Biography

Jason Croot's Acting career started back in 2000. He completed an N.C.F.E. in performing arts in his hometown of Bradford. Jason moved to London in 2002 to pursue his acting career, training at the Poor School. He also completed a Drama Diploma at Birkbeck, University of London. His early stage performances included Demetrius in Midsummer's Night's Dream, Edmund Tyrone in Long Days Journey into Night, Biff in Death of a Salesman & Jerry in Pinter's Betrayal. 2003 saw his Film career take off. Since then, he has acted in over 35 Short Films, one of which was made at The New York Film Academy, The Neighbour (2004) directed by Stathis Athanasiou, an Avantgarde filmmaker. The film swept awards in Paris, Barcelona and Athens. Croot's role of a Paranoid Schizophrenic was also shown in Berlin, where it took 3rd place at the Berlinale. He finished shooting on Freight (2010), where he took on the role of Iosef a Romanian Criminal playing alongside Andrew Tiernan; in the same year Jason played an hinky American Motorbike cop in Cage the Elephants Ain't No Rest for the Wicked Ain't No Rest for the Wicked (2008) and, Gilles De Rais in The Death of Love Cradle of Filth Cradle of Filth Jason also appears alongside Tamzin Outhwaite, as Bulgarian Hitman Popov in the ITV production Tueur d'état (2008) directed by the highly acclaimed Sam Miller. Jason was Screen Tested for Barry Levinson. 2011 saw Croot appear as The Good Shepherd in the digital media production Nativity, directed by Bafta-winning Martha Fiennes. In 2009, Jason moved into directing his Feature Film directorial debut, Le Fear (2010), which received some excellent film reviews. Croot waited a few years to make a Follow-up Le Sequel (2016), which attracted interest from HBO, the writer of Seinfeld (1989) and director of Larry et son nombril (2000) Larry Charles. Croot has been appearing in film cameo roles and focusing on filmmaking in recent years. In 2024, Croot just released his book titled, My Ego Screwed My Acting Career, based on his life and acting career, the book is available on Amazon and other outlets. Croot spent two years writing it, working night and day. Croot aims to make a documentary film based on his life with the same title My Ego Screwed My Acting Career

- IMDb mini biography by: Elizabeth Grolle