Jason Mewes

Birthday: 12 June 1974, Highlands, New Jersey, USA

Birth Name: Jason Edward Mewes

Height: 181 cm

New Jersey born and bred actor, who burst onto cinema screens in 1994, playing the grass smoking, fast talking, foul mouthed and over sexed,...but very likable "Jay" in Kevin Smith's hilarious low budget hit Clerks (1994). The off beat & philosophical drug dealing characters of "Jay and Silent Bob" (Mewes and Smith) cropped up again in four more films directed by the talented Smith.....the tepidly received Mallrats (1995), was followed by more street wisdom in the scintillating romantic comedy Chasing Amy (1997), they tackled theological issues in the quirky religious comedy Dogma (1999) and then took on Hollywood, in the road trip epic Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001). There was also a short-lived animated series Clerks (2000). Their characters also made a cameo appearance in Scream 3 (2000).Mewes has since kicked on to appearing in other non-Smith projects including Hot Rush (2002), R.S.V.P. (2002), High Times Potluck (2002), Pauly Shore Is Dead (2003), My Big Fat Independent Movie (2005) and Feast (2005). His last Kevin Smith's films are Clerks II (2006) and Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008). Mewes has appeared in every film directed by Smith except Jersey Girl (2004), Cop Out (2010), and Red State (2011). Show less «

I pay attention to the actors and stuff, but not even that much. I don't pay attention to who's writ...Show more »

I pay attention to the actors and stuff, but not even that much. I don't pay attention to who's writing. Show less «

I'm getting Puppetmasters, too. They're one of my favorites. And they're coming out with new Puppetm...Show more »

I'm getting Puppetmasters, too. They're one of my favorites. And they're coming out with new Puppetmasters. I try not to get everything, but I want so much. Show less «

I love comics. All I've been doing is reading every day, sitting in the house. Because I've not been...Show more »

I love comics. All I've been doing is reading every day, sitting in the house. Because I've not been feeling too good, so I've been reading and reading. Show less «

I think I'll be fine in New York. If I could stay here and just get jobs in New York, that would be ...Show more »

I think I'll be fine in New York. If I could stay here and just get jobs in New York, that would be fine and that's what I'd want to do. I don't want to move. Show less «

It was a lot of fun doing the Nike commercials, too.

I'm more into the Spawn toys. They're really cool. They're coming out with a Techno Spawn series and...Show more »

I'm more into the Spawn toys. They're really cool. They're coming out with a Techno Spawn series and another series, The Dark Ages, which are really cool. Show less «

I don't think anyone's ever thought I was a drug dealer.

After doing the first couple scenes and I got used to being in front of a few people it got easier a...Show more »

After doing the first couple scenes and I got used to being in front of a few people it got easier and easier. In Chasing Amy, I wasn't nervous at all. And in Dogma, the same. Show less «

In Kevin's movies I would like to stay Jay.

I showed my mom the movie then I told her the movie got bought and that it was gonna be shown in the...Show more »

I showed my mom the movie then I told her the movie got bought and that it was gonna be shown in theatres and be on video. Everyone was really psyched about it. Everyone in my little town of hounds started to call me movie star. Show less «

I did some school plays in elementary school, but that was it.

My life would be complete if I could play a superhero in a flick. I would love to play Green Arrow o...Show more »

My life would be complete if I could play a superhero in a flick. I would love to play Green Arrow or Dead Shot in a movie. Show less «

I got a script sent to me at this office and I got a call from a woman - Universal's doing a snowboa...Show more »

I got a script sent to me at this office and I got a call from a woman - Universal's doing a snowboarding movie. I'm not in it yet, but I'm supposed to meet with the director in New York soon. I'm waiting to hear back from them. Show less «

No, I don't have an agent. I'm hoping to get one soon.

I don't really pay attention to the filmmaker thing.

On Mallrats, a lot of times they'd have to come find me. I'd be off hanging around. Looking around t...Show more »

On Mallrats, a lot of times they'd have to come find me. I'd be off hanging around. Looking around the stores, hanging out with people. So, he'd have to come find me. Show less «

I was a metalhead and then I was into the rap and then I was a metalhead again.

There's a lot of other movies I like, but I don't even pay attention to directors to tell you the tr...Show more »

There's a lot of other movies I like, but I don't even pay attention to directors to tell you the truth. Show less «

It was cool to do someone else's movie. It was a lot of fun.

It was a lot of fun on the set. I had the most fun making that movie out of all of them. I'm sure if...Show more »

It was a lot of fun on the set. I had the most fun making that movie out of all of them. I'm sure if I sat and thought about it, but none that I could think of offhand. Show less «

I definitely would like to do something serious. Not like a love story, but serious like maybe a gan...Show more »

I definitely would like to do something serious. Not like a love story, but serious like maybe a gangster or a mobster. A gang or a mob movie would be great. Show less «

In Mallrats, you pretty much don't see him sell any weed, really. I don't consider him a big dealer.

I'm a big toy collector. I've been slowing down because my money's been tight, but I collect toys, t...Show more »

I'm a big toy collector. I've been slowing down because my money's been tight, but I collect toys, too. Show less «

But, yeah, I'd love to do something else in someone else's movie.

All of a sudden Kevin told me that the movie got bought and was gonna be shown in a movie theatre. I...Show more »

All of a sudden Kevin told me that the movie got bought and was gonna be shown in a movie theatre. I was shocked. I was psyched. It was just weird. Show less «

And then after a while he got me a job at the video store next door. I used to lock up the store and...Show more »

And then after a while he got me a job at the video store next door. I used to lock up the store and go next door and hang out all the time and watch movies and stuff. Show less «

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