in december 1999, "newsweek" magazine reported jackson was likely to be taking on the role of anakin skywalker in "". however, he was soon dropped from the running, and publications speculated the prior publicity had hurt his chances due to creator george lucas' preference for privacy. jackson continued his film career in 2000 with the independent film "true rights" and the abc television movie "trapped in a purple haze". jackson also wrote and directed a short film with his brother richard entitled "crystal clear", which won best dramatic short film and the coen brothers award for duo-filmmaking at the brooklyn film festival. in 2002, jackson played one of his most well-known film roles as jesse tuck in "tuck everlasting", which he filmed simultaneously to "insomnia". in 2004, jackson filmed "", and "riding the bullet". from 2008 through 2009, he had a recurring role as in the hit fox tv show "", playing the father of before the show was cancelled.