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Jason Maza
Born (1986-04-24) 24 April 1986 (age 38)
London, England
Occupations
  • Actor
  • film producer
  • director
  • screenwriter
Years active2001–present
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Websitejasonmaza.com

Jason Maza (born 24 April 1986) is an English actor, producer, director and screenwriter.

Career

Maza was accepted to the Central School of Speech and Drama, but at that time, he was already working as an actor so he decided not to attend.[1] Although primarily an actor, Maza began work as a film producer in 2011, setting up Think Big Productions,[2] with a belief that British film can be hugely entertaining, of great quality and international in scale and distribution. Since then he has produced 14 films. Titles include: 10x10 starring Luke Evans, and Brotherhood for Lionsgate which grossed just shy of £4,000,000 at the UK Box Office.

In 2017, Maza teamed up with Noel Clarke, launching Unstoppable Film and Television as co-CEO, after working with him on the Universal Pictures Brit-comedy The Knot. In 2018, Unstoppable joined the All3Media Group, forming Unstoppable Film & Television. 2020 will see the release of season 2 of Sky One's hit show Bulletproof as well The Drowning, a 4-part drama for Channel 5.

As of 2020, Maza appears as Special Officer Chris Munroe in Sky One’s second season of gripping British police-drama Bulletproof and has recently finished producing and starring in a loose adaptation of Oliver Twist, entitled Twist alongside Michael Caine, Rita Ora, Lena Headey and Rafferty Law.[3][4]

Maza cites Ray Winstone as one of his favorite actors and biggest inspirations, "If you look what he has achieved, he started off as a working class British film actor to a big star in Hollywood. We’re from similar backgrounds as well as the same area so I suppose I can relate to him. If I have half the career he has I’ll be very happy".[5]

Personal life

Maza lives in Essex. His younger brother, Taylor, is also an actor.

Credits

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2001 Pit Popey Short film
2007 Sugarhouse Crack Punter
Life and Lyrics Ant
Hush Your Mouth Leo
Rise of the Footsoldier Rob
Special People Dave
My Boy Jack Journalist Television film
Souljah Tony Short film
Octane Kelvin
2008 Hunger House Peter Short film
Ten Dead Men Franklin Boulder
Shifty Malik
2009 Dog Endz Nathaniel Television film
Fish Tank Liam
2010 Fit Tyler
KickOff Adam
2011 Terry N/A Producer
The Tapes Danny Also producer
Wheels of Fortune Richard Short film; also co-writer
Hard to Say Dan Short film
Anuvahood Darren
Demons Never Die Kenny Also producer
2012 Victim Mannie
The Man Inside Danny Lee
Outside Bet Mickey
The Man Inside Danny Lee
Truth or Dare Jonesy
Payback Season N/A Executive producer
The Knot Ralphus
2013 Still Waters George
Welcome to the Punch Luke
Get Lucky Eli
Traveller Felix
The Hooligan Factory Danny Also producer
2015 Legacy Roland
Scottish Mussel N/A Producer
Billy the Kid Short film; executive producer
Angel George
2016 Brotherhood Daley Also producer
2018 The Sound N/A Short film; executive producer
Wild Honey Pie! Producer
Alright Now |
The Fight
The Little Princess Short film; producer
10x10 Officer Wayland Also producer
2019 Keep Breathing N/A Short film; producer
Doggerland
Birthday Girl
Tracks
2020 Twist Bedwin Also producer

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2005 Life Begins Student
Holby City Kris Burrows Episode: 'Test Your Metal/A Great Leap Forward'
Casualty@Holby City Kris Burrows 4 episodes
2008 New Tricks Hoodie Episode: 'Couldn't Organise One'
2009 Trial & Retribution Darren Lewis Episode: 'Tracks: Part 1'
A Touch of Frost John Heal
The Unsinkable Titanic Harold Bride TV Movie documentary
Casualty "H"
2010 The Bill Dean Pollit
Whitechapel Dan Street Series 2, episode 1
2011 Come Fly with Me Plumber
Silk Chris Lakeman
2014 The Crimson Field Pte Benny Gorman Series 1, episode 5
2015 Silent Witness Johnny Craddock Episode: "Protection" (2 parts)
Nurse Jack 3 episodes
2016 Call the Midwife Johnny Beckett
2017 Man Like Mobeen Robbie Episode: 'H-ALTRight'
2018 Dark Heart Rob Mullan 4 episodes
2018–present Bulletproof Chris Munroe Also producer
2020 Hitmen The Dealer Episode: 'Birthday '
The Drowning D.S Harvey Also executive producer

Theatre

Year Title Theatre
2008 Flight Path by David Watson Bush Theatre
2009 Mad Blud by Philip Osment[6] Theatre Royal Stratford East
2010 Sucker Punch by Roy Williams[7] Royal Court Theatre
2012 Fear by Dominic Savage Bush Theatre

References

  1. ^ Moore, Camille. "10 Things You Didn't Know about Jason Maza". tvovermind.com. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Think Big Productions Limited". Companies House. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Twist". YouTube. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Buzzing to share with you the trailer to TWIST. We wanted to deliver something feel good and fun, enjoy". Twitter. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  5. ^ Moore, Camille. "10 Things You Didn't Know about Jason Maza". tvovermind.com. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Mad Blud – 18th February 2009 – 28th February 2009". Theatre Royal Stratford East. Archived from the original on 23 February 2009. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  7. ^ "Sucker Punch". Royal Court Theatre. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
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