{"id":2389263,"date":"2026-04-25T22:06:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T22:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2389263"},"modified":"2026-04-25T22:06:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T22:06:13","slug":"meet-jaafar-jackson-who-plays-his-uncle-michael-jackson-in-the-late-stars-biopic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/meet-jaafar-jackson-who-plays-his-uncle-michael-jackson-in-the-late-stars-biopic\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Jaafar Jackson, who plays his uncle Michael Jackson in the late star\u2019s biopic"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Michael Jackson\u2019s nephew Jaafar Jackson is proving to be the perfect person to play his great uncle, as images and clips of him starring in director Antoine Fuqua\u2019s highly anticipated biopic, Michael, came out ahead of the movie\u2019s US premiere on April 24.<\/p>\n

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Jaafar Jackson at the AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, on April 18. Photo: EPA<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The 29-year-old, whose starring role in the biopic was announced in January 2023, bears an uncanny resemblance to his late uncle \u2013 and the internet has taken note. Several comments under Jaafar\u2019s Instagram posts comment on his likeness to the late superstar. \u201cThat\u2019s literally Michael \u2026 He embodied what\u2019s already in his blood. Greatness,\u201d one user wrote.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s everything you need to know about Jaafar Jackson as he makes his acting debut.<\/p>\n

He is a member of the famous Jackson family<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Michael\u2019s cast and family members \u2013 including Jaafar Jackson (second from right) \u2013 on the red carpet for the world premiere of Michael in Berlin, on April 10. Photo: AFP<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Jaafar is the son of Jermaine Jackson, Michael Jackson\u2019s older brother, and Alejandra Genevieve Oaziaza. His parents were married from 1995 to 2003.<\/p>\n

Jaafar\u2019s father was famously part of The Jackson 5. His aunts include Janet Jackson, La Toya Jackson, Rebbie Jackson, and Joh\u2019Vonnie Jackson, while his uncles include Tito Jackson, Marlon Jackson, Jackie Jackson and Randy Jackson.<\/p>\n

He has been singing and dancing since he was 12<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Jaafar Jackson has been singing and dancing since childhood. Photo: @interviewmag\/Instagram<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Performing is in the Jackson family genes \u2013 and Jaafar is no exception. Per Deadline, he\u2019s been singing and dancing since he was just 12 years old, showcasing himself singing covers of songs by artists like Marvin Gaye and Sam Cooke. He released his first single \u201cGot Me Singing\u201d in 2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.scmp.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Michael Jackson\u2019s nephew Jaafar Jackson is proving to be the perfect person to play his great uncle, as images and clips of him starring in director Antoine Fuqua\u2019s highly anticipated biopic, Michael, came out ahead of the movie\u2019s US premiere on April 24. Jaafar Jackson at the AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2389264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[465928,405613,351105,22491,359957,308613,463576,465927,359958,420897,22693,465926,304696,24698],"class_list":["post-2389263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-alejandra-genevieve-oaziaza","tag-antoine-fuqua","tag-berlin","tag-instagram","tag-jaafar-jackson","tag-janet-jackson","tag-jermaine-jackson","tag-johvonnie-jackson","tag-katherine-jackson","tag-la-toya-jackson","tag-los-angeles","tag-maddie-simpson","tag-michael-jackson","tag-paris-jackson"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Meet-Jaafar-Jackson-who-plays-his-uncle-Michael-Jackson-in.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2389263"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2389265,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389263\/revisions\/2389265"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2389264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2389263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2389263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2389263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}