Sons Of Anarchy

Jackson 'Jax' Teller is the current President and former Vice President of the Sons of Anarchy MC. He is the son of Gemma and John Teller.  SAMCRO is the only life Jax has ever known. He lives for his brothers and family, but questions the violent extremes the club will go to for "business." He is the Main Protagonist of the series and 1 of only 3 characters to have appeared in every episode to date.

Jax, the son of Gemma and John Teller, was born in 1978, and raised in Charming, California. His father died in 1993 and his mother later re-married Clay Morrow. He has a genetic heart disorder which he inherited from his mother. His younger brother, Thomas, died of this condition at an early age. He is of Irish and Russian Jewish descent on his mother's side. He carries a KA-BAR USMC fighting knife on his belt. 

At the beginning of the series, Teller serves as the club's Vice-President, and works as a mechanic at the Teller-Morrow Auto Shop. He has served time in prison for smuggling and gun-running, his last arrest was in 2003. He married Wendy Case, but filed for divorce because of her drug habit. After Wendy got clean, they reconciled and conceived a son, Abel Teller; Jax left her while she was pregnant because he wasn't ready to be a father. Wendy started using drugs again and Abel was born prematurely in the pilot episode. Jax marries his High School sweetheart, Tara Knowles, in Season 5.

Jax recently discovered several of his father's old journals and an old manuscript entitled The Life and Death of Sam Crow: How the Sons of Anarchy Lost Their Way, which lays out the original manifesto for SAMCRO. Jax finds himself doubting the club's direction, causing friction between himself and his stepfather, Clay, and spreading doubt amongst the other members. Another member of SAMCRO, Opie Winston, has been his best friend since childhood.