Jason Mews: biography, filmography and interesting facts about the actor

Today the hero of our story will be a popular American comedian named Jason Muse. For most viewers, he is known for his role as a stupid and preoccupied Jay in a number of films by his friend Kevin Smith.

Biography

The future celebrity was born in 1974, June 12 in the town of Highlands, located in the US state of New Jersey. His parents were from Poland. The family of the future actor can hardly be called exemplary: father threw his wife and child, and her mother was a drug addict and in the past she was even in prison (she was sick with AIDS and died in 2000). As a result, Jason grew up in the most ordinary working quarter, went to school, played with the boys and gradually crawled over the girls. At the same time, he never thought about what could become an actor, and also famous for the whole world.

The beginning of film career, filmography

Jason Mews first appeared on the big screen exactly 20 years ago, in 1994. It was a comedy of an actor and a director, and also his close friend - Kevin Smith - under the name "Clerks". In the picture, Jason played the role of the jerk-witted addict Jay. According to the plot of his partner called Silent Bob, and played it all the same Kevin Smith. Other main roles in this project were performed by such actors as Brian O'Halloran, Lisa Spoonhauer, Jeff Anderson, Scott Monsieur and Marilyn Guillotti. The comic duet of Jay's characters and Silent Bob was so popular to the audience that Jason Mews and Kevin Smith decided not to stop there and implement successful images in several more film works.

So, a cheerful couple appears before the audience in such films as "Lobotryas" (1995), "In pursuit of Amy" (1997), "Scream 3" (1999) and "Dogma" (1999). The last picture, which has become truly iconic, shows the story of how an ordinary woman tries to stop two dangerous rebellious angels (these roles were performed by such stars of the first magnitude as Matt Damon and Ben Affleck) with the help of silly friends of Silent Bob and Jay (Kevin Smith and Jason Mews respectively).

2000th years, continuation of career

In 2001, the audience again had the opportunity to watch the adventures of the beloved comedic duet thanks to the release of the big screens of the film "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back". By the way, in these images the actors will also appear in 2005 in the project "Jay and Silent Bob Degressy" and in 2006 in the film "Clerks 2".

In the following years, the hero of our story starred in a number of films, among which are the following: "Pot of luck" and "Poly Shore is dead" (2002 and 2003 respectively), "Feast" (2005). In 2006, several films with Jason appeared on the screens: "Glorious Guys", "Jack's Law", "Stylish Things" (here his partner on the set was the charming Paris Hilton), "Craving for Pleasures", "Hulks" and " Traveler". Then followed such works as "Severe case" and "Corporation of monsters" (2007), "Fans" and "Bitten" (2008).

Jason Mews, whose films regularly appeared on the screen, in 2008, climbed one more step in his film career, demonstrating to the viewer that his talent as a comedian is by no means limited to one. This was due to his work in the project "Zack and Miri Make a Porno."

Then followed such films with Jason as "Two dudes and a dream" (2009), "Fairy Tales for the Night" (2009), "The Last Godfather" (2010), "Shoot the hero" (2010), "Return" (2010 ), "Pulboy: save who can" (2011) and others. In addition, Muse several times starred in independent low-budget paintings, in some of which he acted as a producer.

Personal life of the actor

Like his hero Jay, Muse has had problems with drugs for many years. In 2000, he was even sentenced to 2 years probation for possession of heroin, and also obliged to undergo a course of compulsory treatment for dependence. According to the actor, it has borne fruit, and now he is completely cured of addiction.

As for his private life, in January 2009 he married producer Jordan Monsanto.

Interesting facts about the actor

• At first, Muse worked as a cashier at the comic bookstore of his friend Kevin Smith.
• Jason, he says, is a big fan of such TV series as "Buffy", "Smallville's Secrets" and "Angel."
• A hero named Jay, embodied on the screen by Jason, became very popular. This image can often be found in films, serials and comics.
• Muse voiced one of the characters in a computer game. His hero was a thief, whose speech was very reminiscent of the same Jay.