17 Facts About Jason Mewes

Jason Edward Mewes was born on June 12,1974 and is an American actor, comedian, film producer, and podcaster.

Jason Mewes is best known for playing Jay, the vocal half of the duo Jay and Silent Bob, in longtime friend Kevin Smith's View Askewniverse franchise.

Jason Mewes never knew his father, and his mother was an ex-con and a drug addict.

The film was a success, resulting in Jason Mewes becoming closely identified with the role, which he played in Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, and Clerks II.

Jason Mewes supplied Jay's voice in the short-lived Clerks: The Animated Series.

From 2010 to 2012, Jason Mewes was cast as "Jimmy the Janitor" for 26 episodes of the Canadian television series Todd and the Book of Pure Evil.

Jason Mewes starred in the horror film Breath of Hate, where he played a romantic love interest to a dysfunctional escort.

Jason Mewes co-starred in Smith's 2008 film Zack and Miri Make a Porno, in which Jason Mewes, in a scene near the end of the film, appears fully nude.

Jason Mewes is co-executive producer on Smith's Hulu-exclusive series Spoilers with Kevin Smith.

Jason Mewes starred in episode 3 of the sixth season of Hawaii Five-0 as Eddie Brooks.

Jason Mewes married Jordan Monsanto in a civil ceremony on January 30,2009, with a larger wedding planned later that May Their daughter, Logan Lee, was born on April 1,2015.

Jason Mewes has openly talked about his struggles with substance abuse, which began in his early 20s.

Jason Mewes first began using heroin shortly after appearing in Mallrats and was addicted; he was under the influence while filming Chasing Amy and Dogma.

Jason Mewes sobered up until about a week into the Dogma shoot, when he learned he could pass his urine tests by abstaining from drugs for three days beforehand and then using drugs the rest of the week.

In 1999, Jason Mewes was arrested in New Jersey for heroin possession.

Jason Mewes continued to use drugs, and has related that he decided to turn himself in and get help after waking up on Christmas morning in 2002 to find that he had started a fire after falling asleep near a lit candle while on heroin.

Jason Mewes was ordered to enter a six-month rehab program.