. He has returned to the show several times since 2006, and was in the final cast, playing Gordon & others, and can be seen on the DVD. He was also a Mark and Roger understudy.
Wilkison a member of P-unit in the Smirnoff
Smirnoff
Smirnoff is a brand of vodka owned and produced by the British company Diageo. The Smirnoff brand began with a vodka distillery founded in Moscow by Pyotr Arsenievich Smirnov , the son of illiterate Russian peasants. It is now distributed in 130 countries.Smirnoff products include vodka, flavored...
Raw Tea commercial.
Wilkison is a graduate of Western Kentucky University where he was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Sigma Alpha Epsilon is a North American Greek-letter social college fraternity founded at the University of Alabama on March 9, 1856. Of all existing national social fraternities today, Sigma Alpha Epsilon is the only one founded in the Antebellum South...
fraternity.