Jason Paul London is an American actor, best known for his role as Randall "Pink" Floyd in director Richard Linklater

Richard Linklater

-Early life:Linklater was born in Houston, Texas. He studied at Sam Houston State University and left midway through his stint in college to work on an off-shore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. While working on the rig he read a lot of literature, but on land he developed a love of film through...

's film Dazed and Confused

Dazed and Confused (film)

Dazed and Confused is a 1993 coming of age comedy film written and directed by Richard Linklater. The film's large ensemble cast featured a number of future stars, including Matthew McConaughey, Jason London, Ben Affleck, Milla Jovovich, Cole Hauser, Parker Posey, Anthony Rapp, Adam Goldberg, Joey...

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Personal life

London was born in San Diego, California

San Diego, California

San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest city in California. The city is located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, immediately adjacent to the Mexican border. The birthplace of California, San Diego is known for its mild year-round...

, the son of Debbie (née

Married and maiden names

A married name is the family name adopted by a person upon marriage. When a person assumes the family name of her spouse, the new name replaces the maiden name....

 Osborn), a waitress, and Frank London, a sheet metal worker. He was raised in Oklahoma

Oklahoma

Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...

, near Tuttle and DeSoto, Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

. He has an identical twin brother, Jeremy London

Jeremy London

Jeremy Michael London is an American actor. He is best known for his regular roles on Party of Five, 7th Heaven, and I'll Fly Away, as well as a notable supporting role in the Civil War epic Gods and Generals....

, who is also an actor. As of 2003, the two have acted together in an episode of 7th Heaven

7th Heaven

7th Heaven is an American family drama television series, created and produced by Brenda Hampton. The series premiered on August 26, 1996, on the WB, the first time that the network aired Monday night programming, and was originally broadcast from August 26, 1996 to May 13, 2007...

entitled "Smoking". Jeremy was Jason's stunt double in The Man in the Moon

The Man in the Moon

The Man in the Moon is a 1991 American drama film, directed by Robert Mulligan and starring Sam Waterston, Reese Witherspoon and Jason London...

.

On February 18, 1997, London and actress Charlie Spradling were married in Las Vegas, Nevada, divorced in March 2011, and are the parents of a daughter, Cooper, who shares her father's birthday. Jason and Cooper can be seen at the 2009 Hero Awards. In November 2010, London became engaged to actress Sofia Karstens. They married on July 16, 2011 at the home of his wife's parents, William and Judith Karstens, in North Hero, Vermont.

Career

London has enjoyed moderate success starring mostly as a rebellious, edgy young addict in feature films such as Broken Vessels

Broken Vessels

Broken Vessels is a 1998 medical drama film directed by Scott Ziehl and written by Ziehl along with David Baer and John McMahon. The film debuted at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival and marked Ziehl's directorial debut. It stars Todd Field, Jason London, Roxana Zal, Susan Traylor, and...

and $pent.
He also starred as Jason

Jason

Jason was a late ancient Greek mythological hero from the late 10th Century BC, famous as the leader of the Argonauts and their quest for the Golden Fleece. He was the son of Aeson, the rightful king of Iolcus...

 in the 2000 NBC

NBC

The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...

 miniseries

Miniseries

A miniseries , in a serial storytelling medium, is a television show production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. The exact number is open to interpretation; however, they are usually limited to fewer than a whole season. The term "miniseries" is generally a North American term...

 Jason and the Argonauts. Jason also starred in Poor White Trash

Poor White Trash (film)

Poor White Trash is a crime-comedy film directed by Michael Addis. The film was released on June 16. 2000 and was distributed by jointly by Hollywood Independents and Xenon Group...

playing sleazy ladies-man Brian Ross.

London portrayed Mark, the local newspaper editor, in the 2010 Hallmark Channel

Hallmark Channel

The Hallmark Channel is a cable television network that broadcasts across the United States. Their programming includes a mix of television movies/miniseries, syndicated series, and lifestyle shows that are appropriate for the whole family...

 television movie, The Wishing Well, which also starred Jordan Ladd

Jordan Ladd

Jordan Elizabeth Ladd is an American actress. She began taking small film roles before landing her first high-profile role in Never Been Kissed . Since then, Ladd has portrayed supporting as well as lead roles in films, including Cabin Fever , Club Dread , and Death Proof...

 and Ernest Borgnine

Ernest Borgnine

Ernest Borgnine is an American actor of television and film. His career has spanned more than six decades. He was an unconventional lead in many films of the 1950s, including his Academy Award-winning turn in the 1955 film Marty...

