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Third Time's The Charm: Last Chance to ACT!

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5 years ago, I set out alone for Hollywood.

I had no connections, no nepotism, no family in the area...Just a dream and a God given gut feeling that I was actually meant to catch it. I didn't even have the money in my pocket to be thinking this way, but God told me to leap, so I leapt.

31 donors caught me in 2019. Together they gave me just enough for 2 weeks in Los Angeles, which turned into a 5 year shortcut to the Silver Screen.

Now, 5 years later and without boasting, I am happy to report to those 31 believers that I achieved what I set out to achieve: I'm a phenomenal filmmaker, and an Award Winning Actor (Best Actor, Mammoth Film Festival, 2024.)

Through starvation, homelessness, pain, a GLOBAL PANDEMIC, and 3 total Hollywood strikes, I have emerged as one of the most dependable, sought-after AD's in the industry. I've worked intimately with the best of the best. Clint Eastwood and Ava DuVernay both know my name and how I play the game, and those are just 2 examples.

However, I never took my eye off the acting ball. Switching from the back side of the camera to the front is NOT a simple procedure, nor is it for the faint of heart. It takes guts, grit, determination, and a warrior spirit. I have been gifted each in spades, and as a result, I was just signed to one of the top emerging management companies in Los Angeles as their flagship performer.

I'm overjoyed to finally put down my walkie-talkie and trade it in for scripts and make-up, however, the journey to total stardom is only ALMOST complete, and I would sincerely appreciate your aid in finishing this race in record time.

Your Donations will assist with:
  • Required Monthly Acting Teacher & Classes
  • Housing in Los Angeles (Currently without for a year since the strikes)
  • New Headshots
  • General Survival (This is the most viscious industry in modern times)

To be transparent...This has cost me almost everything. My home, my stability, my friends, my family, and a bit of my sanity...but it has not cost me my faith. The God I serve WILL see this journey through for me, and when I get to the place that He has shown me and 31 others, a King’s reward is awaiting every person and group that saw the vision BEFORE it existed. This is my promise.

I'm not calling on the TALKERS in my life right now. I'm calling on DO-ERS. Because if you're a DO-ER, you'll share in my victory for the rest of my days. If you're a TALKER, I'll be sure to tell you alllll about the DO-ERS who helped me become Hollywood's leading man.

Every person imagines that moment when a superstar say's "I couldn't have done it without ____________". Here's your chance. Enter your name here, with a donation of any size, and share in the legacy as I have shared with you.

This is your last chance, because the next time you see my name...It'll be in lights.

But if you're on this list, it'll be in MY handwriting, thanking YOU personally on the back of one of my ORIGINAL, goofy headshots. So far there are 31 exclusive members.

Care to join the list?
Donate below or on Venmo or Cashapp at @akiljackson11 (V) or at $vakiljackson. (C)

Thank you. Bless you. Onward.



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