Biography
Jason Behr in The Grudge
Jason Nathaniel Behr was born on December 30, 1973, the second of four boys. When Behr was young, the family moved from Minnesota living in several different states until his father left the family when Behr was around ten. Then Patricia Behr moved her sons back to Minneapolis, where Jason attended a private grade school. He eventually graduated from Richfield Senior High School, in Richfield, MN, a suburb of Minneapolis.
Kim Coates, Jason Behr, Rogue Johnston, Natassia Malthe.
At the age of 19, after a chance meeting with Hollywood manager Marvin Dauer in Minneapolis, Behr moved to Los Angeles. In his early acting career, he made over 75 commercials, in 1995 he landed the role of Tyler Baker in the Showtime series, "Sherman Oaks". "Sherman Oaks" ran for two seasons.
After "Sherman Oaks", Jason had a series of guest appearances in various television shows ("Step by Step", "The Profiler", "Seventh Heaven", "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", "Jag"). He was cast in the ABC series "Push", but the illfated show only aired a few times before being cancelled. Then Jason picked up a recurring role as the character Chris Wolfe in the WB series, "Dawson's Creek". While filming the show in North Carolina, Jason read the script for a pilot called "Roswell High" - later shortened to "Roswell" - and he felt an immediate affinity for the lead alien, Max Evans. "Roswell" had a moderately successful run on the WB for two seasons then moved to UPN for its third and final season. While the show never hit it big in the ratings, the series had an extremely loyal fan base.
Since "Roswell", Behr has taken on a variety of roles in independent films such as: Unsu Lee's "Happily, Even After"; Jefrey Levy's "Man of God" and Rebecca Cook's "Shooting Livien" soon to be released on DVD. He also co-starred with Sarah Michelle Gellar in the hit Japanese/American film collaboration, The Grudge and more recently, has two films in post production. The Korean CGI dragon fantasy entitled “D-War” and Lion's Gates' eagerly anticipated reinvention of the werewolf tale, “Skinwalkers,” which recently wrapped shooting in the Toronto, Ontario area.
Latest News ~ As of March 13, 2006 - Jason has been cast in the CBS dramatic pilot, "The Way", about a powerful New England family that uses witchcraft to further its business enterprises. Jason plays Michael Warden, the show's male lead, one of the family's children who is at the center of a sibling power rivalry.
Filmography
2006: Skinwalkers as Varek
2005: D-War as Ethan Kendrics
2005: Shooting Livien as John Livien
2005: Man Of God as Ben Cohen
2004: Happily Even After as Jake
2004: The Grudge as Doug
2001: The Shipping News as Dennis Buggit
1999: Rites Of Passage as Campbell Farraday
1999: Pleasantville as Mark's Lackey #2
1999: Roswell as Max Evans
1998: Push as Dempsey Easton
1996: Alien Nation: Millenium
Television
2006: The Way as Michael Warden - (Status -Series pilot - filming)
2004: The Tony Danza Show as "himself"
2001: The Rosie O'Donnell Show as "himself"
1998-1999: Dawson's Creek as Chris Wolfe:
His Leading Lady(1999) Sex She Wrote(1999) High Risk behavior(1999) The Election(1998) The Reluctant Hero(1998) The All Nighter(1998)
1997: 7th Heaven as Brian Heaz
1997: Buffy The Vampire Slayer as Billy "ford" Fordham
1997: Cracker as Andrew Lang
1997: Profiler as "Waiter"
1997: Jag as "Midshipman Danvers"
1996: Pacific Blue as Jack
1994: Step By Step as Larry:
I'll Be Home For Christmas(1994) Something Wild(1994)