.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	December	Russell Littlejohn
1991		Court Foster
1991	Blood Ties Blood Ties (film) Blood Ties is a made-for-television movie that was released in 1991. It is a story about a modern vampire family who hail from Carpathia. The family try to assimilate into American life in Long Beach, California, however, their lives are upset when a sinister group of hunters kill a member of their...	Cody Puckett	TV movie
1991	False Arrest	Eric	TV movie
1993	Country Estates	Adam Reed	TV movie
1993	I'll Fly Away: Then and Now	Nathaniel Bedford	TV movie
1993		Chris	TV movie
1993	Dazed and Confused Dazed and Confused (film) Dazed and Confused is a 1993 coming of age comedy film written and directed by Richard Linklater. The film's large ensemble cast featured a number of future stars, including Matthew McConaughey, Jason London, Ben Affleck, Milla Jovovich, Cole Hauser, Parker Posey, Anthony Rapp, Adam Goldberg, Joey...	Randall 'Pink' Floyd
1993	Tales from the Crypt Tales from the Crypt (TV series) Tales from the Crypt, sometimes titled HBO's Tales from the Crypt, is an American horror anthology television series that ran from 1989 to 1996 on the premium cable channel HBO...	Henderson	Episode: "House of Horror"
1994	Safe Passage Safe Passage (film) Safe Passage is a 1994 English language drama film starring Susan Sarandon, and featuring Nick Stahl, Sam Shepard, Sean Astin and Jason London...	Gideon Singer
1995	My Teacher's Wife My Teacher's Wife My Teacher's Wife is an 1995 teen sex comedy film directed by Bruce Leddy, and written by Seth Greenland. Originally titled "Bad With Numbers," the story follows the travails of Southport High School senior Todd Boomer whose lifelong dream of going to Harvard is derailed by his hard-nosed calculus...	Todd Boomer
1995	Fall Time Fall time In electronics, fall time \scriptstyle t_f\, is the time required for the amplitude of a pulse to decrease from a specified value to another specified value...	Tim
1995		Jay Patton	Episode: "Caught in the Act Caught in the Act (The Outer Limits) "Caught in the Act" is an episode of The Outer Limits television show. It first aired on 1 July 1995 during the first season.-Introduction:A strange object crashes through the roof of a chaste college student and is absorbed into her body.... "
1995	To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar is a 1995 American comedy film, starring Wesley Snipes, Patrick Swayze, and John Leguizamo as three New York drag queens who embark on a road trip...	Bobby Ray
1995			TV movie
1996	Countdown	Chris Murdoch
1996	If These Walls Could Talk	Kevin Donnelly	TV movie
1997	Friends 'Til the End Friends 'Til the End Friends 'Til the End is a 1997 television film directed by Jack Bender.-Plot:Heather Romley and Suzanne are both singers who have been competing against each other as long as they can remember...	Simon	TV movie
1997	Mixed Signals	Alex
1998	Broken Vessels Broken Vessels Broken Vessels is a 1998 medical drama film directed by Scott Ziehl and written by Ziehl along with David Baer and John McMahon. The film debuted at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival and marked Ziehl's directorial debut. It stars Todd Field, Jason London, Roxana Zal, Susan Traylor, and...	Tom
1999	Frontline	Robert
1999		Jesse Ryan
1999	Alien Cargo Alien Cargo Alien Cargo is a 1999 Sci-Fi film starring actors Jason London, Missy Crider, Elizabeth Alexander and Alan Dale, where the crew of a space cargo transport ship is attacked by a mysterious alien biological life form which manipulates all organic life forms into showing their evil.- Plot :After eight...	Christopher McNiel	TV movie
2000	Jason and the Argonauts	Jason	TV movie
2000		Sir Henry	TV movie
2000	Poor White Trash Poor White Trash (film) Poor White Trash is a crime-comedy film directed by Michael Addis. The film was released on June 16. 2000 and was distributed by jointly by Hollywood Independents and Xenon Group...	Brian Ross
2000	$pent	Max
2001	Night Visions Night Visions Night Visions is an American television anthology series created in the style of The Twilight Zone. Each 43 minute episode was made up of two 21 to 22 minutes stories that dealt with themes of the supernatural or simply explored the dark side of human nature. Henry Rollins was the uncredited host...	Richard Lansky	Episode: "The Passenger List/Bokor"
2001	Out Cold Out Cold (2001 film) Out Cold is a 2001 American comedy film about a group of snowboarders in Alaska. It is the first feature film by the music video directing team The Malloys. The movie presents itself as something of a parody of 1980's "ski school" movies and makes a number of references to the film Casablanca...	Rick Rambis
2002		Stosh
2003	7th Heaven 7th Heaven 7th Heaven is an American family drama television series, created and produced by Brenda Hampton. The series premiered on August 26, 1996, on the WB, the first time that the network aired Monday night programming, and was originally broadcast from August 26, 1996 to May 13, 2007...	Sid Hampton	Episode: "Smoking"
2003	Last Stand Last stand Last stand is a loose military term used to describe a body of troops holding a defensive position in the face of overwhelming odds. The defensive force usually takes very heavy casualties or is completely destroyed, as happened in "Custer's Last Stand" at the Battle of Little Big HornBryan Perrett...	Pvt. James Cavanaugh
