Jason Antoon

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Jason Antoon
Born
Jason Allan Antoon

(1971-11-09) November 9, 1971 (age 52)
EducationCarnegie Mellon University (BFA)[1]
OccupationActor
Years active1996–present
Spouse
(m. 2010)
Children2

Jason Allan Antoon (born November 9, 1971)[2] is an American actor.

Personal life[edit]

Antoon was born in Santa Monica, California. He is of Lebanese descent.[3] Antoon has been married to actress Seana Kofoed since 2010; they have two children.

Career[edit]

Stage[edit]

Antoon is best known for his role in the 2000 Tony Award-winning musical Contact. For his performance, he received a Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical.[4]

Film and television[edit]

Among his television work, Antoon starred on the short-lived TV series Kings, in addition to numerous guest roles on various programs such as Modern Family in the episode Game Changer. On the big screen, he had a featured role in Minority Report, cast when Steven Spielberg discovered him in Contact.[5] In 2008, he had a cameo in Taking Woodstock and he was seen in two 2010 George Gallo films, Columbus Circle and Middle Men. Antoon voiced the role of Garrison "Knobs" Butler in the web series Electric City, and portrayed 35-year-old struggling actor Alowisus Hewson who is a vampire in the web series Vamped Out.[6] He has a supporting role on the TNT drama Claws, playing Dr. Ken Brickman. In 2021 he began appearing as regular cast member Ernie Malik, on NCIS: Hawai'i.

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Year Title Role
2000 Company Man Croupier (uncredited)
2002 The Sum of All Fears AFRAT Specialist Stubbs
Minority Report Rufus T. Riley
Two Weeks Notice Norman
2004 Little Black Book Larry
2005 The Producers Jason Green
2007 Music and Lyrics Greg Antonski
Perfect Stranger Bill Patel
The Ten Salazar 'Fred' McBairn
2009 Middle Men Denny Z
2012 Celeste and Jesse Forever Young Man
2014 The Rewrite Greg Nathan
2016 The Late Bloomer Kenny
2019 Noelle Omar

Television[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1996 New York Undercover Victor Stromfeld Episode "Going Platinum"
1996, 1999 Spin City Abdul / Cab Driver 2 episodes
1997 Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing Nosair's Phone Pal TV movie
The Sports Illustrated for Kids Show That Guy TV special
1997, 2006 Law & Order Attorney Hogenbaum 2 episodes
2001 100 Centre Street Episode "Domestic Abuses"
Count Me In Luther TV movie
Ed Deejay Episode "Prom Night"
Sex and the City Framer Episode "The Real Me"
2002 Live from Baghdad Mr. Mazin TV movie
Hack Henry Nibs Episode "My Alibi"
2003 George Lopez Hosni Episode "Profiles in Courage"
2004 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Radio Producer Episode "Obscene"
2005 Jake in Progress Seedy Guy 2 episodes
Law & Order: Criminal Intent Mr. Smythe Episode "No Exit"
2006 The Lost Room The Sood Episode: "The Eye and the Prime Object"
2008 Lipstick Jungle David Hernandez Chapter Five: "Dressed to Kill"
Cashmere Mafia Todd Braun / Todd McDonnell 2 episodes
2009 The Electric Company Calvero
Kings Boyden 11 episodes
Numb3rs Kai Kragen Episode: "7 Men Out"
2010 Modern Family Apple Customer Episode: "Game Changer"
Mad Lex Luthor / The Spatula Announcer / MAD's Guide to Phobias Announcer (voice) Episode: "WALL·E·NATOR / Extreme Renovation: House Edition"
2010, 2011 No Ordinary Family Mr. Litchfield 9 episodes
2011 The Big C Funeral Director Episode: "A Little Death"
2012 Electric City Garrison "Knobs" Butler (voice) 20 episodes
2012 New Girl Clipboard Guy Episode: "Models"
2013 Grey's Anatomy Mr. Samuels Episode: "I Bet It Stung"
Castle Steve Warner Episode: "A Murder Is Forever"
2014 Newsreaders Corey Firfe Episode: "The Journey of an iPhone; Restaurant Plague"
2015 Weird Loners CooKoo Schmoolie Episode: "Weirded Out"
Con Man Crazy Bruno Episode: "Too Much Closure for Comfort"
iZombie Smoak Episode: "Abra Cadaver"
2016 Childrens Hospital Imam Islam Episode: "Show Me a Hero"
Shameless Dr. Ruben Episode: "Hiraeth"
2017–22 Claws Dr. Ken Brickman Main role
2017 Fresh Off the Boat Howie Episode: "Living While Eddie"
Famous in Love Wyatt 6 episodes
2021–present NCIS: Hawai'i Ernie Malik Main role
2022 NCIS Crossover: "A Family Matter"

References[edit]

  1. ^ Scott, Erin (September 19, 2017). "CMU Alumni in TV's Primetime Lineup". cmu.edu. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  2. ^ California Birth Index, 1905-1995 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2005.
  3. ^ Jordan, Emily (July 14, 2017). ""'Claws' is the reverse 'Sopranos'": Jason Antoon is redefining diversity on TNT's "Claws"". salon.com. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
  4. ^ "Drama Desk Award: Outstanding Featured Actor In A Musical". ibdb.com. 2000. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  5. ^ "Cast – Things That Hang From Trees". Archived from the original on October 8, 2008. Retrieved April 8, 2010.
  6. ^ Miska, Brad (April 8, 2010). "Web: Babelgum Premieres Online Web Series 'Vamped Out' on April 12". bloody-disgusting.com. Retrieved April 8, 2010.

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