Jason Biggs
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| Jason Biggs | |
| Birth name | Jason Matthew Biggs |
| Born | May 12, 1978 Pompton Plains, New Jersey, USA |
| Notable roles | Jim Levenstein in the American Pie series of teen films |
Jason Biggs, born on May 12, 1978 is an American actor who obtained wide fame in 1999 for his role as Jim Levenstein in the American Pie series of teen films.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Personal
Biggs, an Italian American Catholic, was born in Pompton Plains, New Jersey to Angela, a nurse, and Gary Biggs, a shipping company manager. He grew up in Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey and attended high school there.
[edit] Career
Biggs began acting at the age of five. In 1991, he made his television debut in the short lived Fox network series Drexell's Class. He also made a one-off HBO special, 'The Fotis Sevastakis Story', but due to licencing arguments, it was never aired. That same year, Biggs debuted on Broadway in Conversations with My Father, which helped pave the way for Biggs to participate in the daytime soap opera, As the World Turns. He was nominated for the award of Best Younger Actor at the daytime Emmy awards for his role in that soap.
Biggs attended New York University briefly from 1996 to 1997, but soon afterwards, he returned to pursue his acting. And so he would be seen again in another short lived television series, 1997's Camp Stories. He went on to make American Pie, which went on to become an international hit that has spawned two sequels. After that, Biggs accepted starring roles in movies such as Loser in 2000, and others. In 2004/05 season Biggs portrayed an Orthodox Jew in Daniel Goldfarb's comedy, Modern Orthodox, staged at Dodger Stages theater in New York City. In 2006, Biggs was seen in the MTV reality show "Blowin' Up" with Jamie Kennedy and Stu Stone and was for the most part viewed as the antagonist, creating a beef of sorts with Kennedy and Stone. However, when Kennedy and Stone had a minor feud, Stone befriended Biggs, leading Stone to record a hip-hop diss record against Kennedy entitled "F*** Jamie Kennedy". The song featured Bay Area rap artist E-40 and Biggs himself.
[edit] Private life
Biggs has joked in interviews about the fact that he is often cast as an explicitly or implicitly Jewish character, as he was in American Pie (other examples include Darren Silverman or Jerry Falk), although he is of Italian Catholic background [1].
Biggs has been dating actress Lindsay Zir since December of 2004. The two were doing plays at Dodger Stages in New York City. He was in 'Modern Orthodox' and she was in 'Pieces (of Ass).'
[edit] Credits
- The Boy who Cried Bitch (1991, Robert)
- Drexell's Class (1991, Television series, Willie Trancas)
- As the World Turns (1994-1995, soap opera, Peter Wendall)
- Camp Stories (1997, television series, Abby)
- American Pie (1999, movie, Jim)
- Boys and Girls (2000, movie, Steve)
- Loser (2000, movie, Paul Tannek)
- Saving Silverman (2001, movie, Darren Silverman)
- American Pie 2 (2001, movie, Jim)
- Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001, movie Himself)
- Prozac Nation (2001, movie, Rafe)
- American Wedding (2003, movie, Jim)
- Anything Else (2003, movie, Jerry Falk)
- Jersey Girl (2004, movie, Arthur Brickman).
- Eight Below (2006, movie, Charlie Cooper)
- Guy X (2006, movie, Rudy Spruance)
- Blowin' Up, (2006, Television reality series, himself)
