Jason Stuart is an American

United States

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 actor and comedian. Born in the Bronx, New York

New York City

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, Stuart was raised in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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, California

California

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. He is openly

Coming out

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 gay

Gay

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, and is the chair of the Screen Actors Guild

Screen Actors Guild

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 National LGBT Actors Committee.

Stuart has performed at top comedy clubs and comedy festivals and hundreds of gay events and prides, colleges and universities, and even on Broadway. Since Stuart makes such a strong connection with his audience, he is in high demand by corporate programs with his lecture, Coming Out In Hollywood, on being openly gay in the workplace. He has appeared in Logo’s new comedy series, One Night Stand-Up.

Although his semi-celebrity came via stand-up, Stuart is also well-known for his work as an actor playing gay & straight roles on over forty popular television shows. Stuart has wowed audiences on the TV screen with guest roles in hits such shows as The Closer, Will & Grace, George Lopez, Everybody Hates Chris, House, M.D., It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Charmed, to name a few. He is best known playing “Dr. Thomas”, the gay family therapist on My Wife and Kids.

He has worked with George Clooney, Faye Dunaway, Angelina Jolie, Damon Wayans, Drew Carey, George Lopez, David Spade and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Stuart was featured in the comedy hit A Day Without a Mexican

A Day Without a Mexican

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 and the HBO award winning drama Gia as well as big studio pictures such as Kindergarten Cop and Vegas Vacation.

Stuart has been for a Gay International Film Award for best supporting actor in the independent film Coffee Date. Stuart also produced and starred in his own totally improvised independent film 10 Attitudes, this award winning romantic comedy proved to be a huge success both in the U.S. and abroad. Stuart also acted in a remake of Edgar Allan Poe’s horror film, The Pit and the Pendulum where he plays the villain.

Stuart has used his talents as an openly gay actor and comedian to support the community by performing at countless benefits for issues from AIDS to the homeless. He is the chairman of the first ever Screen Actors Guild LGBT Committee, and also chairs the comedy shows for Lifeworks Mentoring Program.

Stuart released his stand-up comedy CD, Jason Stuart: Gay Comedy Without A Dress. In addition to that, his stand-up comedy special, Jason Stuart: Making It To The Middle for Here! was also released on DVD.

Actor TV Filmography

• Entourage
• The Pink House
• Warren the Ape
  Warren the Ape
  Warren the Ape is an MTV reality show parody which premiered on June 14, 2010 at 10:30 p.m. The series is a spin-off of the IFC and Fox TV show Greg the Bunny, and follows the titular character's life as he tries to get his life back together following the cancellation of Greg the Bunny.Warren has...
  
  
• The Closer
  The Closer
  The Closer is an American crime drama, starring Kyra Sedgwick as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson, a Georgia police detective who often closes her cases using sometimes-questionable methods...
  
  
• Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia
• Everybody Hates Chris
  Everybody Hates Chris
  Everybody Hates Chris is an African American television period sitcom inspired by the teenage experiences of comedian Chris Rock , while growing up in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York . The show is set from 1982 to 1987; however, Rock himself was a teenager during years...
  
  
• George Lopez
  George Lopez
  George Lopez is an American comedian, actor, and talk show host. He is mostly known for starring in his self-produced ABC sitcom George Lopez. His stand-up comedy examines race and ethnic relations, including the Mexican American culture...
  
  
• D.L. Chronicles
• Friends & Lovers: Ski Trip 2
• Role Of A Lifetime
• Gia
  Gia
  Gia is a 1998 biographical television film about the life of model Gia Marie Carangi starring Angelina Jolie, Faye Dunaway, Mercedes Ruehl, and Elizabeth Mitchell. It was directed by Michael Cristofer and written by Cristofer and Jay McInerney...
  
  
• Doin' It Right
• NYPD Mounted
• Can You Feel Me Dancing
• Roses Are For The Rich
• One Up, Four Down
• Everybody Hates Chris
  Everybody Hates Chris
  Everybody Hates Chris is an African American television period sitcom inspired by the teenage experiences of comedian Chris Rock , while growing up in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York . The show is set from 1982 to 1987; however, Rock himself was a teenager during years...
  
  
• Mind of Mencia
  Mind of Mencia
  Mind of Mencia is an American television comedy series on the cable channel Comedy Central. Hosted by Carlos Mencia, it aired from 2005 to 2008.- History :...
  
  
• George Lopez
  George Lopez
  George Lopez is an American comedian, actor, and talk show host. He is mostly known for starring in his self-produced ABC sitcom George Lopez. His stand-up comedy examines race and ethnic relations, including the Mexican American culture...
  
  
• D.L. Chronicles
• Fat Actress
  Fat Actress
  Fat Actress is an American sitcom television series starring Kirstie Alley. It aired on Showtime in the United States in the spring of 2005, on Movie Central in Western Canada, The Movie Network in Eastern Canada, FX in the UK, Network Ten in Australia and VOX and Das Vierte in Germany...
  
