Jason Mewes
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| Born | Jason Edward Mewes June 12, 1974 Highlands, New Jersey, U.S. |
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Jason Edward Mewes (born June 12, 1974) is an American television and film actor known for playing foul-mouthed drug dealer Jay, the vocal half of Jay and Silent Bob from the films of Mewes' longtime friend Kevin Smith.
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[edit] Career
Mewes starred in the pilot episode of a Kevin Smith directed sitcom called Hating Hal (which never advanced beyond the pilot stage.)
While he is mostly known for acting in films, Mewes also has worked in television. He voiced the role of Jay in the short-lived Clerks: The Animated Series. He, along with Smith, has made appearances in the film Scream 3, Bottoms Up and on Degrassi: The Next Generation. He appeared in two episodes of a three-part story arc in which he and Smith film a new addition to Smith's New Jersey films entitled Jay and Silent Bob Go Canadian, Eh? at Degrassi Community School. They appear again on Degrassi (in a two part episode), at the premiere of Jay and Silent Bob go Canadian, Eh? in Canada. Mewes, Smith, and Degrassi star Stacie Mistysyn made the cover of Canadian TV Guide. In 1998 he starred as "Gary Lamb - Ground Activist" in a series of Nike commercials directed by Smith.
In Scarface: The World is Yours Mewes provides a voiceover for a thief who steals some tapes. The character's dialogue is completely identical to his Jay character's; the character constantly swears stream-of-consciousness style.
[edit] Filmography
- Clerks (1994)
- Mallrats (1995)
- Drawing Flies (1996)
- Chasing Amy (1997)
- Dogma (1999)
- Tail Lights Fade (1999)
- The Blair Clown Project (1999)
- Spilt Milk (1999)
- Scream 3 (2000)
- Vulgar (2000)
- Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
- R.S.V.P. (2002)
- High Times' Potluck (2002)
- Hot Rush (2002)
- Pauly Shore Is Dead (2003)
- Powder: Up Here (2004)
- Degrassi: The Next Generation (2005) - TV
- My Big Fat Independent Movie (2005)
- Clerks II (2006)
- Feast (2006)
- National Lampoon's TV: The Movie (2006)
- Bottoms Up (2006)
- The Tripper (2007)
- Netherbeast Incorporated (2007)
- Halo 3 Sci vs. Fi TV Special (2007)
- Noah's Ark: The New Beginning (voice) (2008)
- Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008)
- Red State (2008)
[edit] See also
[edit] Footnotes
[edit] External links
- Jason Mewes at the Internet Movie Database
- Interviews Askew: Jason Mewes (Interview from March 14, 1999)
[edit] Further reading
- Smith, Kevin. My Boring Ass Life: The Uncomfortably Candid Diary of Kevin Smith. Titan Books. 25 September 2007. ISBN 1845765389.
