Jason Mewes Movies and Career Information

Jason Edward Mewes (born June 12, 1974) is an American television and film actor best known for playing Jay, the vocal half of the duo Jay and Silent Bob. He has appeared in all of the films Kevin Smith wrote and directed except Jersey Girl and Cop Out. Mewes voiced the role of Jay in the short-lived Clerks: The Animated Series. He, along with Smith, performed in the films Scream 3 and Bottoms Up and on Canadian television series Degrassi: The Next Generation. He appeared in two episodes of a three-part story arc in which he and Smith film a new addition to Smith's New Jersey films entitled Jay and Silent Bob Go Canadian, Eh? at Degrassi Community School. They appear again on Degrassi (in a two part episode), at the premiere of Jay and Silent Bob go Canadian, Eh? in Canada. Mewes, Smith, and Degrassi star Stacie Mistysyn made the cover of Canadian TV Guide. He and Kevin Smith are slated to Degrassi: The Next Generation for some of the final 4 episodes of season 8, entitled "Paradise City". In 1998, he starred as "Gary Lamb – Ground Activist" in a series of Nike commercials directed by Smith. In 2010, Mewes was cast as "Jimmy the Janitor" for 13 episodes of the Canadian television