Jason Jones (actor)
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Jason Jones (born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada as Jason Pierre Jones) is a Canadian comedian known best for his work on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
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[edit] The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
In September 2005, Jones joined the Daily Show cast as a Contributor. When his wife, fellow Daily Show correspondent, Samantha Bee left the show in late December for family leave, Jones was promoted to a full time Correspondent.
Jones won a significant following at The Daily Show, thanks to a few pieces on the Denmark cartoons, Carl Monday, and Laguna Beach.
Jones and Bee each continue to appear on the show as Senior Correspondents to this day.
[edit] Other work
Jones has also done various television work with his Canadian sketch comedy troupe The Bobroom, and was the host of Craft Corner Deathmatch on the Style Network in 2005.
Jones co-wrote, co-starred in, and co-produced the 2004 film, Ham & Cheese, with fellow Bobroom alumnus Mike Beaver; the film was nominated for six Canadian Comedy Awards in 2005. He has also had minor roles in numerous feature films.
Jones starred alongside Don McKellar and Nicole DeBoer in the 2003 film "Public Domain" directed by Kris Lefcoe and produced by Rob Stefaniuk and Jeff Rogers. The film won the audience award at the Beverly Hills Film Festival.
Jones starred as Greg Gregger in Budweiser's short films The Best Man and The Company Man and in some 30-second commercials.
Jones recently has been starring in a series of commercials (first one titled "Oblivious") for rival beer brand Molson Canadian, mockingly portraying the stereotypical unawareness Americans have of Canadian culture.
[edit] Trivia
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- Jones' wife, Samantha Bee, is The Daily Show's first Canadian correspondent and the show's first correspondent not born in the United States, making Jones the show's second Canadian correspondent and the show's second correspondent not born in the United States.
- Jones and Bee are the second husband-and-wife couple to have both been Daily Show correspondents, the first being Steve Carell and Nancy Walls.
- Jones is an alumnus of Ryerson Theatre School in Toronto, Ontario, where he minored in botany. He is also an avid rock, mineral, and fossil collector.
