Jason Lewis (actor)
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| Jason Lewis | |
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.jpg) Jason, October 29, 2007 |
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| Born | June 25, 1971 Newport Beach, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor, model |
| Years active | 1995–present |
Jason Lewis (born June 25,1971) is an American actor and former fashion model. He appeared on the May 2008 cover of Men's Fitness.
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[edit] Early life
Lewis was born in Newport Beach, California, the son of Nancy, a nurse, and Gregory Lewis, a court judge;[1] the two are divorced.[2] He has three siblings, Sean, Katie and Nicole. In his teens he attended Los Alamitos High School in Los Alamitos, California. He attended college at San Diego State University in San Diego, California, where he became a member of the Delta Upsilon Fraternity. Fellow fraternity brothers included Marc Iadanza (son of Tony Danza) and Jack Gilardi Jr. (son of Annette Funicello and Jack Gilardi). After college he started modeling, first in Paris and then with star status in Milan in the late 1990s for some of the biggest names in fashion, including Guess?, Tommy Hilfiger and Hugo Boss.
[edit] Career
Lewis appeared on Beverly Hills 90210 in 1997, playing a love interest of character Valerie (Tiffani-Amber Thiessen), but his most prominent role to date was in Sex and the City, where he was a fairly regular member of the show's cast in its final season as waiter turned emerging young actor Smith Jerrod, the one man whose sincerity got to Samantha. He reprised the role in Sex and the City: The Movie.
Lewis has appeared in several films: My Bollywood Bride, a Hollywood/Bollywood romantic comedy where Jason plays the leading man opposite Bollywood actress Kashmira Shah, and Mr. Brooks, a thriller, where he plays opposite Demi Moore and Kevin Costner. He is also known in Europe for playing the hunk on the Aero Advert for Aero Bubbles.
After appearing on the WB's supernatural drama Charmed, where he played the recurring role of Dex Lawson, a love interest (and brief husband) of Phoebe Halliwell (Alyssa Milano), it was announced on December 5, 2006, that he would be guest starring on upcoming episodes of Brothers & Sisters as a possible love interest to the Matthew Rhys character Kevin Walker. He signed on to do seven episodes to play Chad Barry, a closeted gay soap opera actor who finds it difficult trying to develop a relationship with Kevin while keeping his sexuality secret from the Hollywood press.[3] He reprised the role in an episode in April 2009. He also played a soap opera actor in the episode "Living The Dream" of House M.D.
Lewis is a supporter of the LGBT community. On May 10, 2008 Lewis attended the GLAAD 19th Annual Media Awards, a ceremony that celebrates gay-friendly actors and actresses as well as media outlets.[4]
In 2009 it was confirmed that Jason will reprise his role as Smith Jerrod in Sex and the City 2.
Lewis also appears and is highlighted on the cover in the limited-edition coffee table book by celebrity photographer John Russo. It was recently revealed that Jason is engaged to his girfriend Simone Frachetti.[5][6]
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2006 | My Faraway Bride | Alex | Film |
| 2006 | For One Night | Mark Manning | TV |
| 2006 | Charmed | Dex | TV |
| 2007 | Mr. Brooks | Jesse Vialo | Film |
| 2007 | The Death and Life of Bobby Z | Bobby Z | Film |
| 2008 | Sex and the City | Jerry 'Smith' Jerrod | Film, TV |
| 2009 | Tribute | Ford Sawyer | TV Movie |
| 2010 | Sex and the City 2 | Jerry 'Smith' Jerrod | Film, TV |
[edit] References
- ^ Our lad's ABSOLUTly Fab | Sunday Mirror | Find Articles at BNET.com
- ^ Jason Lewis Biography - Yahoo! Movies
- ^ 'Brothers & Sisters' Adds a Little 'Sex' - Jason Lewis to guest on multiple episodes - Zap2it
- ^ 'GLAAD' - GLAAD Awards
- ^ www.pixiepressworldwide.com
- ^ Metro Source LA magazine
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