Jason Biggs(I)
- Actor
- Producer
Jason Matthew Biggs was born on May 12, 1978, in Pompton Plains, New
Jersey, to Angela (Zocco), a nurse, and Gary Biggs, a shipping company
manager. Jason has two sisters, Heather, a tax specialist born in 1971,
and Chiara, born in 1980. He was raised Catholic, and is of English and mostly Italian descent. Jason started acting at age five, appearing in several
national commercials. In 1991, at 13 he won a part on the FOX sitcom
Drexell's Class (1991), but
the show was canceled after one season. Also during that year, he made
his Broadway debut opposite Judd Hirsch in
the play, Conversations With My Father. The play helped earn him a spot
on
As the World Turns (1956),
as the rebellious Pete Wendall. The role earned him a nomination for
Best Younger Actor in a Drama Series at the Daytime Emmy's. After
graduating high school in 1996, he studied briefly at New York
University and Montclair State University in New Jersey but dropped out
to pursue acting again. In 1997, he costarred in the short lived
television series
Camp Stories (1996). In 1999 came
his breakthrough role in the teen sex comedy
American Pie (1999). His performance
shocked yet wooed audiences, critics, and casting agents to bring him
for the first time the chance to choose new roles and scripts. He chose
such roles in Loser (2000) and
Boys and Girls (2000).
