Jason Lewis (actor)





Jason Lewis by John Russo


Jason Lewis (born June 25, 1971) is an American actor and former fashion model. He is known for his role as Jerry "Smith" Jerrod on the HBO series Sex and the City.




Contents





  • 1 Early life


  • 2 Career


  • 3 Filmography


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links




Early life


Lewis was born in Newport Beach, California, to Nancy, a nurse, and Gregory Lewis, a judge; his parents are divorced.[1][2] He has three siblings, Sean, Katie and Nicole.[2] He grew up in Los Alamitos, California, and graduated from Los Alamitos High School.[2] He attended college at San Diego State University. After college he started modeling, first in Paris and then with star status in Milan in the late 1990s for Guess?, Tommy Hilfiger and Hugo Boss, among others.[1][2]



Career


In 1995, Lewis made his acting debut as a regular on High Sierra Search and Rescue.[2] He appeared on Beverly Hills, 90210 in 1997, playing Rob Andrews, a love interest of character Valerie (Tiffani-Amber Thiessen).[3] His most prominent role to date was on Sex and the City, where he was a recurring member of the show's cast in its final season as waiter turned emerging young actor Smith Jerrod, the one man whose sincerity got to Samantha. He reprised the role in 2008's Sex and the City: The Movie and its 2010 sequel.[4][5]


Lewis has appeared in several films: My Bollywood Bride, a Hollywood/Bollywood romantic comedy where Lewis plays the leading man opposite Bollywood actress Kashmira Shah,[6] and Mr. Brooks, a thriller, where he plays opposite Demi Moore and Kevin Costner.[7] He is also known in Europe for playing the hunk on the Aero Advert for Aero Bubbles.[8]


After appearing on The WB's supernatural drama Charmed, where he played the recurring role of Dex Lawson, a love interest (and brief husband) of Phoebe Halliwell (Alyssa Milano), it was announced on December 5, 2006, that he would guest-star on episodes of Brothers & Sisters as a possible love interest to Matthew Rhys' character Kevin Walker. He signed on to do seven episodes to play Chad Barry, a closeted gay soap opera actor who finds it difficult trying to develop a relationship with Kevin while keeping his sexuality secret from the Hollywood press.[9] He reprised the role in an episode in April 2009. He also played a soap opera actor on two episodes of House. Lewis appears and is highlighted on the cover in the limited-edition coffee table book About Face, shot by celebrity photographer John Russo and published by Pixie Press Worldwide.[10]


Lewis is a supporter of the LGBT community. On May 10, 2008, he attended the 19th GLAAD Media Awards, a ceremony that celebrates gay-friendly actors and actresses as well as media outlets.[11]


Lewis appeared in the How I Met Your Mother episode "The Wedding Bride" as a star in a fictional film within the show.[12] He starred in the 2011 Canadian film Textuality.[13] In addition, he appeared as Pete in the Israeli television show, Be With Her. He starred as Christopher Dollanganger in If There Be Thorns and Seeds of Yesterday, the third and fourth films of the Flowers in the Attic TV film series based on the Dollanganger novel series by V.C. Andrews.[14]



Filmography































































































Film
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1998

Next Stop Wonderland
Rory

1999

Kimberly
Scott

2000

The King's Guard
William

2001

The Elite
Jason

2004

The Vision
Blake
Short film
2005

The Jacket
Officer Harrison

2006

My Bollywood Bride
Alex Kincade

2006

For One Night
Mark Manning
Television film
2007

Lucifer

Lucifer
Short film
2007

Mr. Brooks
Jesse Vialo

2007

The Death and Life of Bobby Z
Bobby Z

2007

Deadbox
Aaron

2008

The Attic
John Trevor
Direct-to-video
2008

Sex and the City

Smith Jerrod

2009

Tribute
Ford Sawyer
Television film
2009

So che ritornerai
Tom
Television film
2010

Sex and the City 2
Smith Jerrod

2011

Textuality
Breslin

2013

The Pardon
Cowboy

2017

Running Wild
Brannon Bratt

2017

Palm Swings
Lance

2018

Half Magic



























































































Television
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1995

High Sierra Search and Rescue
Flynn Norstedt
6 episodes
1997

Beverly Hills, 90210
Rob Andrews
4 episodes
2003–2004

Sex and the City
Jerry "Smith" Jerrod
16 episodes
2003

CSI: Miami
Jimmy Hutton
Episode: "Grand Prix"
2005

Charmed

Dex Lawson
6 episodes
2006

The Evidence
Inspector Rourke/Officer Rourke
2 episodes
2007, 2009

Brothers & Sisters
Chad Barry
8 episodes
2007

Six Degrees
Todd
Episode: "Get a Room"
2008

House
Evan Greer/Dr. Brock Sterling
Episode: Living the Dream (1 other uncredited)
2008

Mogli a pezzi
Elvio Giorgi
Main cast
2008

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Craig Hess
Episode: "Let It Bleed"
2009

The Eastmans
Rick Green
Unsold CBS pilot
2009

Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
Manfred Dax (voice)
Episode: "The Only Straight in the Village"
2010

How I Met Your Mother
Movie Tony
Episode: "The Wedding Bride"
2011

Love Bites
N/A
Unaired pilot
2012

Watson & Oliver
Various
Episode #1.1
2013

Hit the Floor
Benny
Episode: "Turnover"
2014

Be With Her
Pete Evans
Episode #10, Israeli TV show
2015

If There Be Thorns
Christopher Dollanganger
Lifetime Original Movie
2015

Seeds of Yesterday
Christopher Dollanganger
Lifetime Original Movie
2017–present

Midnight, Texas
Joe Strong
Main cast


References




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  2. ^ abcde "Jason Lewis". Yahoo! Movies. Archived from the original on October 3, 2011. Retrieved February 24, 2018.


  3. ^ DiPasquale, Cara; Karnopp, Kris (March 26, 2003). "Former model gets 'Sex and the City' role". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved February 24, 2018.


  4. ^ Watson, Margeaux (May 19, 2008). "Sex and the City Q&A: Jason Lewis". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 24, 2018.


  5. ^ Scott, A. O. (May 26, 2010). "Operation Desert Togs". The New York Times. Retrieved February 24, 2018.


  6. ^ Loewenstein, Lael (January 27, 2006). "My Bollywood Bride". Variety. Retrieved February 24, 2018.


  7. ^ Anderson, John (May 30, 2007). "Mr. Brooks". Variety. Retrieved February 24, 2018.


  8. ^ Sweney, Mark (March 2, 2009). "Nestlé unveils £7m bubbles ad for Aero". The Guardian. Retrieved February 24, 2018.


  9. ^ [1] Archived September 29, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.


  10. ^ "The Education Press: Presenting News About Worldwide Education". Pixiepressworldwide.com. Archived from the original on November 7, 2015. Retrieved January 12, 2016.


  11. ^ [2] Archived January 30, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.


  12. ^ Stanhope, Kate (April 1, 2010). "How I Met Your Mother Taps Malin Akerman, Jason Lewis, Chris Kattan". TV Guide. Retrieved February 24, 2018.


  13. ^ Barnard, Linda (April 20, 2011). "Text and the city with Jason Lewis". Toronto Star. Retrieved February 24, 2018.


  14. ^ Fries, Laura (April 3, 2015). "TV Review: Lifetime's 'If There Be Thorns,' 'Seeds of Yesterday'". Variety. Retrieved February 24, 2018.




External links



  • Jason Lewis on IMDb


  • Men's Fitness interview








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