Hollywood Jason London

PROFILE


Name : Jason London

Birth Name : Jason Paul London

Date of Birth : November 7, 1972

Place of Birth : San Diego, California, USA

Height : 5' 11" (1.80 m)

Nationality : American

Occupation : Actor

Years active : 1991–present


Spouse : Charlie Spradling (m. 1997–2006)

FAMILY

Brother : Jeremy London. Twin brother; was a regular on the drama series I ll Fly Away (NBC) and the hit series Party Of Five (FOX); also starred in Kevin Smith s Mallrats

Daughter : Cooper London. Born Nov. 7, 1995; mother, Charlie Spradling

Sister : Dedra London York. Born in 1976; died in a car accident in 1992; gave birth to a son, Skylar, in 1991

BIOGRAPHY

Jason London and his identical twin Jeremy London are both handsome and talented young actors. Though they have shared at least one role, the two could not be on more different career paths. The elder brother by 27 minutes, Jason seeks stardom in cinema, while Jeremy has found success on television playing the moody Griffin on the adolescent-oriented drama Party of Five. Tall, lean, with thick dark hair and sharp blue eyes, Jason typically plays serious boys on the cusp of manhood in dramas. To him, the art of acting is more important than its moneymaking potential and he chooses his roles with care, while Jeremy is very aware that acting can be a lucrative profession.
The London brothers were born in San Diego, CA, but raised in Oklahoma with their little sister Dedra and their mother. When they were young, their mother divorced their father, a construction worker. The London children seldom saw their father, who lived near Oklahoma City. Theirs was an itinerant childhood, as their mother kept moving in search of decent work until she finally settled down in De Soto, a middle-class Dallas suburb. In high school, the London brothers excelled at athletics, drama, and speech; later, along with their sister, they attended drama and modelling school in Dallas. Jason made his acting debut in Robert Mulligan's The Man in the Moon (1981). Originally, it was Jeremy who wanted the part and so asked Jason to drive him to the open casting call. At the last moment, Jason decided to try out, too. Though Jason got the role, Jeremy was hired as his stunt double. In 1993, Jason appeared in three films, most notably in the cult favorite Dazed and Confused, an ensemble piece that painted a painfully accurate portrait of adolescence in the mid-'70s, in which London played quarterback Randy "Pink" Floyd. Other notable roles include his funny but touching turn as a small town youth who is too naïve to notice that he has fallen in love with a drag queen (John Leguizamo) in To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995) and the role of a teen who falls victim to a vicious bank robber after a prank goes terribly awry in Fall Time (1995). In addition to feature films, Jason London has also appeared regularly on television in made-for TV movies such as Blood Ties (1991), miniseries like A Matter of Justice (1993), and in guest-starring roles in series like Tales From the Crypt. For a while, Jason temporarily replaced his brother in the role of Nathan on the acclaimed series I'll Fly Away. In 1992, the entire London family was deeply shaken when their 16-year-old sister Dedra died in an auto accident.

CAREER

London was born in San Diego, California, the son of Debbie (nee Osborn), a waitress, and Frank London, a sheet metal worker. He was raised in Oklahoma, near Tuttle and DeSoto, Texas. He has an identical twin brother, Jeremy London, who is also an actor. As of 2005, the two have acted together in an episode of 7th Heaven entitled "Smoking". Jeremy was Jason's stunt double in The Man in the Moon.
On February 18, 1997, London and actress Charlie Spradling were married in Las Vegas, Nevada, but divorced in 2006, and are the parents of a daughter, Cooper, who shares her father's birthday. Jason and Cooper can be seen at the 2009 Hero Awards. In November of 2010, London became engaged to actress Sofia Karstens.

London has enjoyed moderate success starring mostly as a rebellious, edgy young addict in feature films such as Broken Vessels and $pent. He also starred as Jason in the 2000 NBC miniseries Jason and the Argonauts. Jason also starred in Poor White Trash playing sleazy ladies-man Brian Ross. Poor White Trash was written by Michael Addis and Tony Urban.
London portrayed Mark, the local newspaper editor, in the 2010 Hallmark Channel television movie, The Wishing Well, which also starred Jordan Ladd and Ernest Borgnine.

Milestones

1988 Lost two toes in forklift accident
1991 Feature acting debut, The Man in the Moon
1991 TV-movie acting debut, Blood Ties
1993 Appeared in Aerosmith s Amazing music video
1993 First film in a starring role, Dazed and Confused ; written and directed by Richard Linklater
1995 Was featured in Too Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar
1997 Filmed a starring role as an actor with a gambling problem in $pent (released theatrically in 2000)
1998 Offered arguably his best screen work (to date) as a naive ambulance driver in Broken Vessels
1999 Co-starred in The Rage: Carrie 2
2000 Had title role in the NBC miniseries Jason and the Argonauts
2000 Starred in Poor White Trash playing sleazy ladies-man Brian Ross
2004 Co-starred with Tim Meadows in the comedy Wasabi Tuna
2005 Had a recurring role on the Family Channel series Wildfire
2008 Co-starred in the indie comedy, Who s Your Monkey?
Appeared in local theater productions and industrials
Raised in Wanette, Ok and Desoto, TX

MOVIES LIST

December (1991)

The Man in the Moon (1991)

Blood Ties (1991)

TV movie


False Arrest (1991)

TV movie


Country Estates (1993)

TV movie


I'll Fly Away: Then and Now (1993)

TV movie


A Matter of Justice (1993)

TV movie


Dazed and Confused (1993)


Tales from the Crypt (1993)


Safe Passage (1994)


My Teacher's Wife (1995)


Fall Time (1995)


The Outer Limits (1995)


To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)


The Barefoot Executive (1995)

TV movie


Countdown (1996)


If These Walls Could Talk (1996)
TV movie

Friends 'Til the End (1997)
TV movie

Mixed Signals (1997)

Broken Vessels (1998)

Frontline (1999)

The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999)

Alien Cargo (1999)
TV movie

Jason and the Argonauts (2000)
TV movie

The Hound of the Baskervilles (2000)
TV movie

Poor White Trash (2000)

$pent (2000)

Night Visions (2001)

Out Cold (2001)

A Midsummer Night's Rave (2002)

7th Heaven (2003)

Last Stand (2003)

Dracula II: Ascension (2003)

Grind (2003)

Wasabi Tuna (2003)

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2004)

Identity Theft: The Michelle Brown Story (2004)
TV movie

Out of the Woods (2005)
TV movie

Wildfire (2005)

The Prophecy: Uprising (2005)
Video

The Prophecy: Forsaken (2005)
Video

Dracula III: Legacy (2005)
Video

To Kill a Mockumentary (2006)
Video

Glass House: The Good Mother (2006)
Video

Greed (2006)

Criminal Minds (2006)

Adventures of Johnny Tao (2007)

Grey's Anatomy (2007)

Who's Your Monkey? (2007)

Showdown at Area 51 (2007)

Saving Grace (2007-2008)

All Roads Lead Home (2008)

Killer Movie (2008)

Ghost Whisperer (2008)


The Evolution of Ethan Baskin (2009)


The Devil's Tomb (2009)
Video

Sutures (2009)

Wishing Well (2009)
TV movie

A Golden Christmas (2009)

NCIS (2010)
The Putt Putt Syndrome (2010)

Smitty (2010)

Monsterwolf (2010)

Fight or Flight (2010)

Maskerade (2010)

51 (2010)



AWARDS

Young Artist Award (1994)
Nominated
Best Youth Actor Co-Starring in a Motion Picture Dramafor: Dazed and Confused (1993).