Biography

February 7, 1965 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

Jason Michael Gedroic

1.82 m

Enrolled as a business major at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, to appease his parents. But after his freshman year, he quit to concentrate on acting full time and moved to Hollywood. Since he hadn't yet been diagnosed with dyslexia he found his first year of college extremely different and had help from his then girlfriend to get through one year of college.

Has three sons: Jian (b. 1991), Garrett (b. 1994), and Ty (b. 1995).

Jason Michael Gedroic was born in Cook County (Illinois) Hospital to parents of Polish descent. (The surname is pronounced "GED-rik".) He and his two older siblings (Joel and Dawne) spent his early years in suburban Mount Prospect, before moving to the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago. After the divorce of their parents, his brother and sister went to live with their father while Jason was raised by his mother in Chicago. He graduated from Gordon Technical High School in 1982.

Appeared in a play called "Lungfish," which opened in Los Angeles on May 25, 2005.

Maybe the real reason I'm a performer is because I'm the youngest of three kids. Maybe it was a way to get attention. And ultimately, as I look back on it now, I'm kind of curious. Maybe that's it. As an actor, I can investigate and analyze many different ways of living, the psychology of different people. I really don't want to get too pedantic here, but I just truly enjoy exploring other lives. That's always been fun for me.

I don't know if I'm king, but I'm definitely the court jester of critically acclaimed canceled TV series. But what are you going to do? I try to have a sense of humor about it, because there's no rhyme or reason sometimes why a show succeeds or doesn't. It's just the nature of the business. Luckily, I've been able to keep getting great roles and I continue to somehow survive through it all.

Sure, I think everyone fantasizes about being bad, and the baddest thing you can be is in the mob. I do, too, sometimes. And I think even women wish they were going out with the guy from the mob 'cause he's cool and has money and is scary. But I think the idea of converting him into a choirboy is the true appeal.

You want to know the truth? I'm one of the most juvenile people I know. Truly, I am stuck in like a 12 year old state. I mean, I'm goofy. If I had to describe myself, that's the only way I can put it. And the people who know me, even the people who just know me a little bit, they couldn't deny that I'm just a goofy guy.