Basic Information About Peter Jason
Category | Celebrities βΊ Actors |
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Professions | Actor, Voice Actor, Cinematographer |
Net worth | $1,000,000 |
Date of birth | 1944-07-22 (80 years old) |
Place of birth | Hollywood |
Nationality | United States of America |
Curiosities and Trademarks | Frequently cast in John Carpenter and Walter Hill films |
Gender | Male |
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.8 m) |
Social Media | βοΈ Wikipedia βοΈ IMDb |
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What Movie Awards did Peter Jason win?
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Peter Jason roles
Movie / Series | Role |
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Escape from L.A. | Duty Sergeant |
Dante's Peak | Norman Gates |
The Hunt for Red October | USS Reuben James Commander (uncredited) |
Mortal Kombat | Master Boyd |
Hail, Caesar! | Director |
The Karate Kid | Soccer Coach |
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom | Senator Sherwood |
Congo | Mr. Janus |
Heartbreak Ridge | Major Devin |
Streets of Fire | Harry |
48 Hrs. | Cowboy Bartender |
They Live | Gilbert |
Rio Lobo | Lt. Forsythe |
Ghosts of Mars | McSimms |
Red Heat | TV Announcer |
Milk | Alan Baird (uncredited) |
In the Mouth of Madness | Mr. Paul |
Adaptation. | Defense Attorney |
Prince of Darkness | Dr. Paul Leahy |
Kicking & Screaming | Clark |
Kari-gurashi no Arietti | Additional Voices (voice) |
Village of the Damned | Ben Blum |
Mommie Dearest | Pepsi Executive #4 |
Arachnophobia | Henry Beechwood |
The Long Riders | The Pinkertons |
Seabiscuit | Reporter Max |
Dreamscape | Babcock |
Brewster's Millions | Chuck Fleming |
Marked for Death | Pete Stone |
Employee of the Month | Bill Gartin |
The Driver | Commuter |
Nice Dreams | Det. Drooler |
Undisputed | Oakland TV Announcer |
The Other Side of the Wind | Grover |
Butterfly | Allen |
Alien Nation | Fedorchuk |
Willow Creek | Ranger Troy Andrews |
Angel | The John |
Batman: The Animated Series | Mason 1 episode, 1992 |
Mad Men | Len McKenzie 1 episode, 2008 |
Quantum Leap | Kilpatrick 1 episode, 1991 |
Longmire | Abel 'Jenk' Jenkins 1 episode, 2016 |
The Golden Girls | The Policeman 1 episode, 1986 |
Chuck | General Merriweather 1 episode, 2010 |
JAG | Randy Hamill 1 episode, 2001 |
A Different World | Mr. Schmect 1 episode, 1992 |
The Incredible Hulk | Bennett 1 episode, 1980 |
Batman Beyond | Coach Creagar 1 episode, 1999 |
Desperate Housewives | Jeff 2 episodes, 2006-2007 |
One Day at a Time | Cam Randolph 2 episodes, 1978 |
Peter Jason's Quotes
- [on Walter Hill] He usually knows what he wants, and I guess having been a writer and a director, he knows what to shoot. He never over-shoots. He doesn't give the studio the chance to cut it their own way, because he only shoots what he wants. So the stuff they've got to put together is exactly what he wants it to be. That's it. He's very smart; very, very smart. Man, his movies are clean, I think.
- It's funny, but on a set there's a pecking order. There's a caste system, you know? It goes from the star down to the extra. That includes the crew as well. I've never liked that. I've always felt that in America we're all equal. I don't care what you make, or what kind of car you drive. You're not better than me. That's the way I was raised, and that's kind of the way I am on a set. We'll be in a line and I'll have some A.D. or second-unit director saying, "No, no, Mr. Jason, you go to the front of the line for lunch." And I'll say, "Why? We all have to eat." So I just usually stand in the place wherever I'm at -- unless there's some reason for it, like they want me to finish first so I can go into make-up and get finished because I'm in the first shot. But I don't like that, "You're special." I've never liked that, and I don't like to see people being treated as though they're special. I don't think we are special. I think everybody's the same. I think we're all entitled to our space, and I like to treat everybody like that. Some people get it, and some don't.
- [on Walter Hill] Walter is the boss. Walter's in charge. It's his ship, and he's the captain. He's a gentle captain, and it's his family. And he treats everyone like family. I've never seen anyone who has more respect for people than Walter does. He's got an unbelievable memory. The first time he met my wife -- I can't remember it if was at a premiere, I can't remember for sure. But I remember the second time he saw her, which was a long time later, maybe six months or a year, he immediately said, "Eileen, how are you?" He remembered her name. He's so gracious. He's just a total gentleman. But you don't cross him. You do not cross Walter. And one thing on a Walter movie, very seldom -- well, never for me -- do the lines get changed. He usually writes them himself, or rewrites them.
Interesting Facts about Peter Jason
- Is frequently cast by director John Carpenter. Some of his more notable appearances in Carpenter films are Prince of Darkness (1987), They Live (1988), In the Mouth of Madness (1994), Village of the Damned (1995), Escape from L.A. (1996) and Ghosts of Mars (2001).
- He has appeared in 12 Walter Hill films.
- Profiled in "Character Kings: Hollywood's Familiar Faces Discuss the Art & Business of Acting" by Scott Voisin. [2009]
- In 1982, he appeared in two movies, 48 Hrs and Some Kind of Hero, where his characters badger comic icons Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor in bar room scenes.
- As of 2016, has appeared in two films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Seabiscuit (2003) and Milk (2008).
- His daughter (from another relationship) is Robin Goldwasser; his son-in-law is John Flansburgh.