Jason Biggs
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 Jason Biggs, in 2007 |
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| Born | Jason Matthew Biggs May 12, 1978 Pompton Plains, New Jersey, United States |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1991 – present |
| Spouse | Jenny Mollen (2008-present) |
Jason Matthew Biggs (born May 12, 1978) is an American actor who is best known for his role as Jim Levenstein in the American Pie series of teen comedy films.
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[edit] Personal life
Biggs was born in Pompton Plains, New Jersey, the son of Angela, a nurse, and Gary Biggs, a shipping company manager.[1][2] He grew up in nearby Hasbrouck Heights and attended Hasbrouck Heights High School there.[3] Biggs had success in athletics while in high school, both in tennis[4] and in wrestling.
Biggs is Italian American and Roman Catholic; he has mentioned in interviews that he is often cast as an explicitly or implicitly Jewish character, as he was in American Pie (other examples include his roles in Saving Silverman and Anything Else), though he is not Jewish himself.[5][6]
In January 2008, he became engaged to his My Best Friend's Girl co-star, actress Jenny Mollen; they married on April 23, 2008.[7] He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.
[edit] Career
Biggs began acting at the age of five. In 1992, he made his television debut in the short lived Fox network series Drexell's Class. He also made a one-off HBO special, The Fotis Sevastakis Story, but due to licencing arguments, it was never aired. That same year, Biggs debuted on Broadway in Conversations with My Father, which helped pave the way for him to participate in the daytime soap opera, As the World Turns. He was nominated for the award of Best Younger Actor at the daytime Emmy Awards for his role.
Biggs attended New York University briefly from 1996–1997, but soon afterwards, he returned to pursue his acting. And so he would be seen again in another short lived television series, 1997's Camp Stories. He then starred in American Pie, which went on to become an international hit that has spawned two sequels (also starring Biggs) and four spinoffs (that did not star Biggs). After that, Biggs accepted starring roles in movies such as Loser in 2000, and others. In 2004-2005 season Biggs portrayed an Orthodox Jew in Daniel Goldfarb's comedy, Modern Orthodox, staged at Dodger Stages theater in New York City. In 2006, Biggs was seen in the MTV reality show Blowin' Up with Jamie Kennedy and Stu Stone which led to his participation in a hip-hop recording with Bay Area rapper E-40. Jason returned to the stage in the fall of 2008 in Howard Korder's Boys' Life at New York City's Second Stage Theatre.
Biggs appears in the film Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) as himself playing Silent Bob in the movie within the movie scene, opposite James Van Der Beek as Jay, in which he is referred to as "the guy who fucked the pie" (referring to his infamous scene in American Pie). He has appeared in several other films, including Texas Rangers, Scary Movie and Over Her Dead Body.
He is reprising his role as Jim Levenstein in American Reunion, set to be released on April 6, 2012.
[edit] Filmography
He also appeared in the band Wheatus' music video, "Teenage Dirtbag" in 2000.
[edit] References
- ^ TeenHollywood.com - Jason Biggs is Hot
- ^ Jason Biggs profile at FilmReference.com
- ^ McKinley, Jesse. "THEATER; Bye, Bye 'American Pie'; Mrs. Robinson Is Calling", The New York Times, March 31, 2002. Accessed March 3, 2008. "Unlike that character, Mr. Biggs was proving to be a pretty normal teenager, playing high school tennis and holding a series of menial jobs (flower delivery boy, sandwich maker, kitchen staff at a hospital). In 1996, he graduated from Hasbrouck Heights High School and started at New York University, where he enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences."
- ^ Della Cava, Marco R. (July 25, 2000). "Acting dreams no longer 'Pie' in the sky Huggable Jason Biggs is on a roll after losing his cinematic virginity". USA Today. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/56888405.html?dids=56888405:56888405&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+25,+2000&author=Marco+R.+della+Cava&pub=USA+TODAY&desc=Acting+dreams+no+longer+'Pie'+in+the+sky+Huggable+Jason+Biggs+is+on+a+roll+after+losing+his+cinematic+virginity&pqatl=google.
- ^ "A Nice Not-Jewish Boy"
- ^ Jason Biggs profile at Times Online
- ^ Jason Biggs gets hitched!
- ^ http://www.reelzchannel.com/movie-news/9613/american-pie-cast-reunites-for-fourth-sequel/
[edit] External links
- Jason Biggs at the Internet Movie Database
- Jason Biggs at AllRovi
- 1978 births
- Actors from New Jersey
- American people of Italian descent
- American film actors
- American Roman Catholics
- American soap opera actors
- American stage actors
- American television actors
- American voice actors
- Living people
- Montclair State University alumni
- People from Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey
- People from Morris County, New Jersey
