Peter Jason was born on the 22^nd of July in Hollywood, California. He spent the next 18 years on the beaches of southern cal mostly in front of his family home on the ocean in Balboa, Calif. Growing up at the beach helped form his easygoing love of life, people, and his pursuit of happiness. He attended Newport Beach Elementary School, Horace Ensign Junior High, and Newport Harbor High School where he performed in his first play, "The Man Who Came To Dinner" playing the lead Sheridan Whiteside.

Immediately following his curtain call he was "bit" and has not been able to shake the acting bug since. Orange Coast College followed with many parts in many plays his favorite being Harold Hill in the "Music Man". Always active in sports he found he could now bring his physical talents to the stage. From O.C.C. Peter hitched-hiked to Peterborough, N. H. for a season of summer stock at the Peterborough Playhouse. Using his thumb once again he found himself in Pittsburgh, Pa.. Where he entered the drama dept. at Carnegie Institute of Technology He feels that this is where he was given the technique to develop the talents he was born with. After Pittsburgh it was back to Calif.

To help start the South Coast Rep. in his hometown of Newport with roles in "Sergeant Musgraves Dance", "Moon for The Misbegotten", "Playboy of the Western World", "3 Penny Opera", then off to Hollywood with "Red Magic". When the SCR went back to Newport Peter decided to stay on and give Hollywood a try. Finding work immediately on "The Red Skelton Show" he joined AFTRA. Then roles in " Cimmeron Strip", "Gunsmoke", "Judd for the Defense" he landed his first movie "Rio Lobo" starring John Wayne directed by Howard Hawks. And the rest is history. TV shows, movies, plays, 7 years in New York doing mostly commercials (over 300), then back to Hollywood to fill in the last 25 years with 80 plus films and hundreds of television shows, commercials and voiceovers. But what he really does for a living is "change clothes and look for parking" Jason credits his success in the business to the help of 5 very dear friends: Stacy Keach, Walter Hill, John and Sandy Carpenter, and Frank Marshall.

Representation:
Theatrical Agency:
Suzanne & Tom Harrison
Diverse Talent Group
1925 Century Park East, Suite 750
Los Angeles, Ca. 90067
310-556-4343 * Fax 310-556-4633

Commercials (On-Camera) Agency
Abrams Artists Agency, Inc.
9200 Sunset Blvd, Suite 1130,
Los Angeles, CA 90069
310-859-0625

Commercials (Voice Over) Agency
Sutton, Barth & Vennari Inc.
145 S Fairfax Avenue, Suite 310
Los Angeles, CA 90036
323-938-6000

Peter Jason's advice to the aspiring actor:

"If you want to be an auto mechanic... What you do is work on as many cars as you can until you know what makes them tick... If you want to be an actor... you get in as many plays as you can until you find out what makes you tick... there is a technique that must be learned... otherwise you will never be able to repeat it... you have to learn how to listen... otherwise you will never know how to hear... and you have to be have more fun than anyone else...because nobody wants to watch you work... "

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