  
• House
  House (TV series)
  House is an American television medical drama that debuted on the Fox network on November 16, 2004. The show's central character is Dr. Gregory House , an unconventional and misanthropic medical genius who heads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in...
  
  
• Strong Medicine
  Strong Medicine
  Strong Medicine is a medical drama with a focus on feminist politics, health issues and class conflict. The television series aired on the Lifetime network from 2000 to 2006. It is distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The series was created and produced in part by comedienne and...
  
  
• My Wife & Kids
• Three Sisters
  Three Sisters (TV Series)
  Three Sisters was an American television sitcom that aired on NBC for two seasons from January 9, 2001, to February 5, 2002.-Cast:* Katherine LaNasa as Bess Bernstein-Flynn Keats* David Alan Basche as Steven Keats* Vicki Lewis as Nora Bernstein-Flynn...
  
  
• Me & My Needs
• Will & Grace
  Will & Grace
  Will & Grace was an American television sitcom that was originally broadcast on NBC from September 21, 1998 to May 18, 2006 for a total of eight seasons. Will & Grace remains the most successful television series with gay principal characters...
  
  
• Providence
  Providence (TV series)
  Providence is an American drama series that aired on NBC starring Melina Kanakaredes. The show ran for five seasons from January 8, 1999 until December 20, 2002.-Synopsis:The show revolves around Dr...
  
  
• The Huntress
  The Huntress (TV series)
  The Huntress is an American TV series that appeared on the USA Network over subsequent summers of the 2000 and 2001 television seasons. It was inspired by a book about the real bounty hunter, Dottie Thorson, and is also a belated sequel to the 1980 Steve McQueen film, The Hunter.-Cast:*Annette...
  
  
• Sausage Factory
• Charmed
  Charmed
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• Drew Carey Show
• Murder One
  Murder One (TV series)
  Murder One is an American legal drama series that first aired on the ABC network in the United States in 1995. The series was created by Steven Bochco, Charles H. Eglee, and Channing Gibson.-Premise:...
  
  
• L.A. Firefighter
• SeaQuest DSV
  SeaQuest DSV
  seaQuest DSV is an American science fiction television series created by Rockne S. O'Bannon. It originally aired on NBC between 1993 and 1996. In its final season, it was renamed seaQuest 2032. Set in "the near future", seaQuest mixes high drama with realistic scientific fiction...
  
  
• John Larroquette Show
• Murder, She Wrote
  Murder, She Wrote
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• This Just In!
  This Just In!
  This Just In! is an American animated television series that follows the misadventures and exploits of reporter Brian Newport. It was shown on Spike TV in 2004....
  
  
• Sunset Beat
• Robert Guillaume Show
• Superior Court
  Superior court
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• B-Men
• Television Parts
  Television Parts
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• Out Of Control
  Out of Control (TV series)
  Out of Control is an American comedy television series that ran on Nickelodeon from 1984 until 1985, and was the first series produced specifically for that channel...
  
  
• L.A.T.E.R.

Actor Movie Filmography

• Bear City 2
• K-11
• Home Invasion
  Home Invasion
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• Finding Mr. Wright
• Walk A Mile In My Pradas
• The Stand In
  The Stand In
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• The Truth About Layla
• The Pit and The Penulum
• Family Of Four
• Drop Dead Gorgeous
• Twisted Faith
• American Primitive
  American Primitive
  American Primitive is a 2008 film from Cape Cod Films starring Danielle Savre and Tate Donovan.-Cast:*Susan Anspach as Martha*Johanna Braddy as Lucy Carmichael*Stacy Dash as Joy Crowley*Tate Donovan as Harry Goodhart*Jordan-Claire Green as Bridget...
  
  
• Seducing Spirits
• A Dog's Life
  A Dog's Life
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• Ping Pong Playa
  Ping Pong Playa
  Ping Pong Playa is a 2007 comedy film directed by Jessica Yu and written by Jessica Yu and Jimmy Tsai. The story centers on an Asian ping pong family with a buffoonish and irreverent son.-Plot:...
  
  
• San Saba
  San Saba (film)
  The film, San Saba, stars Angus Macfadyen, Vivica A. Fox and Elizabeth Rohm. It is a film noir detective thriller and was directed by Mike Greene. The Production Designer was Brian Fowler. The film was produced in conjunction with AmberGreen Entertainment and Rigel Entertainment...
  
  
• Monkey Man
• Puff, Puff, Pass
  Puff, Puff, Pass
  Puff, Puff, Pass is a 2006 comedic stoner crime film, also known as Living High, directed by Mekhi Phifer. The name derives from a smoking custom in cannabis culture wherein a group of cannabis smokers will commonly each take two "puffs" from whatever smoking device is being used and then pass it...
  
  
• Coffee Date
  Coffee Date
  Coffee Date is a 2006 independent film written and directed by Stewart Wade and released by BrownBag Productions. Originally a short film by Wade, it was expanded into a feature and played at various film festivals....
  
