Jason Mewes - Career

Career

While working toward a career in roofing, Mewes made his film debut in Smith's 1994 film Clerks as Jay. The film was a huge success; ever since, Mewes has been closely identified with the role, which he also played in Mallrats (1995), Chasing Amy (1997), Dogma (1999), Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001), and Clerks II (2006). He also supplied Jay's voice in the short-lived Clerks: The Animated Series. He, along with Kevin 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 View Askew films titled 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 the January 29, 2005 issue of Canadian TV Guide.

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 series Todd and the Book of Pure Evil.

In the video game Scarface: The World Is Yours Mewes provides a voiceover for a thief who steals some tapes. Mewes starred in the pilot episode of Smith's sitcom, Hating Hal.

Mewes starred in the horror film Breath of Hate, where he played a romantic love interest to a dysfunctional escort. Mewes co-starred in Smith's 2008 film Zack and Miri Make a Porno, in which Mewes, in a scene near the end of the film, appears fully nude.

Mewes co-hosts a weekly podcast with Smith called Jay and Silent Bob Get Old in which Mewes discusses his former drug addiction issues. He also co-hosts a daily internet radio show called SMod Co SMorning Show alongside his wife Jordan Monsanto, Kevin Smith and Smith's wife Jennifer Schwalbach on Smith's Smodcast Internet Radio (S.I.R.).

Mewes is co-Executive Producer on Smith's Hulu-exclusive series Spoilers with Kevin Smith.

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