Jason Edward Mewes (born June 12, 1974) is an American television and
film actor, film producer and internet radio show host. He is best
known for playing Jay, the vocal half of the duo Jay and Silent Bob,
in longtime friend Kevin Smith's films.Mewes was born on June 12, 1974
in Highlands, New Jersey, and grew up in a working-class neighborhood.
He never knew his father, and his mother was an ex-con and a drug
addict. Relates Mewes: "She used to check into hotels and take TVs and
sell them...I guess it really ain't funny, but it's weird because it
was so fucked up...She used to steal mail. I used to drive around with
her and she'd pull up and make me reach into mailboxes. It really
wasn't pleasant." Although this exposure to drugs at first served to
make him averse to them, he eventually began using them after
graduating from high school.His best friend was future filmmaker Kevin
Smith, who described Mewes this way: "[Jason]'s the kind of dude you
know for five minutes and he whips his cock out. I was like, somebody
should put this dude in a movie. I just wanted to see if anybody
outside our group of friends finds him as funny as I do."
film actor, film producer and internet radio show host. He is best
known for playing Jay, the vocal half of the duo Jay and Silent Bob,
in longtime friend Kevin Smith's films.Mewes was born on June 12, 1974
in Highlands, New Jersey, and grew up in a working-class neighborhood.
He never knew his father, and his mother was an ex-con and a drug
addict. Relates Mewes: "She used to check into hotels and take TVs and
sell them...I guess it really ain't funny, but it's weird because it
was so fucked up...She used to steal mail. I used to drive around with
her and she'd pull up and make me reach into mailboxes. It really
wasn't pleasant." Although this exposure to drugs at first served to
make him averse to them, he eventually began using them after
graduating from high school.His best friend was future filmmaker Kevin
Smith, who described Mewes this way: "[Jason]'s the kind of dude you
know for five minutes and he whips his cock out. I was like, somebody
should put this dude in a movie. I just wanted to see if anybody
outside our group of friends finds him as funny as I do."
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