New Jersey born and bred actor, who burst onto cinema screens in 1994, playing the grass smoking, fast talking, foul mouthed and over sexed,...but very likable "Jay" inKevin Smith's hilarious low budget hit Clerks. (1994). The off beat & philosophical drug dealing characters...
Actor, Radio personality, Film Producer, Television producer
Education
Henry Hudson Regional High School
Nationality
United States of America
Spouse
Jordan Monsanto (m. 2009)
Children
Logan Lee Mewes
Siblings
Beth Mewes
Nicknames
Jason Edward Mewes , Jay Mewes , Chronic , Mewes , Jay
Awards
Gemini Award for Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series
Movies
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Clerks, Mallrats, Dogma, Clerks II, Chasing Amy, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Vigilante Diaries, Jay & Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon Movie, Noobz, Yoga Hosers, Bottoms Up, Drawing Flies, The Tripper, Scream 3, Silent But Deadly, The Last Godfather, Shoot the Hero, ...
I showed my mom the movie then I told her the movie got bought and that it was gonna be shown in theatres and be on video. Everyone was really psyched about it. Everyone in my little town of hounds started to call me movie star.
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I think I'll be fine in New York. If I could stay here and just get jobs in New York, that would be fine and that's what I'd want to do. I don't want to move.
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I'm getting Puppetmasters, too. They're one of my favorites. And they're coming out with new Puppetmasters. I try not to get everything, but I want so much.
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It was a lot of fun on the set. I had the most fun making that movie out of all of them. I'm sure if I sat and thought about it, but none that I could think of offhand.
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On Mallrats, a lot of times they'd have to come find me. I'd be off hanging around. Looking around the stores, hanging out with people. So, he'd have to come find me.
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After doing the first couple scenes and I got used to being in front of a few people it got easier and easier. In Chasing Amy, I wasn't nervous at all. And in Dogma, the same.
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And then after a while he got me a job at the video store next door. I used to lock up the store and go next door and hang out all the time and watch movies and stuff.
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I definitely would like to do something serious. Not like a love story, but serious like maybe a gangster or a mobster. A gang or a mob movie would be great.
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I got a script sent to me at this office and I got a call from a woman - Universal's doing a snowboarding movie. I'm not in it yet, but I'm supposed to meet with the director in New York soon. I'm waiting to hear back from them.
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I love comics. All I've been doing is reading every day, sitting in the house. Because I've not been feeling too good, so I've been reading and reading.
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In Kevin's movies I would like to stay Jay.
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In Mallrats, you pretty much don't see him sell any weed, really. I don't consider him a big dealer.
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It was cool to do someone else's movie. It was a lot of fun.
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No, I don't have an agent. I'm hoping to get one soon.
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There's a lot of other movies I like, but I don't even pay attention to directors to tell you the truth.
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I did some school plays in elementary school, but that was it.
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I don't really pay attention to the filmmaker thing.
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I pay attention to the actors and stuff, but not even that much. I don't pay attention to who's writing.
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I was a metalhead and then I was into the rap and then I was a metalhead again.
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I'm a big toy collector. I've been slowing down because my money's been tight, but I collect toys, too.
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All of a sudden Kevin told me that the movie got bought and was gonna be shown in a movie theatre. I was shocked. I was psyched. It was just weird.
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I don't think anyone's ever thought I was a drug dealer.
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It was a lot of fun doing the Nike commercials, too.
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I'm more into the Spawn toys. They're really cool. They're coming out with a Techno Spawn series and another series, The Dark Ages, which are really cool.
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But, yeah, I'd love to do something else in someone else's movie.
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My life would be complete if I could play a superhero in a flick. I would love to play Green Arrow or Dead Shot in a movie.
His wife Jordan Monsanto gave birth to their first child, a daughter named Logan Lee Mewes, on April 1, 2015 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California.
Is Kevin Smith's first and only choice for the lead role of Oliver Queen in a proposed Smith written and directed "Green Arrow" upcoming film for The Weinstein Company.
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Revealed that his character's full name in the View Askew films was Jason Derris, who is actually Rick Derris' little brother.
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Between the making of the two films Chasing Amy (1997) and Dogma (1999), Kevin Smith and Jason attended an AIDS benefit hosted by Harvey Weinstein, the chairman of Miramax. Upon learning that Mewes' mother was HIV-positive, Weinstein promised to get her to the best doctors in New York, a promise he kept.
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His mother died in 2000 after contracting HIV.
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Is of Polish descent.
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Arrested in Keansburg, New Jersey. He pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled dangerous substance (heroin). He was sentenced to 2 years probation, ordered to undergo substance abuse counseling, and submit to random urine testing. He was also fined $1000, had his drivers license suspended for 6 months, and was ordered to perform 200 hours of community service. [March 1999]
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Worked the cash register at Kevin Smith's comic book store.
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Graduated from Henry Hudson Regional, in Highlands, New Jersey in 1992.
$5 Million