  
• A Day Without Mexican
• Ghosts Never Sleep
• Dawg
  Dawg (film)
  Dawg is 2002 dramedy film directed by Victoria Hochberg. It stars Denis Leary and Elizabeth Hurley, in their second film together. Steffani Brass was nominated for Young Artist Award with his role in this film...
  
  
• 10 Attitudes
• Lost & Found
• Get Your Stuff
  Get Your Stuff
  Get Your Stuff is a 2000 gay-themed drama/comedy film that in particular deals with the issue of gay foster parents, troubled children, and alcoholism.-Plot synopsis:...
  
  
• Southern Man
  Southern Man
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• Flamingo Dreams
• Vegas Vacation
  Vegas Vacation
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• Gay TV: The Movie
• A Sailors Tattoo
• Kindergarten Cop
  Kindergarten Cop
  Kindergarten Cop is a 1990 American comedy thriller film directed by Ivan Reitman and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Schwarzenegger stars as John Kimble, a tough police detective, who must go undercover as a kindergarten teacher to catch drug dealer Cullen Crisp , before Crisp can get to his...
  
  
• Eternity
  Eternity
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• Cross My Heart
  Cross My Heart (film)
  Cross My Heart is an American romantic comedy that was released in the United States on November 13, 1987. It stars Annette O'Toole and Martin Short.-Plot:...
  
  
• Emanon
  Emanon
  Emanon are an American hip hop duo consisting of Singer and Rapper Aloe Blacc and Producer Exile. They are based in Los Angeles, California.-Career:...
  
  
• Lost Empire
  Lost Empire
  Lost Empire is a 4X turn-based strategy video game developed by Pollux Gamelabs and released in June 2007.-Synopsis:The game is set in the year 4620. There are seven major civilizations in space, humankind is one of them...
  
  

Writer Filmography

• Jason Stuart: Making It to the Middle (2007)
• 10 Attitudes (2001)

Producer Filmography

• Name Dropping with Jason Stuart (2011)
• Twisted Faith (2008)
• Jason Stuart: Making It to the Middle (2007)
• Angels with Dirty Spaces (2007)
• 10 Attitudes (2001)
• Jason Stuart: Gay Comedy Without a Dress (2001, CD)

Himself Filmography

• The Ice House 50th Anniversary All Start Comedy Review
• Name Dropping with Jason Stuart
• One Night Stand Up
• The Making of a Film
• Frances: A Mother Divine
• Jason Stuart: Making It to the Middle
• The Brewing of Coffee Date
• Under the Pink Carpet
  Under the Pink Carpet
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• Wisecrack
  Wisecrack
  Wisecrack is a 2005 stand-up comedy series from the LGBT television network Logo. The show was taped at the West Hollywood, California gay club The Abbey...
  
  
• Comics Unleashed
  Comics Unleashed
  Comics Unleashed is a half-hour comedic talk show produced by the Entertainment Studios production company and hosted by Byron Allen, with John Cramer as announcer and ' providing music support. The show features a panel of four guest comedians performing their standup bits thinly disguised as a...
  
  
• Outlaugh!
• God and Gays: Bridging the Gap
• Queer Edge with Jack E. Jett & Sandra Bernhard
• The Vegas Show with Sheena Easton & Brian McKnight
• Brunch
  Brunch
  Brunch is a meal eaten between breakfast and lunch. The word is a portmanteau of breakfast and lunch.-Origin of the word:The 1896 supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary cites Punch magazine which wrote that the term was coined in Britain in 1895 to describe a Sunday meal for "Saturday-night...
  
  
• Minding the Store
  Minding the Store
  Minding the Store is a 2005 reality TV show starring Pauly Shore. The show was based around Shore trying to revitalize his acting career and run the family business, The Comedy Store....
  
  
• 2005 Glitter Awards
• Inside TV Land: Tickled Pink
• Love Lounge
• The Most Shocking Celebrity Moments of 2004
• My Coolest Years
  My Coolest Years
  My Coolest Years is a television program that aired on VH1 in which actors, musicians, and other celebrities reminisce about their high school years.-Overview:...
  
  
• Stand-Up Spotlight
• Make Me Laugh
  Make Me Laugh
  Make Me Laugh was an American game show in which contestants watched three stand-up comedians performing their acts, one at a time, earning one dollar for every second that they could make it through without laughing. Each comedian got sixty seconds to try to crack the contestant up...
  
  
• Out There in Hollywood
• Comedy on the Road
• Match Game
  Match Game
  Match Game is an American television game show in which contestants attempted to match celebrities' answers to fill-in-the-blank questions...
  
  
• Comedy Club
• Star Search
  Star Search
  Star Search is a television show that was produced from 1983-95, hosted by Ed McMahon, and created by Alfred Masini. A relaunch was produced in 2003-04. The show was originally filmed at the old Earl Carroll Theatre at 6230 Sunset Blvd...
  
  
• An Evening at the Improv

External links

• Jason Stuart on Facebook
• "ActorsE Chat Show" with host Alyson Sullivan on Actors Entertainment