Jason Patric is an American film, television, and stage actor known for roles in The Lost Boys, After Dark, My Sweet, Rush, Geronimo: An American Legend, Narc, and The Alamo. The son of playwright and actor Jason Miller and grandson of Jackie Gleason, he has worked in screen and Broadway productions since 1985.
Background
Ethnicity:
His ancestry includes Irish and, more distantly, German heritage.
Jason Patric was born on June 17, 1966, in Queens, New York, to actor and playwright Jason Miller and actress Linda Mae Gleason. His father received a Pulitzer Prize for drama and an Academy Award nomination, while his mother was the daughter of actor and comedian Jackie Gleason. Patric's family therefore connected him from childhood with American theater, film, and television.
Education
Patric grew up in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, and attended Salesian Roman Catholic Don Bosco Preparatory High School in Ramsey. Don Bosco Preparatory was founded within the Salesian educational tradition, which combined secondary education with Catholic formation and an emphasis on youth development. He later attended Saint Monica Catholic High School in Santa Monica, California, a Catholic secondary school serving the Los Angeles area. During high school he appeared in productions of Dracula and Grease.
Career
Patric began his screen career in the television film Toughlove in 1985. He subsequently appeared in Solarbabies and gained wider recognition as Michael in The Lost Boys (1987), followed by roles in The Beast, After Dark, My Sweet, Roger Corman's Frankenstein Unbound, Denial, Rush, and Geronimo: An American Legend. His work in After Dark, My Sweet and Rush established him in demanding dramatic roles, while Geronimo presented him as Lieutenant Charles B. Gatewood in a historical western.
Achievements
Patric achieved broad recognition for his performance as Michael in The Lost Boys (1987), a film that became one of his best-known screen roles.
He received critical acclaim for portraying undercover narcotics officer Nick Tellis in Narc (2002), a crime drama centered on police investigation and corruption.
Patric made his Broadway debut as Brick in the 2003–2004 revival of Tennessee Williams's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
He returned to Broadway in 2011 as Tom Daley in the revival of his father Jason Miller's Pulitzer Prize-winning play That Championship Season.
Interests
Writers
Kim Wozencraft
Artists
Rembrandt
Sport & Clubs
Football and nightfishing
Connections
Patric is the son of actor and playwright Jason Miller and actress Linda Mae Gleason, and the grandson of entertainer Jackie Gleason. His siblings include Jennifer Miller and Jordan Miller; his half-brother is actor Joshua John Miller. In 2011, Patric appeared in the Broadway revival of his father's play That Championship Season, portraying Tom Daley.
Father:
Jason Miller
He was an actor and playwright who won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for That Championship Season.
Mother:
Linda Mae Gleason
She is an actress and the daughter of Jackie Gleason.
Grandfather:
Jackie Gleason
He was an actor, comedian, and television performer.
Sister:
Jennifer Miller
Brother:
Jordan Miller
Brother:
Joshua John Miller
He is Patric's half-brother and is an actor, writer, and director.
References
Encyclopedia.com: Jason Patric
Provides biographical information about Patric's birth, family, education, acting and producing career, and awards.
