Jason Fuchs
| Jason Fuchs | |
|---|---|
 Fuchs at the Pan premiere in September 2015 | |
| Born |
Jason Isaac Fuchs March 5, 1986 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1996–present |
Jason Isaac Fuchs (born March 5, 1986) is an American television and film actor and screenwriter.
Early life
Fuchs was born in New York City, to a Jewish family (of Hasidic background on his father's side).[1][2] He went on to enroll and graduate from Columbia University.
Career
Fuchs has been acting since he was seven years old, making his debut at Lincoln Center in the play Abe Lincoln in Illinois with Sam Waterston. Fuchs has also guest-starred on Cosby, The Sopranos, The Beat, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Ed, and All My Children. His first feature film role was as Marvin in the 1996 movie Flipper, co-starring Elijah Wood. In 1998 he appeared in two movies, Louis & Frank and Jane Austen's Mafia!. Fuchs also starred in 2003 film The Hebrew Hammer, co-starring Adam Goldberg. In 2004, Fuchs took the role in Winter Solstice. Fuchs wrote, produced and starred in the 2006 short film Pitch, which made its premiere at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. He next appeared in Holy Rollers, a movie inspired by actual events in the late nineties when Hasidic Jews were recruited as mules to smuggle ecstasy from Europe into the United States. He played a brother of Justin Bartha, alongside Jesse Eisenberg and Ari Graynor.
In 2012, Fuchs made his feature screenwriting debut with the animated sequel, Ice Age: Continental Drift. Despite receiving generally mixed reviews from critics, the film became a box office success. As of August, 2016 it was the 11th highest-grossing animated feature, the 44th highest grossing film internationally,[3] and the third highest-grossing film of 2012, with a worldwide gross of over $877 million. As a result, at age 26, Fuchs became the youngest writer in film history to pen a film that grossed over $226 million, the worldwide global box office mark set in 1997 by then 24-year-old Matt Damon and then 26-year-old Ben Affleck with their screenplay for Good Will Hunting.[4]
The summer of 2012 also saw the televised premiere of Fuchs' Nickelodeon original TV movie musical, Rags, a revisionist take on the Cinderella tale starring Keke Palmer and Max Schneider. Fuchs co-wrote the film with Hillary Galanoy & Elizabeth Hackett with Billie Woodruff directing. The film turned into a sleeper hit and received 4.6 million total viewers (Live + 7 day) becoming one of Nickelodeon's highest rated original films.[5] It received a 0.5 rating in the 18-49 demographic.[6] As well, the film shot to the top of the iTunes sales charts, debuting as the #1 musical on iTunes and remaining atop the charts for more than a month.[5]
His script Pan was listed on Hollywood's 2013 Black List,[7] and was made into a film, and released in October 2015. The film was a critical and box office failure.[8] He wrote a screenplay to Wonder Woman starring Gal Gadot, however his script was scrapped by director Patty Jenkins and the final film was penned by three other writers.[9] In March 2016 it was announced that his next work will be as screenwriter for a Lobo feature film.[10][11]
Television
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Cosby | David |
| 2000 | The Sopranos | Junior Sontag |
| The Beat | Joshua Meyerwitz | |
| 2002 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Ricky Feldman |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Nick Radsen | |
| 2003 | Fillmore! | Johnny Nevada (voice) |
| 2003 | Ed | Wesley Stout |
| 2005 | All My Children | Young Ryan |
Videogame
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Red Dead Revolver | Billy Cougar / Jody / Young Red |
| 2005 | Bully | Bo |
| 2008 | Grand Theft Auto IV | The Crowd of Liberty City |
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Flipper | Marvin |
| 1998 | Louis & Frank | Louis Jr. |
| Jane Austen's Mafia! | Vincenzo | |
| 2000 | Spooky House | Yuri |
| 2003 | The Hebrew Hammer | Adolescent Hasidic Boy |
| 2004 | Winter Solstice | Bob |
| 2006 | Pitch | Jason |
| 2010 | Holy Rollers | Leon Zimmerman |
| 2010 | The Firefly and the Bride | Brat |
| 2012 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | Writer |
| 2015 | Pan | Writer |
| 2016 | La La Land | Carlo |
References
- ↑ Wieselman, Jarett (2010-05-21). "Jason Fuchs: 'Holy Rollers' hopes to be the 'Avatar' of Hasidic drug dealing films". New York Post. Retrieved 2010-05-30.
I come from a Hasidic background, I am only one generation removed.
- ↑ Mester, Ilan (2010-06-04). "Holy Rolling with Jason Fuchs". Shalom Life. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
I come from a Hasidic Jewish family on my dad’s side.
- ↑ "UPDATED: 'Ice Age 4' Becomes 10th Highest Grossing Film Of All Time At The International Box Office". Retrieved 27 August 2012.
- ↑ "All Time Worldwide Box Office Grosses". Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- 1 2 "RagsMovie: #RAGS grew from 3.5 MM total". Retrieved 14 August 2012.
- ↑ The Futon Critic Staff (TFC) (30 May 2012). "Monday's Cable Ratings: "Hatfields & McCoys," Heat/Celtics Big for History, ESPN". The Futon Critic. TheFutonCritic.com. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
- ↑ "The Black List Announces 2013 Screenplays (Complete List)". Variety. 2013-12-16. Retrieved 2014-11-25.
- ↑ "Box Office: How 'Pan' Turned Into an Epic Flop". The Hollywood Reporter. 2015-10-11. Retrieved 2016-08-14.
- ↑ "The Wonder Woman Movie Was Written by Zack Snyder, Allan Heinberg, and Geoff Johns". Gizmodo. 2016-07-12. Retrieved 2016-08-14.
- ↑ Kit, Borys (December 4, 2014). "'Wondrr Woman' Movie Lassoes Pan Writer (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ↑ Sneider, Jeff (March 16, 2016). "Warner Bros.' 'Lobo' Lands 'Wonder Woman' Writer Jason Fuchs (Exclusive)". The Wrap.