Jason Stuart (born Stuart Ted Greif; January 13, 1959) is an American actor and comedian.
Life and career
Born in
The Bronx
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,
New York
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Film and television
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, Stuart was raised in
Los Angeles
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, California. He is
openly gay
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While scant usage referring to male homosexuality dates to the late 1 ...
, and is the chair of the
Screen Actors Guild
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National LGBT Actors Committee.
Stuart was nominated for a Gay International Film Award for Best Supporting Actor in the independent film ''
Coffee Date
''Coffee Date'' is a 2006 independent film written and directed by Stewart Wade and released by BrownBag Productions. Originally a short film by Wade, it was expanded into a feature and played at various film festivals.
The film stars Jonathan ...
''. He produced and starred in his own independent film, ''10 Attitudes''.
Stuart released a stand-up comedy CD, "Jason Stuart: Gay Comedy Without a Dress", "Jason Stuart: I'm The Daddy and I Have Candy and a DVD of his comedy special, ''Jason Stuart: Making It to the Middle" for Here! Media
Stuart was raised in a Jewish family. His father was born in Poland.
Best known for his supporting role in the film ''The Birth of a Nation'', Amazon comedy series ''Smothered'', Hit indie film ''Tangerine'', ''Vegas Vacation'', ''Kindergarten Cop'', ''Lost & Found'', ''Coffee Date''.
He has appeared in over 150 film & TV shows such as ''Goliath'', ''Love'', ''Sleep Hollow'', ''Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia'', ''The Closer'', ''House'', ''Everybody Hates Chris'', ''My Wife & Kids'', ''The Drew Carey Show'', ''Murder, She Wrote''.
Filmography
References
External links
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Jason Stuart on Facebook"ActorsE Chat Show"with host Alyson Sullivan on Actors Entertainment
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1959 births
Living people
Male actors from New York City
American male film actors
American male television actors
American male comedians
American gay actors
Jewish American male actors
Jewish male comedians
People from the Bronx
LGBT Jews
Gay comedians
LGBT people from New York (state)
Comedians from New York City
21st-century American Jews