- Born
- Nicknames
- Coins
- Jay-Bird
- Height6′ (1.83 m)
- Jason began acting at the age of 3 years old when he played The Littlest Prince in a production of The King & I at The Westport Playhouse in St. Louis, Missouri. After growing up in a theatre family (his father is actor John Contini) Jason decided to pursue acting in film having done a number of low budget horror films and dramas before being cast in the lead role of Julian the vampire hunter in Wyatt Weed's SHADOWLAND..
Jason is a proud member of SAG-Aftra and earned his Actor's Equity (AEA) card doing three consecutive years of children's theatre with The Imaginary Theatre Company, the touring arm of The St. Louis Repertory Theatre. He also worked with Avalon Theatre Company, Insight Theatre, Upstream Theatre, St. Louis Actor's Studio, Bluff City Theatre in Hannibal, MO, Dramatic License, Bankside Repertory Theatre, and Stages St. Louis.
In 2008 Jason moved to Los Angeles where he shot the romantic comedy THE ANNIVERSARY and the war film KHYBER. Back in St. Louis, Jason co-founded Archlight Studios with longtime friend and co-writer Nicholas J. Hearne. In 2014 they teamed up with Pirate Pictures to produce their first feature film, FOUR COLOR EULOGY.
Jason made his directorial debut with the music video to Taylor Pietz's single COLOR ME, a song written for the film FOUR COLOR EULOGY.
- IMDb mini biography by: Jason Contini
- SpousesTaylor Pietz(September 18, 2016 - present)Lili Contini(2005 - 2006) (divorced)
- He is also an artist and had at one time attempted pursuing a career as a comic book artist.
- Jason is the son of actor John Contini and older brother of actor Sean Contini.
- Jason's favorite actors are Gregory Peck, Jimmy Stewart, Sean Penn, Bill Nighy, Peter O'Toole and Robert Downey Jr.
- Is best friends with actor/writer Nicholas J. Hearne.
- Jason's first audition upon arriving in Los Angeles for a second time in 2008 (he had previously lived there in 2003) was for the romantic comedy "The Anniversary (2009)". He was cast in the lead role of Cid Draper.
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