2003	Dracula II: Ascension Dracula II: Ascension Dracula II: Ascension is a 2003 horror film, directed by Patrick Lussier. It stars Jason Scott Lee, Stephen Billington, and Diane Neal. The film is the sequel to Dracula 2000. It was released direct-to-video on June 7, 2003...	Luke	Video
2003	Grind Grind (2003 film) Grind is a 2003 American adventureassshole movie comedy film about four young aspiring amateur skaters Eric Rivers , Matt Jensen , Dustin Knight , and Sweet Lou Singer who are trying to make it in the world of pro skateboarding by pulling insane stunts in front of pro skater Jimmy Wilson...	Jimmy Wilson
2003	Wasabi Tuna Wasabi Tuna Wasabi Tuna is a 2003 independent Cafe Entertainment Studios action comedy motion picture starring Jason London, Barney Cheng, Tim Meadows, Antonio Sabàto, Jr., Alanna Ubach, Guillermo Díaz, Alexis Arquette, and Arturo Gil...	Evan
2004	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer...	Keith Garbett	Episode: "Mea Culpa"
2004	Identity Theft: The Michelle Brown Story	Justin	TV movie
2005	Out of the Woods	Matt Fleming	TV movie
2005-	Wildfire Wildfire (TV series) Wildfire is a US television series that aired on ABC Family, which was produced by Lions Gate Television, Piller2 and The Segan Company . The show premiered June 20, 2005; its fourth and final season ended May 16, 2008 due to low ratings...	Bobby	9 episodes
2005		Simon	Video
2005		Simon	Video
2005	Dracula III: Legacy Dracula III: Legacy Dracula III: Legacy is a 2005 horror film and the sequel to Dracula 2000 and Dracula II: Ascension. The film was directed by Patrick Lussier and stars Jason Scott Lee, Jason London, Roy Scheider, and Diane Neal...	Luke	Video
2006	To Kill a Mockumentary	Tucker	Video
2006	Glass House: The Good Mother	Ben Koch	Video
2006	Greed	Robert
2006	Criminal Minds Criminal Minds Criminal Minds is an American police procedural drama that premiered September 22, 2005, on CBS. The series follows a team of profilers from the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit based in Quantico, Virginia. The BAU is part of the FBI National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime...	William Lee	Episode: "Aftermath"
2007	Adventures of Johnny Tao	Jimmy
2007	Grey's Anatomy Grey's Anatomy Grey's Anatomy is an American medical drama television series created by Shonda Rhimes. The series premiered on March 27, 2005 on ABC; since then, seven seasons have aired. The series follows the lives of interns, residents and their mentors in the fictional Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital in...	Jeff Pope	Episode: "Didn't We Almost Have It All? Didn't We Almost Have It All? "Didn't We Almost Have It All?" is the third season finale and the 61st overall episode from the medical drama series, Grey's Anatomy. The episode runs for 53:05 minutes, making it the largest episode of Grey´s, excluding the two-part ones.-Starring:... "
2007	Who's Your Monkey?	Bobby
2007	Showdown at Area 51 Showdown at Area 51 Showdown at Area 51 is a 2007 in TV film Sci-Fi directed by C. Roma, starring Jason London and Gigi Edgley.-Cast:As appearing in screen credits :* Jason London as Jake Townsend* Gigi Edgley as Monica Gray...	Jake Townsend
2007- 2008	Saving Grace Saving Grace (TV series) Saving Grace is an American television crime drama series which premiered on TNT on July 23, 2007 and ran until June 21, 2010. The show stars Academy Award-winner Holly Hunter in her first television series, as well as Leon Rippy, Kenny Johnson, Laura San Giacomo, Bailey Chase, Bokeem Woodbine,...	Randy Matsin	Episodes: "A Language of Angels" (2007), "It's Better When I Can See You" (2008)
2008	All Roads Lead Home	Cody
2008	Killer Movie Killer Movie Killer Movie is a comedy horror film released in the United States in April 2008. The film premiered during the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival in New York City. It stars Paul Wesley, Kaley Cuoco, Torrey DeVitto and Leighton Meester and was written and directed by Jeff Fisher...	Mike
2008	Ghost Whisperer Ghost Whisperer Ghost Whisperer is an American television supernatural drama, which ran on CBS from September 23, 2005 to May 21, 2010.The series follows the life of Melinda Gordon , who has the ability to see and communicate with ghosts...	Dr. Ryan Heller	Episode: "Big Chills"
2009		Ethan Baskin
2009		Hicks	Video
2009	Sutures	Detective Zane
2009	Wishing Well	Mark Jansen	TV movie
2009		Mitch
2010	NCIS NCIS (TV series) NCIS, formerly known as NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service, is an American police procedural drama television series revolving around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which conducts criminal investigations involving the U.S...	Dwight Kasdan	Episode: "Guilty Pleasures"
2010		Johnny
2010	Smitty	Russell
2010	Monsterwolf	Yale	Post-production
2010	Fight or Flight	Cale	Post-production
2010	Maskerade	Arthur Brown	Post-production
2010	51 51 (film) 51 is an American horror film, which was directed by Jason Connery and starring Bruce Boxleitner and John Shea.-Plot:Political and public pressure coerces the government into allowing two well-known reporters and their assistants limited access to the ultra-secretive Area 51...	Aaron 'Shoes' Schumacher
2010	Snow Beast	Barry	Post-production

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