Jason-Shane Scott (born December 29, 1976) is an American actor.Scott
was born in Southern California. At the age of two he moved to Reno,
Nevada with his mother and older sister while making frequent trips to
Los Angeles to visit his father. Scott attended Wooster High School
and excelled at sports, playing baseball, basketball and football. His
football talent earned him particular recognition; his team won the
state championship and Scott himself was offered numerous football
scholarships. Upon graduation, Scott chose to pursue an acting career
and moved back to Los Angeles. Enrolled in acting classes, he began
studying intensely. He also took up modeling and spent several months
in Europe.Upon his return to the United States, he appeared in such
films as Shrieker, Until Death, A Turn in the Tree, Caught and Billy's
Hollywood Screen Kiss, as well as the Aerosmith videos for "Love Is
Hard on your Knees" and "Hole in My Soul". In 1998 he tested for and
won the role of troubled teenager Will Rappaport on the daytime serial
One Life to Live and moved to New York City. For this portrayal, he
received two Soap Opera Digest Award nominations: 1999, Outstanding
Male Newcomer; 2000, Outstanding Younger Leading Actor. Scott's three
years on OLTL allowed him to polish his acting further as he was given
a chain of challenging storylines. In 2001, he left OLTL and New York
and returned to Los Angeles. Since then, he has appeared in such films
as Wolves of Wall Street (2003), Latter Days (2004) and Starship
Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation (2004) and guest starred on such
shows as the Lifetime drama For the People (2002), NBC's Scrubs and
CBS's CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Scott has also made a few brief
returns to One Life to Live since his departure in 2001, most recently
in September 2007. He has appeared on CBS's The Young and the Restless
and has co-starred with Brittany Powell in Soapnet's One Minute Soap
titled "Too Late".
was born in Southern California. At the age of two he moved to Reno,
Nevada with his mother and older sister while making frequent trips to
Los Angeles to visit his father. Scott attended Wooster High School
and excelled at sports, playing baseball, basketball and football. His
football talent earned him particular recognition; his team won the
state championship and Scott himself was offered numerous football
scholarships. Upon graduation, Scott chose to pursue an acting career
and moved back to Los Angeles. Enrolled in acting classes, he began
studying intensely. He also took up modeling and spent several months
in Europe.Upon his return to the United States, he appeared in such
films as Shrieker, Until Death, A Turn in the Tree, Caught and Billy's
Hollywood Screen Kiss, as well as the Aerosmith videos for "Love Is
Hard on your Knees" and "Hole in My Soul". In 1998 he tested for and
won the role of troubled teenager Will Rappaport on the daytime serial
One Life to Live and moved to New York City. For this portrayal, he
received two Soap Opera Digest Award nominations: 1999, Outstanding
Male Newcomer; 2000, Outstanding Younger Leading Actor. Scott's three
years on OLTL allowed him to polish his acting further as he was given
a chain of challenging storylines. In 2001, he left OLTL and New York
and returned to Los Angeles. Since then, he has appeared in such films
as Wolves of Wall Street (2003), Latter Days (2004) and Starship
Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation (2004) and guest starred on such
shows as the Lifetime drama For the People (2002), NBC's Scrubs and
CBS's CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Scott has also made a few brief
returns to One Life to Live since his departure in 2001, most recently
in September 2007. He has appeared on CBS's The Young and the Restless
and has co-starred with Brittany Powell in Soapnet's One Minute Soap
titled "Too Late".
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