Jason Mewes

Nationality:
American
Birthdate:
06/12/1974
Birthplace:
New Jersey
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biography
An actor who has made a career of playing a character he has described as "85 to 90 percent me", Jason Mewes turned his long-haired, marijuana-addled Jay into an icon, thanks to filmmaker and pal Kevin Smith as well as his own oddly magnetic personality and fierce performances. Making his debut in Smith's widely-acclaimed, low-budget breakout "Clerks", Mewes won fans and got big laughs as the trash-talking, drug-dealing, breakdancing Jay, a fixture (with buddy Silent Bob, played by Smith) outside of the Quick Stop where Dante (Brian O'Halloran) works. Mirroring the real-life experiences of Continued
Credits
(TV Show)
2008-2008
Cast
2008
Additional Material
2008
Edgy Cat
2006
Jay
2006
Tuott the Basehead
2002
Jay
1999
Jay
1997
Jay
1995
Jay
1994
Counter Monkey #2
Quebert
Owen Peadman
milestones
Year
Milestone
1993 
Made feature debut as Jay alongside Kevin Smith's Silent Bob in the latter's filmmaking debut "Clerks" (released in 1994)
1995 
Reprised role of pothead slacker Jay in "Mallrats", Smith's disappointing studio follow-up
1996 
Appeared in the Smith-produced feature "Drawing Flies"
1997 
Again played the colorful Jay in the Smith romance "Chasing Amy"
1999 
Featured in Smith's acclaimed religious-themed comedy "Dogma"
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