Jamison Jones
- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Born in Rochester Michigan, Jamison spent several years living abroad, where he attended the Frankfurt International School in Germany before returning to Michigan for his High School years at Rochester Adams High School, where he began acting.
He was accepted with a scholarship to the acting program at Western Michigan University. He transferred to the University of Southern California Los Angeles (UCLA) and finished his BA at California State University; Fullerton. Jones spent his summers performing with a professional acting company outside San Francisco, where he was invited to perform two world premiere plays at the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland.
On his return from Scotland, he moved to San Francisco to attend the world-renowned Advanced Training Program at the American Conservatory Theater. After graduating with an MFA in Theater Arts, Jones was invited into ACT's professional acting company where he worked on such critical successes as "Angels in America", directed by Mark Wing-Davey, "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead" and "Othello" and returned in 2012 for the West Coast premiere of Jordan Harrison 's "Maple & Vine" directed by Mark Rucker. Other Theater credits include the title role in "Macbeth," Pastor Paul in "The Christians" and "The Three Musketeers" at the Tony award-winning Denver Theater Center.
After working with Lucasfilms on Radioland Murders (1994) and LucasArts on Star Wars: Rebel Assault II - the Hidden Empire (1995), Jamison made his way back to Los Angeles and began his career in film and Television. Film credits included Jack l'Éventreur (2009) with Alfred Molina; Born to Ride (2011) with William Forsythe; He Was a Quiet Man (2007), starring opposite Christian Slater and William H. Macy; Dark Blue (2002) with Kurt Russell; Hollywood Homicide (2003) with Harrison Ford; and Actor and Producer credits for West of Brooklyn (2008) with Joe Mantegna.
Additional theater credits include the world premiere of "Doctor Cerberus" by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa at the Tony Award-winning South Coast Repertory Theater and the West Coast premiere of Molly Smith Metzler's "Elemeno Pea directed by Marc Masterson; "The Three Musketeers" at the Tony Award-winning Denver Theater Center; "Fool For Love" with iconic film actor Geoffrey Lewis; the critically-acclaimed "Therese Raquin" at the Ensemble Theater; Bent; "Timon of Athens"; "The Foreigner" with three-time Tony-nominated Tom McCoy/Cathy Rigby Entertainment at the La Mirada Theater, where he also starred in "The Lion in Winter" with Mariette Hartley, "All My Sons", "Dancing at Lughnasa" and "The Rainmaker", "How the Other Half Loves" at the Pasadena Playhouse.
Television credits include Burn Notice (2007), 24 heures chrono (2001), Hôpital central (1963), Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight (2008), Brothers & Sisters (2006), Des jours et des vies (1965), Terminator: Les chroniques de Sarah Connor (2008), JAG (1995), Les Experts : Manhattan (2004), NCIS : Enquêtes spéciales (2003), Preuve à l'appui (2001), Alias (2001), 70s show (1998), Beverly Hills (1990) and Will & Grace (1998).
He was accepted with a scholarship to the acting program at Western Michigan University. He transferred to the University of Southern California Los Angeles (UCLA) and finished his BA at California State University; Fullerton. Jones spent his summers performing with a professional acting company outside San Francisco, where he was invited to perform two world premiere plays at the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland.
On his return from Scotland, he moved to San Francisco to attend the world-renowned Advanced Training Program at the American Conservatory Theater. After graduating with an MFA in Theater Arts, Jones was invited into ACT's professional acting company where he worked on such critical successes as "Angels in America", directed by Mark Wing-Davey, "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead" and "Othello" and returned in 2012 for the West Coast premiere of Jordan Harrison 's "Maple & Vine" directed by Mark Rucker. Other Theater credits include the title role in "Macbeth," Pastor Paul in "The Christians" and "The Three Musketeers" at the Tony award-winning Denver Theater Center.
After working with Lucasfilms on Radioland Murders (1994) and LucasArts on Star Wars: Rebel Assault II - the Hidden Empire (1995), Jamison made his way back to Los Angeles and began his career in film and Television. Film credits included Jack l'Éventreur (2009) with Alfred Molina; Born to Ride (2011) with William Forsythe; He Was a Quiet Man (2007), starring opposite Christian Slater and William H. Macy; Dark Blue (2002) with Kurt Russell; Hollywood Homicide (2003) with Harrison Ford; and Actor and Producer credits for West of Brooklyn (2008) with Joe Mantegna.
Additional theater credits include the world premiere of "Doctor Cerberus" by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa at the Tony Award-winning South Coast Repertory Theater and the West Coast premiere of Molly Smith Metzler's "Elemeno Pea directed by Marc Masterson; "The Three Musketeers" at the Tony Award-winning Denver Theater Center; "Fool For Love" with iconic film actor Geoffrey Lewis; the critically-acclaimed "Therese Raquin" at the Ensemble Theater; Bent; "Timon of Athens"; "The Foreigner" with three-time Tony-nominated Tom McCoy/Cathy Rigby Entertainment at the La Mirada Theater, where he also starred in "The Lion in Winter" with Mariette Hartley, "All My Sons", "Dancing at Lughnasa" and "The Rainmaker", "How the Other Half Loves" at the Pasadena Playhouse.
Television credits include Burn Notice (2007), 24 heures chrono (2001), Hôpital central (1963), Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight (2008), Brothers & Sisters (2006), Des jours et des vies (1965), Terminator: Les chroniques de Sarah Connor (2008), JAG (1995), Les Experts : Manhattan (2004), NCIS : Enquêtes spéciales (2003), Preuve à l'appui (2001), Alias (2001), 70s show (1998), Beverly Hills (1990) and Will & Grace (1998).
