Four-time Emmy Award-winner Jonathan Jackson has quit beloved soap General Hospital.

The actor, who plays Lucky Spencer in the series will shoot his final scenes next week, according to TV Guide magazine.

In recent months the actor's character has lost a child and fought an addiction to drugs. The publication reports Jackson will make his final appearances on the show in late December.

The actor has spent much of his life on the program, making his debut in 1993 when he was 10.

He is married to former General Hospital castmate Lisa Vultaggio.