26 Facts About Jason Biggs

1.

Jason Matthew Biggs was born on May 12,1978 and is an American actor and comedian.

2.

Jason Biggs is best known for playing Jim Levenstein in the American Pie comedy film series, Leonardo in the first two seasons of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Larry Bloom in the Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black.

3.

Jason Biggs starred in Boys and Girls, Loser, Saving Silverman, Anything Else, Jersey Girl, Eight Below, Over Her Dead Body, and My Best Friend's Girl.

4.

Jason Biggs was born on May 12,1978 in Pompton Plains, New Jersey, to Angela, a nurse, and Gary Louis Jason Biggs, a shipping company manager.

5.

Jason Biggs's father is of English and Italian descent and his mother is of Sicilian descent.

6.

Jason Biggs grew up in Hasbrouck Heights and attended Hasbrouck Heights High School, where he achieved success in tennis.

7.

Jason Biggs attended New York University before transferring to Montclair State University, where he eventually dropped out.

8.

When Jason Biggs was 12, he starred in a one-off HBO special, The Fotis Sevastakis Story, but due to licensing arguments, it was never aired.

9.

That same year, Jason Biggs debuted on Broadway in Conversations with My Father with Judd Hirsch.

10.

Jason Biggs then starred in the daytime soap opera, As the World Turns, for which he was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Best Younger Actor.

11.

Jason Biggs attended New York University briefly from 1996 to 1997, but soon afterwards, he left to pursue acting.

12.

Jason Biggs starred in American Pie, which went on to become an international hit that has spawned three sequels and four spinoffs.

13.

Jason Biggs accepted starring roles in movies such as Loser in 2000, and others.

14.

Jason Biggs starred in the music video for the song "Teenage Dirtbag" by American rock band Wheatus.

15.

Jason Biggs appeared in the 2002 Broadway production of The Graduate as Benjamin Braddock alongside Kathleen Turner and Alicia Silverstone.

16.

In 2003, Jason Biggs appeared as Jerry Falk in the Woody Allen romantic comedy Anything Else.

17.

In 2006, Jason Biggs was seen in the MTV reality show Blowin' Up with Jamie Kennedy and Stu Stone which led to his participation in a hip-hop recording with Bay Area rapper E-40.

18.

Jason Biggs returned to the stage in the fall of 2008 in Howard Korder's Boys' Life at New York City's Second Stage Theatre.

19.

Jason Biggs has appeared in several other films, including Eight Below and Over Her Dead Body.

20.

Jason Biggs departed the series in February 2015 after two seasons.

21.

Jason Biggs reprised his role as Jim Levenstein in American Reunion, which was released on April 6,2012.

22.

Jason Biggs left the series during its second season and was temporarily replaced by Dominic Catrambone.

23.

Seth Green permanently took over the role from Jason Biggs beginning in season 3, with Leonardo's voice change being explained in the show's universe, as it was due to his throat getting injured in a battle against Shredder.

24.

In December 2014, The Hollywood Reporter announced Jason Biggs was cast to star in the comedy Amateur Night.

25.

Jason Biggs plays a well-meaning expectant father who unwittingly accepts a job chauffeuring prostitutes around Los Angeles.

26.

Jason Biggs apologized for and deleted his tweet about Malaysian Flight 17; in a later interview he said that it had led to death threats against him.