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Jason Behr Profile |
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Birth Date: December 30, 1973
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Birth Place: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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Birth Name: Jason Nathaniel Behr
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Height: 5'11"
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Biography |
Jason Nathaniel Behr is an American film and television
actor.
Behr, the second of four boys, was born in Minneapolis,
Minnesota, to David Paul Behr and Patricia Ann Steiner. When
Behr was young, the family moved from Minnesota, living in
several different states until his father left the family
when Behr was around ten. Then Patricia Behr moved her sons
back to Minneapolis, where Jason attended a private grade
school. He eventually graduated, in 1992, from Richfield
Senior High School, in Richfield, Minnesota, a suburb of
Minneapolis.
At the age of 19, after a chance meeting with Hollywood
manager Marvin Dauer in Minneapolis, Behr moved to Los
Angeles. In his early acting career, he made over 75
commercials, and in 1995 he landed the role of Tyler Baker
in the Showtime series Sherman Oaks. Sherman Oaks ran for
two seasons.
After Sherman Oaks, Jason had a series of guest appearances
in various television shows (Step by Step, The Profiler, 7th
Heaven, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, JAG). He was cast in the
ABC series Push, but the ill-fated show only aired a few
times before being cancelled. Then Jason picked up a
recurring role as the character Chris Wolfe in The WB series
Dawson's Creek. While filming the show in North Carolina,
Jason read the script for a pilot called Roswell High--later
shortened to Roswell--and he felt an immediate affinity for
the lead alien, Max Evans. Roswell had a moderately
successful run on The WB for two seasons, then moved to UPN
for its third and final season. While the show never hit it
big in the ratings, the series had an extremely loyal fan
base.
Since Roswell, Behr has taken on a variety of roles in
independent films such as: Unsu Lee's Happily, Even After;
Jefery Levy's Man of God, and Rebecca Cook's Shooting
Livien, soon to be released on DVD. He also co-starred with
Sarah Michelle Gellar in the hit Japanese/American film
collaboration The Grudge. He has two more films in
post-production, the Korean CGI dragon fantasy entitled
D-War and Lions Gate's eagerly anticipated reinvention of
the werewolf tale, Skinwalkers, which recently wrapped
shooting in the Toronto area.
In the spring of 2006, Jason wrapped the CBS dramatic pilot,
The Way, about a powerful New England family that uses
witchcraft to further its business enterprises. Jason plays
Michael Warden, the show's male lead, one of the family's
children who is at the center of a sibling power rivalry.
Jason is in good company with fellow castmates who include,
Jane Alexander, Julia Ormond, Peter Strauss, Will Patton,
and Andrew McCarthy. As of May 17, 2006, CBS announced its
fall lineup--and The Way was not picked up.
In May 2006, Jason wrapped Senseless, filmed in and around
Glasgow, Scotland, for Matador Pictures, Circle of
Confusion, Shoreline Entertainment, and in association with
Plum Films; a dark chiller written by Simon Hynd, based on
the book of the same name by Stona Fitch. Once again, Jason
takes the lead, playing Eliott Gast, an American economist
who gets abducted in Europe by a shadowy anti-globalization
group. Tentative release, 2007.
In August 2006 Variety Magazine reported that Behr has
signed on to star in the upcoming thriller The Tattooist.
Tattooist casts Behr as a tattoo artist who becomes
fascinated by the Samoan tatau tradition, but his desire to
learn the ancient skill brings him into conflict and danger
with the island mysticism and a deadly spirit is released as
a result. The film will be commercial director Peter
Burger's feature film debut. Filming is scheduled to start
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Other Information |
Competed in the Celebrity Pro-Am Classics Tour.
Siblings include older brother John Behr, younger brothers
Aaron Behr and Andrew Behr, and younger half-sister, Aliya.
Owns an Akita dog, named Ronin.
Was voted "Most Destined for Fame" by his graduating class.
Graduated from Richfield High School class of 1992.
Owned a brown-spotted Dalmatian named Joplin.
Mixed ancestry including Italian, German and Objibwe, a
Native American tribe. |
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