Jason Biggs biography
Date of birth : 1978-05-12
Date of death : -
Birthplace : Pompton Plains, New Jersey, U.S.
Nationality : American
Category : Arts and Entertainment
Last modified : 2011-08-31
Credited as : Actor and comedian, American Pie,
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Biggs was born in Pompton Plains, New Jersey, the son of Angela, a nurse, and Gary Biggs, a shipping company manager. He grew up in Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey and attended Hasbrouck Heights High School there. Biggs had success in athletics while in high school, both in tennis and in wrestling.
In 1991, at 13 he won a part on the FOX sitcom "Drexell's Class" (1991), but the show was canceled after one season. Also during that year, he made his Broadway debut opposite Judd Hirsch in the play, Conversations With My Father. The play helped earn him a spot on "As the World Turns" (1956), as the rebellious Pete Wendall. The role earned him a nomination for Best Younger Actor in a Drama Series at the Daytime Emmy's. After graduating high school in 1996, he studied briefly at New York University and Montclair State University in New Jersey but dropped out to pursue acting again. In 1997, he costarred in the short lived television series Camp Stories (1997). In 1999 came his breakthrough role in the teen sex comedy American Pie (1999). His performance shocked yet wooed audiences, critics, and casting agents to bring him for the first time the chance to choose new roles and scripts. He chose such roles in Loser (2000) and Boys and Girls (2000).
Biggs is Italian American and Roman Catholic; he has mentioned in interviews that he is often cast as an explicitly or implicitly Jewish character, as he was in American Pie (other examples include his roles in Saving Silverman and Anything Else), though he is not Jewish himself.
In January 2008, he became engaged to his My Best Friend's Girl co-star, actress Jenny Mollen; they married on April 23, 2008. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.
Filmography:
1994-1995: As the World Turns
1999: American Pie
2001: Saving Silverman; American Pie 2; Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back; Prozac Nation
2003: American Wedding
